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[Cult Zero]

Can't wait till Sunday, Aug.12 (Manila Time) when Boom-Boom and six other Filipino fighters duke it out with Mexican boxers.
Sana its 7-0 for the Filipino pugilists. They deserve it since they've
all got talent and really trained hard for it!

2 tulog na lang! kahit di tayo maka 7-0 basta mas maraming pinoy mananalo especially sa title fights...

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2 tulog na lang! kahit di tayo maka 7-0 basta mas maraming pinoy mananalo especially sa title fights...

maganda laban ito iba style ni boom boom kesa kay penalosa boom boom naturally is an offensive boxer unlike penalosa counter puncher lang na pilit maging offensive boxer kaya talo sya noon kay de leon palagay ko ndi tatagal ng 12rd yong laban...

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Haye KOs Chisora in fifth, eyes V. Klitschko

Jul 14th, 2012Share this story
Tweet11"This could be my last fight, if the Vitali Klitschko fight doesn’t happen," David Haye said after twice dropping Dereck Chisora en route to a fifth-round KO victory on Saturday. "I want to go out with a bang and do some damage."

David Haye erased his poor performance against Wladimir Klitschko last summer with a vicious fifth-round knockout of bitter rival Dereck Chisora on Saturday at the Ground at Upton Park in London – the hometown of both combatants.

Haye (26-2, 24 knockouts) first dropped Chisora with a left-right combination.

“Dell Boy” beat the count of referee Luis Pabon on very unsteady legs, but Haye sensed the moment and unloaded on his foe as he sought to hold on.

“The Hayemaker” landed a five-punch combo that put Chisora down on his face with six seconds left in the round. Chisora got up at the count of eight but was unable to continue and Pabon stopped the bout at 2:59 of round five.

“I thought it would go a couple of rounds but he hit me with good shots and I had to find a way to win,” said Haye, 31. “This is the best atmosphere. There was a lot of beef in there but we laid it on the line and I believe he will go on to achieve great things."

The bout was made after Haye and Chisora’s explosive brawl in February. After Chisora’s fight with Vitali Klitschko, Haye and Chisora (15-4, 9 KOs) exchanged words at the post-fight press conference before throwing blows.

That memorable moment led to Haye ending his short-lived retirement for the grudge match.

It was the first time Chisora, known for having a granite chin, was down in his career.

“Chisora has one of the best chins I’ve ever hit in my life," said Haye of a man who took all of Klitschko’s best shots.

"I got caught with a great shot, I don't know what it was and it is the first time I've been on the canvas,” said Chisora, a native of Zimbabwe. “But I'll be back."

The difference in the bout was Haye’s accuracy and world-class speed. He repeatedly landed powerful combinations then slipped before Chisora could return fire.

Chisora continued to march forward and pressure the former RING cruisierweight champion, as Haye fought well going backwards and potshotted Chisora.

In round two, Haye began to shoot the right uppercut and delivered some good right hands.

But the fight really picked up in the following frame. Haye landed a big shot at the bell, then Chisora followed with a huge left after the bell sounded.

The heavy hands of Haye were starting to take a toll on Chisora, who has now lost four of his last five bouts officially, though most believe he was outright robbed against Robert Helenius.

Haye landed a big right that staggered Chisora back into the ropes in the fourth. He had him in the corner and unloaded, mixing in straight lefts. Haye seemed buoyed by the shots and became more aggressive.

The fight was over in the fifth. Haye dropped Chisora twice before Pabon had seen enough and ended the contest, as the crowd of more than 30,000 went wild.

There were many obstacles to making the bout: Chisora’s license was suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control after the brawl and Haye didn’t have a license after retiring.

But with great demand to see this heavyweight clash, famed promoter Frank Warren found a loophole. He had the Luxembourg Boxing Federation sanction the bout, much to the dismay of the BBBOC, who ardently threatened participants of the promotion.

Haye rejuvenated his career with the victory. He is now clearly the best heavyweight without the surname Klitschko. The only bout he wants now is with the elder Klitschko brother, and he said he might once again call it quits if he can't get the bout.

"I've sent out a very scary message," said Haye. "I'll be surprised if Vitali Klitschko wants to fight me after that. He will no doubt try to fight some chump and then retire to be a politician."

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Casimero a champ without a home
by Ryan Songalia
Jul 31st, 2012Share this story


Johnriel Casimero, who defends his 108-pound title against Pedro Guevara in Guevara's hometown of Mazatlan, Mexico on Saturday, is keeping the "Road Warrior" tradition alive.

MANILA, Philippines – It'd be safe to say that no one will ever accuse IBF light flyweight titleholder Johnriel Casimero of being a coddled fighter.

Though the 22-year-old Casimero from Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines has just 18 fights (16-2, 10 knockouts) to his credit, he has fought abroad four times in countries such as South Africa, Nicaragua and most recently Argentina, where his minor upset victory over former titleholder Luis Lazarte in February touched off a full scale riot, resulting in Casimero taking refuge underneath the ring.

This Saturday's bout against Pedro Guevara (18-0-1, 13 KOs) in Guevara's hometown of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico will be Casimero's fifth such fight abroad. As Casimero has found out, fighting in other countries tends to be more profitable than fighting at home. The risk of being victimized by a hometown decision, biased officiating or worse is omnipresent in his career, but it's the risk he must take to maximize his profitability.

"I much like fighting in other countries because the prize is much bigger, plus I get to carry the country's name," said Casimero, who was upgraded from interim champion status to full champion less than two weeks ago after Ulises Solis was unable to make his mandatory challenge due to injury.

Casimero's promoter Sammy Gelloani admits that Guevara "is a stranger to us" but takes peace in the lack of standout victories on the unbeaten fighter's lack of big name victories. Casimero says he has seen YouTube videos of Guevara (most likely his draw against former title challenger Mario Rodriguez) and feels comfortable with the style, but is always worried about the possibility of bad officiating/judging.

Casimero previously challenged current IBF flyweight titleholder Moruti Mthalane in South Africa, losing by a fifth round TKO. Afterwards, Casimero said he wasn't able to adjust to the Johannesburg altitude with less than a week to acclimatize and fell apart due to exhaustion.

Casimero's situation isn't uncommon. Though the Philippines is a boxing rich country, economic hardship has made it very difficult for Filipino boxers to bring championship fights home where they can exercise the upper hand. Even though some boxing events in Manila charge as little as $3 USD, few draw well and many are hosted by town officials with free admission.

Filipino promoters rely heavily on local television networks to make a profit, but with limits on network budgets, negotiations for world title fights can be difficult.

"I have a hard time dealing with television because the television will just wait for somebody when he's already a superstar. That is the reality," said Gelloani. Gelloani, who also had to promote his previous world champion Marvin Sonsona abroad, says that a proposed July 28 bout featuring Casimero in Cebu was nixed due to financial reasons.

On short notice, Gelloani reached out to his international partner Sampson Lewkowicz, to arrange a fight in Mexico. Mexico, like Japan and Thailand, receives sizable support from local television networks to support world title bouts in their country, which results in more world champions and longer title reigns. Gelloani said that Mexican boxing also has strong financial support from beer companies like Corona and Tecate, which sponsor big title fights and shoulders much of the costs.

The Casimero vs. Guevara bout will be televised in the Philippines by local network TV5 on a delayed basis (Sunday, 1PM PHL time).

"The Philippines are coming up with lots of fighters with potential, and we need the TV [money] to support them," said Gelloani, who estimates that the cost of promoting a world title fight in the Philippines can be around 5 million pesos, or about $120,000 USD. "Sometimes I have to extend or to reschedule the promotion because we are losing money in our way of promotion. Except when TV comes in and supports us, that's the time when we can break even or move forward."

Aljoe Jaro can relate. Jaro is the boxing manager/trainer who recently guided underdog Sonny Boy Jaro to THE RING flyweight championship with an upset over Thai legend Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in Thailand, only to see Jaro lose it in his first defense in Japan. Another charge of his, THE RING's number 4 rated minimumweight Denver Cuello, has fought most of his bouts of consequence in Mexico.

Jaro says that a Filipino boxer competing in a championship fight can make around $50,000 USD per fight, but only half of that back home. He adds that shouldering the expenses of a title bout where the paid gate isn't likely to be significant is a dangerous risk.

There has been some hope for Philippine boxing of late, as Cebu-based promotional outfit ALA Boxing recently won a battle to bring the AJ Banal vs. Thai boxer Pungluang Sor Singyu for the vacant WBO bantamweight title to Manila on October 20. It wasn't easy, and negotiations took five months. Another of their boxers, WBO light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes, was able to mix in some homeland defenses among his appearances in Mexico.

Staging a Casimero world title fight in the Philippines is a dream of his, says Gelloani. He hopes that by winning against the odds overseas, the networks and sponsors will take note and see something worth investing in.

"Casimero is not a big name yet," said Gelloani. "We are hoping if ever we can successfully defend our title in Mexico, we're hoping that the television will turn their back like, 'Oh I think we have to support Casimero.' So we have to let him be exposed more, we have that prestige of fighting abroad and I think that the television will come after us after this."

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Mercito Gesta Looks To Stay Unbeaten
by Fox Doucette

Rapidly rising junior welterweight prospect Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (25-0-1, 13 KOs) looks to continue his winning ways as he headlines ESPN2 Friday Night Fights against twice-stopped Ty Barnett (20-2-1, 13 KOs) at the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas. The co-feature, a good-looking TV bout sure to entertain, gives fans Cleveland’s own Mickey Bey Jr. (18-0-1, 9 KOs) taking on Robert Frankel (30-12-1, 6 KOs), a man so prone to cuts that Frankel may start bleeding during the ring introductions.
Mercito Gesta is looking to become the new Next Big Thing from the Philippines around the welterweight level now that Manny Pacquiao seems to have been hung out to dry by the Bob Arum meat grinder. Gesta is 24 years old and has so far followed a respectable prospect’s track, fighting guys who pose no threat to good up-and-coming fighters but who are far from being complete fall guys. In particular, Gesta owns two wins over Cristian Favela; a fan of FNF can look at Favela’s Boxrec and see a litany of the mid-level guys who have populated ESPN2′s airwaves. With a win over Favela, Gesta joined guys like Mauricio Herrera, Jessie Vargas, Art Hovhannisyan, Patrick Lopez, Sharif Bogere, and even Danny Garcia among the 31 losses Favela has sustained in his career.
All this is to say that Mercito Gesta is exactly the kind of fighter who tends to populate the fights on the Worldwide Leader. As if to illustrate his showcase-prospect status, he’s in with a guy in Ty Barnett who frankly poses no threat to anyone. Barnett is ranked 192nd by Boxrec at 140 pounds, having been knocked out by prospect Andrey Klimov (who is now 14-0) and by Juan Santiago, who was 9-2-1 at the time of their fight but has since evolved into a gatekeeper, currently sporting a 13-9-1 record including stoppage losses to Vernon Paris, Eloy Perez, and Marvin Quintero.
Will the fight be competitive? Probably not, but if it is, that will say more about Mercito Gesta’s weaknesses than winning such a bout would say about his strengths. This is a look good on television type of fight for the Filipino as he looks to get his name in front of American audiences and continue a quest to become the next Manny Pacquiao. Far worse has been paraded before our eyes on basic cable.
In the co-feature, we have Mickey Bey Jr. Bey was to be an Olympian for the Athens Games in 2004, defeating Brandon Rios in the qualifying trials, but a bout with pneumonia sidelined him and ended his Olympic dreams. Now 18-0-1 as a pro, the Cleveland native looks to do in the pros what eluded him in the amateurs; reach the sport’s highest level as a world champion. Bey has been on Friday Night Fights before, beating the snot out of Alejandro Rodriguez last July 1st in a fight that ended up getting overshadowed by the Ali-Terrell-like main event between Sebastian Lujan and Mark Jason Melligen, one of the most brutal knockouts of ESPN2′s excellent 2011 season. This does not, however, take away from the impressive display of power shown by the Cleveland native in that co-feature.
Standing in Mickey Bey’s way is another man who had a memorable performance on FNF last year, albeit for a completely different set of reasons. Rob Frankel fought John Molina only a week before Mickey Bey’s appearance, on June 24th. In that fight, Frankel sustained multiple cuts from the punches of Molina, and when the fight was over, stopped as a result of those cuts, his right eye looked like a treasure map with the spot marked by criss-crossed nasty gashes that looked like Frankel had fought a bare-knuckle bout with Edward Scissorhands. So much blood flew from the face of Frankel that Joe Tessitore famously remarked that his dry cleaner thought he was a hit man from all the blood that landed on his suit.
It will be interesting to see if the unbeaten Mickey Bey can handle a fighter who, apart from the tendency to bleed like a 28 Days Later zombie, brings very little actual punching power to the party. Frankel has only six knockouts in 43 pro fights; if only his wins are counted, he still boasts only a 20% KO rate. Bey should be able to work on the outside against the shorter Frankel (Bey is 5’9, two inches taller than his opponent), and if he is able to stick his jab and get good torque on it, he should have little trouble keeping Frankel off him. Like the main event, the unbeaten fighter must not only win, but win decisively by knockout. The main obstacle to this aim is less likely to be the guy in front of him as it is to be the rule that says a fight stopped on an accidental foul is a no-contest if it does not go the first four full rounds. In any case, the smartest bet here is for blood to play a prominent role.

[piscesboy]

panalo nanaman si casimero

PhilBoxing.com >> News >> Columns >> Rene Bonsubre, Jr.: CASIMERO WINS ON THE ROAD AGAIN, RETAINS IBF WORLD JR.FLY TITLE

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mukhang dina tuloy yung Donaire-Arce. sayang!

According to reliable sources inside Top Rank, the proposed showdown between Nonito Donaire, Jr. and Jorge Arce in October is not a done deal. This after the Mexican veteran slugger allegedly asked for too much money to fight "The Filipino Flash".

Arce asking for too much money to fight Donaire; opens the door for Nishioka - National Filipino Sports | Examiner.com

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panalo nanaman si casimero

PhilBoxing.com >> News >> Columns >> Rene Bonsubre, Jr.: CASIMERO WINS ON THE ROAD AGAIN, RETAINS IBF WORLD JR.FLY TITLE

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mukhang dina tuloy yung Donaire-Arce. sayang!



Arce asking for too much money to fight Donaire; opens the door for Nishioka - National Filipino Sports | Examiner.com

In my opinion, I think Arce has the rights to asked for much money. he deserves it. He draws huge mexican crowd. Mas marami talagang nanonood na mexican ng live kesa sa mga pinoy, but of course Donaire has to get the higher purse.

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Masayang-masaya si JMM ah, naka-tsansing kasi. Si MP behave eh, sawa na kasi sa chicas na bigay ni ano..... :hysterical:

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DONAIRE vs. NISHIOKA and RIOS vs. ALVARADO


Saturday, October 13 at The Home Depot Center
Live on HBO

CARSON, CALIF. (August 8, 2012) – The Super Powers of the junior featherweight and the junior welterweight divisions will do more than flex their muscles when they battle for supremacy, mano a mano, in a sensational night of championship boxing. Top-Five pound for pound fighter and four-division world champion NONITO “Filipino Flash” DONAIRE will risk his junior featherweight world title against fellow super bantamweight champion TOSHIAKI NISHIOKA. And in the second main event, former world lightweight champion BRANDON “Bam Bam” RIOS will take on No. 1 contender “Mile High” MIKE ALVARADO where undefeated records and world rankings will be at risk. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Teiken Promotions, the Donaire vs. Nishioka / Rios-Alvarado championship doubleheader will take place Saturday, October 13 under the stars at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. Both fights will be televised Live on HBO Boxing After Dark, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast.)

These four gladiators boast a combined record of 131-5-4 (86 KOs) -- a winning percentage of 94% with 2/3 of those victories coming by way of knockout.

Information on tickets, including prices and on-sale date, will be announced soon.

"History shows there is only one way for a fighter to make the leap to stardom and that’s by accepting the challenges and risks like the ones Donaire, Nishioka, Rios and Alvarado committed to on October 13. They are young, hungry and ambitious," said Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank.

“Fight fans everywhere will be marking their calendars for October 13 to see this superb, all-action doubleheader on our late-night franchise,” said Kery Davis, senior vice president of programming, HBO Sports.

Donaire (29-1, 18 KOs), a native of General Santos City, Philippines, now living in the Bay Area of San Leandro, Calif., is a consensus top-five pound-for-pound fighter. He enters this fight riding an 11-year, 28-bout winning streak, which includes an International Boxing Federation (IBF) / International Boxing Organization (IBO) flyweight title knockout victory of defending champion Vic Darchinyan, and a fourth-round blasting of former World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko, December 4, 2010. However, Donaire’s most impressive knockout victory occurred on February 19, 2011, when he stopped defending World Boxing Council (WBC) / WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel in the second round, ending Montiel’s 25-bout winning streak while also claiming his third world title in as many weight divisions. That victory was named the 2011 Knockout of the Year. Ten of Donaire’s last 13 victories have come by way of knockout. He successfully defended his World Bantamweight Championship last year by blitzing undefeated Omar Narvaez, winning virtually every round en route to a unanimous decision victory. On February 4, Donaire captured the vacant WBO 122-pound title, winning a gritty split-decision battle over former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. He unified the title on July 7, winning a dominant unanimous decision over defending IBF champion Jeffrey Mathebula.

Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KOs), of Hyogo, Japan, enters this fight riding an eight-year, 16-bout winning streak, including eight world title fights. After capturing the interim WBC super featherweight title via a dominant unanimous decision over Napapol Kiatisakchokcha in 2008, he was elevated to world champion where he successfully defended the WBC 122-pound title seven times between 2009 and 2011 with only two of those fights going the distance. In his last world title fight, he won a unanimous decision over two-division world champion Rafael Marquez.

Rios (30-0-1, 21 KOs), the former WBA lightweight champion, from Oxnard, Calif., is on the hunt for his second world title in as many weight divisions. He enters this fight having won 10 of his previous 12 fights by knockout. One of boxing’s most exciting fighters, Rios is known for his an all-action fan-friendly fighting style. His trainer, former IBF junior lightweight champion Robert Garcia, calls it a “throwback” style with a warrior’s mentality that screams excitement. Highlight knockout victories on Rios’ resume include Miguel Acosta, Anthony Peterson, Urbano Antillon and John Murray. He returns to the ring after winning a tough split decision over WBA interim lightweight champion Richard Abril on April 14.

Alvarado (33-0, 23 KOs) of Denver, has won 10 of his last 13 bouts by stoppage en route to a career-high No. 1 world rating, in the WBO. Notable knockout victims include Breidis Prescott, Ray Narh, Emmanuel Clottey and Cesar Bazan. In his last fight, Alvarado went toe-to-toe for 10 brutal and exciting rounds winning a unanimous decision over Mauricio Herrera (18-1, 7 KOs) on April 14. Herrera entered that fight riding a two-year, five-bout winning streak, highlighted by victories over Ruslan Provodnikov (17-0) and Mike Dallas, Jr. (17-1-1). Alvarado’s victory over the No. 7-ranked Herrera is already a consensus Fight of the Year candidate.

[ZENMasterTYL]

chavez jr. vs martinez on sept 15