Manny Pacquiao officially made his Philippine professional basketball debut in a pre-season game between expansion teams KIA Sorentos and Blackwater Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), Saturday in Biñan, Laguna. The 8-division bo...
It was late into the fall season of 2009. Manny Pacquiao had just vanquished Miguel Cotto and was well on his way to unanimously winning the Fighter of the Year Award across the board after nabbing titles in the junior welterweight and welterweight d...
Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios (31-1-1, 23 KOs) has had many big and exciting fights since turning pro in 2004, but none of them will be bigger and more exciting than his next one. On November 23, the 27-year-old slugger from Oxnard, California will face...
"Just the rematch. It's pretty much just the rematch," 2012 Fighter of the Year, Nonito Donaire, Jr., quickly responded to me when I asked him about what would make him stay at the 122 lb. super bantamweight division. Donaire had been vocal about...
Former three division world champion Nonito Donaire (31-2, 20KOs) was surprised that he didn't get a decision victory last Saturday night at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8KOs) unified the WBA/WBO super bantamwei...
In news that will surely knock the wind out of several boxing fans' sails, 2012 Fighter of the Year and WBO jr. featherweight champion, Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, Jr., informed this scribe that his next opponent will likely not be named Gui...
In light of 2012 Fighter of the Year, Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, Jr.'s statements that he would request all of of his opponents to take random drug testing before a fight, WBC jr. featherweight champion, Abner Mares, expressed his support f...
2012 Fighter of the Year, Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, Jr., has been an advocate for cleaning up the sport of boxing for a few years now. The jr. featherweight champion is the first boxer to submit himself to 24/7, 365 random blood testing co...
WBC Silver minimumweight champion, Denver "The Excitement" Cuello, was supposed to fight the winner of the WBC minimumweight title fight in China on Oct. 27th between Xiong Zhao Zong and Javier Martinez. Cuello was actually supposed to fight for the...
A Nonito Donaire-Abner Mares showdown will be a crème de la crème addition to the growing and already storied Philippines vs. Mexico rivalry, and pits two of the best fighters from each country who are on top of their games and are at their natural w...
There's no denying the animosity between Nonito Donaire, Jr. and Guillermo Rigondeaux and their camps. Rigondeaux has been calling out and mocking Donaire for quite some time now, in an effort to land a big fight with the top pound-for-pound Filipino...
After his dominating third round knockout win that sent Mexican warrior Jorge Arce to retirement, the focus turns to what's next in line for Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, Jr. for 2013 as he continues his rise to recognition as one of this era'...
I caught up with jr. lightweight contender Michael Farenas, two days removed from his impressive showing against Yuriorkis Gamboa last Saturday in the undercard of Pacquiao-Marquez 4 in Las Vegas. Farenas dropped a decision loss to Gamboa, but not af...
During a recent conversation with top pound-for-pound boxer Nonito Donaire, I asked him for his thoughts on whether Manny Pacquiao should hang up his gloves after his devastating knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez. The super bantamweight nicknamed...
Unbeaten Filipino rising star Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta (26-0-1, 14 KOs) is gearing up for his long-coveted world title fight on December 8 in the undercard of Pacquiao-Marquez 4 against tough and rugged Mexican Miguel Vazquez (32-3-0, 13 KOs) who is...