Ancajas wants to test Inoue’s patience
MANILA, Philippines — Jerwin Ancajas could only wish that Takuma Inoue, the WBA bantamweight champion, wouldn’t consider changing his style so close to their title showdown in Tokyo on Feb. 24.
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Inoue too fast, strong for Tapales
TOKYO – Marlon Tapales of the Philippines got it right when he said during Sunday’s press conference that the fight won’t last the distance.
Tapales eyes piece of history
YOKOHAMA – Marlon Tapales spent Christmas Day tipping the scales and comfortably making weight for the biggest fight of his life.
No rematch clause for Inoue vs Tapales
YOKOHAMA – The handlers of Naoya Inoue, the Japanese “Monster,” must be so confident of victory over Filipino Marlon Tapales that they didn’t opt for a rematch clause in the fight contract.
Tapales the next Buster Douglas?
MANILA, Philippines — Sean Gibbons, the great promoter of Filipino world boxing champions, looks at Marlon Tapales as Buster Douglas.
Pacman-Mayweather II in the works?
MANILA, Philippines — Manny Pacquiao’s camp yesterday confirmed that the highly anticipated match, an exhibition fight, with American Floyd Mayweather Jr., is being planned for Dec. 31 in Tokyo.
POC, PSC not seeing eye to eye
HANGZHOU, China – Now, it can be said that while Filipino athletes competed in various fronts at the 19th Asian Games, the country’s top two sports officials weren’t seeing eye to eye.
Cage crown is ‘worth a thousand golds’
HANGZHOU – In the eyes of POC president Abraham Tolentino, the victory in men’s basketball “is worth a thousand golds.”