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CANTILAN – Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao rode his BMW R1250GS motorcycle from General Santos City to this Surigao del Sur municipality last Thursday and was welcomed by thousands of well-wishers celebrating the town fiesta that was climaxed by a 14-fight card on the former eight-division world champion’s “Blow By Blow” series.
MANILA, Philippines — Pedro Taduran gave the Philippines another world boxing title after wresting the IBF mininumweight crown from unbeaten Japanese kingpin Ginjiro Shigeoka with a smashing ninth-round stoppage last night in Otsu City, Japan.
TOKYO, Japan – In the same night when Manny Pacquiao had a tougher than expected outing, it was another Filipino boxer who shone the brightest in the same country.
MANILA, Philippines – World Boxing Council (WBC) minimumweight champion Melvin Jerusalem will put his title on the line in the Philippines against undefeated Mexican Luis Castillo in September.
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s only reigning world boxing champion Melvin Jerusalem is mandated to stake his WBC minimumweight crown against No. 1 contender Luis Castillo of Mexico and MP Promotions head Sean Gibbons said yesterday he’s moving mountains to set the defense tentatively on Sept. 7 in Manila or General Santos City or Masbate or anywhere in the Philippines.
CEBU, Philippines — Sila si basketball superstar June Mar Fajardo, world boxing champion Melvin Jerusalem, ug karting sensation William John Riley Go nga nanghawod sa kalibutanhong bantawan nagsawo sa dungog isip "Athletes of the Year" atol sa malampuson nga 38th Sportswriters Association of Cebu-San Miguel Beer (SAC-SMB) Cebu Sports Awards niatong Domingo, Mayo 26, didto sa The Terraces sa Ayala Center Cebu.
CEBU, Philippines — Basketball superstar June Mar Fajardo, world boxing champion Melvin Jerusalem, and karting sensation William John Riley Go who made waves on the global stage took the spotlight as Athletes of the Year during the highly successful 38th Sportswriters Association of Cebu-San Miguel Beer (SAC-SMB) Cebu Sports Awards on Sunday, May 26, at The Terraces of Ayala Center Cebu.
In 1998, Malcolm Bulner was the referee when Manny Pacquiao knocked out Chatchai Sasakul in the eighth round to wrest the WBC flyweight crown on the Phuttamanthon campus grounds just outside of Bangkok. Bulner is now 79 and continues to be active as a referee and judge. He’s an Australian of Sri Lankan descent and a 1964 Tokyo Olympic boxer.