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LOS ANGELES United States — Undefeated Terence Crawford made a triumphant super-welterweight debut on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time,) dethroning previously unbeaten Israil Madrimov to capture a 154-pound world boxing title by unanimous decision.
MANILA, Philippines -- Like majority of Filipino boxing fans, Carlo Paalam believes he won against Australia’s Charlie Senior Saturday night (Manila time).
MANILA, Philippines -- Aira Villegas is dedicating her sure Olympic medal to fellow Filipino boxers who had already bowed out of competition.
MANILA, Philippines – Boxer Aira Villegas will be adding to the Philippines’ medal tally in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam bowed out of the Paris Olympics after suffering a heartbreaking loss against Australia’s Charlie Senior via split decision Saturday night (Manila time).
I have mixed feelings about boxing being one of the few Olympic sports that will get us on the medal tally board. Before Hidilyn Diaz, EJ Obiena and Caloy Yulo, our medal hopes were all pinned on our boxers. In Tokyo in 2020, three of them came through – Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam with silvers and Eumir Marcial with a bronze. In our Olympic history, eight of our 14 medals came via boxing (athletics, swimming and weightlifting contributed two each).
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Sports fans at a Taipei bar burst into applause when Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting was declared winner in her opening Olympic bout -- a victory that comes as controversy around her gender stirs heated debate.
PARIS, France — One of the boxers at the center of a gender controversy at the Olympics comfortably reached the quarter-finals Friday, as fellow fighters and public figures weighed into the furore.