Pinoy pugs handang sumuntok ng medalya sa Paris | Pilipino Star Ngayon
MANILA, Philippines — Limang Pinoy boxers ang nagkwalipika para sa 2024 Paris Games.
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PSA Forum: Paris-bound Filipino pugs headline guest list
MANILA, Philippines – It’s going to be a special 3-in-1 session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday, June 11, with the Philippine boxing team bound for the Paris Olympics leading the guests list at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
Pacquiao in talks over comeback but title fight 'far away'
TOKYO – Boxing great Manny Pacquiao said Monday that he is in negotiations to make a comeback but cautioned that a potential world title fight against Mario Barrios was "far away".
Maquilan stops Facularin to retain WBC Asia bantam belt in 'Blow-By-Blow'
MANILA, Philippines -- James Noli Maquilan bucked off a slow start to score an electrifying 11th-round knockout of the game and gutsy Jason Facularin to retain his World Boxing Council Asia Continental bantamweight belt late Saturday night during Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow show at the Cuneta Astrodome.
Boxing coaches for Paris named
MANILA, Philippines — Australian coach Don Abnett will lead the cast of mentors and tacticians working with the Philippines’ five-strong boxing team at the Paris Olympics. Abnett, 63, has been involved in boxing for over 40 years and joined ABAP in 2019. He’ll be the overall coach in Paris with Ronald Chavez and Gerson Nietes looking after lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial and middleweight Hergie Bacyadan, Reynaldo Galido and Mitchell Martinez taking care of lightflyweight Aira Villegas and featherweight Nesthy Petecio and Elmer Pamisa is focused on featherweight Carlo Paalam.
Maquilan, Facularin fight for regional WBC bantam belt in 'Blow-By-Blow'
MANILA, Philippines – Slambang ring action returns Saturday when Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow stages the World Boxing Council Asia Continental bantamweight title fight starring Noli James Maquilan and Jason Facularin at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.
The fighting five
You can’t say enough about the fighting heart of the five Philippine boxers who qualified for the Paris Olympics. Lightheavyweight Eumir Marcial was first to book a ticket by making it to the final of the Asian Games in Hangzhou last October. Then, lightflyweight Aira Villegas and featherweight Nesthy Petecio got their passes at the first World Qualifying Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy last March. Finally, featherweight Carlo Paalam and middleweight Hergie Bacyadan secured their entry at the second World Qualifying Tournament in Bangkok last week.
Two more pugs book Paris spots Bacyadan, Paalam make it five-strong cast for boxing
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will unleash five boxers in the Paris Olympics next month.