Back in June 27th, 2009, Fernando Lumacad battled Mexican bruiser Jorge Arce for the vacant IBF international super flyweight title. A win would have been a definitive point in Lumacad’s career. Arce was (and still is) a huge name in the lower weights and beating him would have opened doors for the young General Santos City citizen. Fate, however, proved to ...

This writer has long said that undisputed lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez requires more than a Hail Mary to best reigning WBO welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao, perhaps Marquez' greatest rival in the ring, in their upcoming title scrap November 12th, 2011 in Las Vegas, USA. After all, Marquez looked slow and sluggish against Floyd Mayweather in his lone bout as ...

“The dream to represent the Philippines is still there,” Mario Delmindo told this writer after his son, Fil-Am amateur boxer Miles Delmindo recently lost in a boxing event last week in Ohio, USA. “But with so much things going on in Philippine boxing, I don't think we will be cut for the RP boxing team.” Miles, who now sports a 7-8 ...

New York City, USA ­– In his first, and probably his last, defense of his WBC and WBO bantamweight titles, Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire (27-1, 18 KOs) found himself in the ring with an opponent who seemed content with just blocking and deflecting his shots. Omar Narvaez (35-1-2, 19 KOs) was relatively passive all throughout the fight, displaying a superb ...

No titles were at stake when the late great Gabriel “Flash” Elorde of the Philippines took on New Yorker Frankie Narvaez at the historic Madison Square Garden in August of 1965. Originally from Puerto Rico, Narvaez owned most of the crowd, which totaled to more than 6,000 spectators. Elorde and Narvaez battled it out, but like most boxing matches, only one ...