Last week, we saw again one unfortunate happening in boxing. This time in the case of Karlo Maquinto (RIP); died on February 3, 2012, six days after collapsing in the ring following a majority draw against Mark Joseph Costa. Aside from Maquinto, as far as our short term memory can recall with regards to boxing fatalities; in the case of Z ...

Disaster happens so quickly and so unexpectedly that when it comes, most of us are not prepared for it. On the evening of December 16th, 2011, this writer, along with his father and several relatives, suddenly became victims of a flash flood that tear through the city of Cagayan de Oro. Our house is located a few yards from the ...

With the incarceration of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., the FIGHT OF THE CENTURY is now temporarily off, at least until November 2012 perhaps. So who's next for Manny Pacquiao in May next year? Reports have it Top Rank president and Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum is eyeing four possible opponents in Juan Manuel Marquez, WBO light welterweight champ Timothy Bradley, WBA/IBF light welterweight king ...

Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista (32-2, 24 KOs), who is coming out fresh from a 6th-round knockout win over previously undefeated Miguel Angel Mendoza (17-1, 17 KOs) of Mexico last December 10th, 2011, has been dreaming of becoming a world champion. The reigning IBF international featherweight once fought for a world championship in August 2007 but fell short after getting blitzed ...

Saying there will be a bloodbath come December 3rd at the Madison Square Garden, New York is spot on. When you got two hard-punching rivals going at it again, one can expect nothing short of a classic contest of pugilistic contest fused with raw savagery. When you got WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and former welterweight beltholder and disgraced ...