Manila Standard Digital https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/306568/porter-spence-on-as-both-fighters-make-147.html By Ponciano “John” Melo Jr. LOS ANGELES — Errol Spence versus Shawn Porter is on in only a matter of hours as both fighters make weight for their unification bout Sunday (Manila time). This time though, Porter didn’t have …
Manila Standard Digital https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/306567/-spence-clinches-unified-welterweight-belts-beats-porter-via-split-decision.html By Ponciano “John” Melo Jr. LOS ANGELES — Errol Spence Jr. is now the Unified Welterweight Champion after edging out Shawn Porter through judges’ split decision in the main event at t …
CALIFORNIA, USA — Come September 29, WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence’s untainted record will be at the line against the IBF champion Shawn Porter at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for the World Welterweight Championship Unification match. The Long, New York native Spence is currently holding a 25-0 (win-loss) record …
Manila Standard Digital posted October 11, 2019 at 08:18 am http://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/308248/canelo-alvarez-favored-to-win-over-sergey-kovalev-.html By Ponciano “John” Melo Canelo Alvarez CALIFORNIA, USA — Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez surprisingly is favored to win over Sergey Kovalev in their upcoming main event match this …
Manila Standard Digital https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/308251/for-roach-spence-or-garcia-as-next-pacquiao-foe.html By Ponciano “John” Melo CALIFORNIA, USA — After murmurs of a Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao 2 became deafening in recent days, legendary coach Freddie Roach might have doused cold water on the embers of that thought a …
CALIFORNIA, USA — GGG is a middleweight champion of the world once more. And however louder his critics may claiming his unanimous decision win over Sergey Derevyanchenko is anything but convincing, the truth of the matter is, Gennady Golovkin is the undisputed IBF titleholder. The future Hall-of-Famer scored an early knockdown en route to a too-cl …
By Ponciano Melo Jr. OAKLAND, California — The Toronto Raptors take their maiden NBA trophy- the first one in their 24 seasons as the only team from Canada in the league, in a series that took six games and a whole lot of storylines to cap off. Becoming the first non-US team to clinch a championship, the Raptors banked on superstar Kawhi Leonard a …
https://manilastandard.net/mobile/article/296867 By Ponciano Melo Jr. OAKLAND, California — The Warriors cast was nearly complete albeit for former NBA MVP Kevin Durant on the floor, but the maiden trophy-seeking Toronto Raptors still came out on top to make it one game less towards a date with destiny. With all-star Klay Thompson making his re …
Manila Standard Digital http://manilastandard.net/sports/basketball/296586/nba-finals-game-3-raptors-take-advantage-of-depleted-warriors-to-snatch-2-1-series-lead-.html By Ponciano Melo Jr. OAKLAND, California — A career night from Curry could not turn a home-court advantage into a win for the Golden State Warriors as the Toronto Raptors steal one on …
Manila Standard Digital posted October 11, 2019 at 08:18 am https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/308248/canelo-alvarez-favored-to-win-over-sergey-kovalev-.html CALIFORNIA, USA — Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez surprisingly is favored to win over Sergey Kovalev in their upcoming main event match this November 2 at the MGM Grand Arena in …