By Ponciano “John” Melo Jr. LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It was a masterclass from the defending Mexican champion. Juan Miguel Elorde, the grandson of Filipino boxing legend Gabriel “The Flash” Elorde, hit a rough patch on his way towards boxing glory under the renowned Elorde name. This after Emanuel Navarrete put on a show on Mexican Independence Weekend, …
Manila Standard Digital https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/303582/-tyson-faces-wallin-in-bout-that-all-but-sets-up-stage-for-fury-wilder-rematch.html By Ponciano “John” Melo Jr. CALIFORNIA, USA — Before his much-anticipated title rematch with Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury will try and stave off the rust with a heavyweight prelude to his …
Manila Standard Digital http://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/305082/-lucha-libre-fury-makes-weight-against-wallin.html By Ponciano “John” Melo Jr. LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The “Gypsy King” turned to ‘El Rey de Los Gitanos’ at weigh-in as he carries on his Mexican-themed strategy to psyche out his opponents. Tyson Fury renamed himself to the Sp …
Manila Standard Digital https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/305081/-fury-battles-through-ugly-cut-earns-ud-win-over-wallin.html By Ponciano “John” Melo Jr. LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Tyson Fury wanted to paint the town red. He did. Along with the mat, his Mexico flag-inspired shorts, his face was a bloody mess, but that did not stop Fury from …
By Ponciano “John” Melo Jr. LOS ANGELES — Though looking at his rejuvenated spiritual outlook, he wouldn’t literally bet on young champ Errol Spence, but Manny Pacquiao is placing his favor on the fighter everyone is eyeing to be his next foe. The fighting Senator from the Philippines has his money on Spence but contrary to what Vegas b …
Manila Standard Digital https://manilastandard.net/sports/sports-headlines/306570/-spence-vows-nothing-less-of-a-ko-win-against-porter.html By Ponciano “John” Melo Jr. LOS ANGELES — Expect to see that one explosive punch to end the match between Errol Spence and Shawn Porter this coming weekend. For his case though, Spence says he’d like to be the o …
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 …