Boxing community of Cebu mourns passing of ABAP president Ed Picson

Glendale G. Rosal 04/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu boxing community mourns the untimely passing of one of the country’s sports icons, Edgar “Ed” Picson on Wednesday.  The 69-year-old Picson passed away last Wednesday after battling liver cancer.  Besides his…

PH boxers bag three golds in Thailand Open

Dale Rosal 04/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Philippine boxing team of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) finished the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament impressively with three gold medals.  Rogen Ladon, Riza Pasuit, and Hergie Bacyadan ruled their…

Australian Olympic boxing coach conducts seminars for Cebu coaches

Dale Rosal 11/22/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Australian Olympic boxing coach Don Abnett is in Cebu to conduct a seminar for local boxing coaches in coordination with the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) Central Visayas.  A total of 23 boxing…

PH’s SEA Games boxing team roster bared

10/02/2019

  The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) announced recently the composition of the Philippine team which will see action in the 30th Southeast Asian Games which the country is hosting late next month. Heading…

PSC mulls more amateur boxing events around Cebu Province

Mars G. Alison 02/11/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebuano amateur boxers can look forward to a busy year as the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has planned for boxing matches to be held in various towns and cities all over Cebu within…

Court allows controversial POC elections to push through

Calvin D. Cordova 11/24/2016

THE MUCH talked-about elections of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will push through today. This after a Pasig City court denied the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) that Ricky Vargas, president of the Association of Boxing Alliances of…

Yes Virginia, age does matter

Hidelito Pascual 10/31/2016

A lot has been said about the forthcoming election of the Philippine Olympic Committee. The clamor for incumbent chairman Peping Cojuangco or at the least, to allow Ricky Vargas of the ABAP to run in the election,…

Cebu boxers won’t join PLDT-ABAP Visayas tilt

Dale G. Rosal 02/25/2014

The PLDT-Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) Visayas Area Amateur Boxing Championships is supposed to be one of the biggest competitions Cebuano amateur boxers are scheduled to appear in. Unfortunately, Cebu’s top boxing teams will…

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