Tapales named Ring Magazine PHL’s ‘Fighter of the Year’

Glendale G. Rosal 01/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Former two-division world champion Marlon “Nightmare” Tapales was named “Fighter of the Year” by Ring Magazine Philippines. The announcement was made earlier this month during Ring Magazine’s annual awards. To recall, Tapales (37-4, 19KOs)…

Inoue has power and speed to dominate featherweight division, but…

Glendale G. Rosal 12/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Renowned international boxing supervisor Leon Panoncillo believes that undisputed world super bantamweight champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue can dominate the featherweight division, but beyond that would be uncertain.  Panoncillo, WBO Asia Pacific Vice President,…

Tapales, Inoue unification showdown officially set on Dec. 26 in Tokyo

Glendale G. Rosal 10/25/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The much-awaited unification showdown between Marlon “Nightmare” Tapales and Naoya “Monster” Inoue has been officially set on December 26, 2023, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. This was posted on Top Rank and…

Tapales to fight Inoue in world title unification bout in Japan on Dec. 26

Glendale G. Rosal 10/12/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The highly-anticipated world title unification bout between Marlon “Nightmare” Tapales and Japanese boxing superstar Naoya “Monster” Inoue is officially set for December 26, 2023 in Japan. This was officially announced by multiple sources including…

Tapales to Inoue: Let’s fight, unify our world boxing titles

Glendale G. Rosal 07/26/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) super bantamweight champion Marlon “Nightmare” Tapales officially challenged Japanese boxing sensation Naoya “Monster” Inoue for a unification world title showdown on Tuesday…

Inoue vs Butler unification showdown set Dec 13 in Japan

Glendale G. Rosal 10/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The much-awaited showdown between unbeaten Japanese Naoya “Monster” Inoue and British world champion Paul “Baby Faced Assassin” Butler will happen on December 13 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Probellum, Butler’s main…

Villanueva is boxing champ Inoue’s sparmate for his upcoming fight

Glendale G. Rosal 09/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) Asia South bantamweight champion “King” Arthur Villanueva will provide the much-needed action in the training camp of unbeaten world bantamweight king Naoya “Monster” Inoue of Japan. This…

‘Baby Faced Assassin’ Butler laughs off talk of a death wish if he fights ‘Monster’ Inoue

Glendale G. Rosal 06/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) world bantamweight champion Paul “Baby Faced Assassin” Butler of the United Kingdom is collecting all the receipts from boxing fans who said Naoya Inoue would “murder” him…

Inoue hires 2 Pinoy sparmates as he prepares for Donaire showdown

Glendale G. Rosal 04/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Undefeated Japanese world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue hired two Filipino prospects as his sparring partners to prepare for his world title unification bout against Nonito Donaire on June 7, 2022, in Japan. Inoue…

Inoue announces Donaire rematch on Twitter

Glendale G. Rosal 03/31/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The unbeaten Japanese world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue officially announced on Twitter his rematch with reigning WBC world bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. on June 7, 2022, in Saitama Super…

Donaire-Inoue rematch?

Dale Rosal 01/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The possibility of a rematch between four-division world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. and WBA, IBF, and Ring Magazine world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue is getting boxing fans excited. In a report from Boxingscene, a…

Donaire hits Casimero for spreading fake news, refusing to fight

Glendale G. Rosal 09/17/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) world bantamweight champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. took to social media anew to debunk WBO world bantamweight champion Johnriel “Quadro Alas” Casimero’s latest tirades against him.…

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