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Before year ends, Nietes captures 4th world title
The 36-year-old remains unbeaten in his last 35 fights spanning 14 years
Nietes in elite company by clinching WBO super flyweight title
'Ahas' pulls off a split decision win over Japan's Kazuto Ioka to become the third Filipino with a title in 4 weight classes
New Year’s Eve bout: Nietes targets 4th world title vs Ioka
Filipino champion Donnie Nietes and Japanese Kazuto Ioka dispute the WBO super flyweight crown on December 31 in Macau

Lomachenko beats Pedraza to unify lightweight belts
Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko knocks down Puerto Rico's Jose Pedraza twice in an explosive 11th round

Lomachenko ready for unification bout, not interested in Pacquiao
Lightweight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko says fighting Filipino great Manny Pacquiao at any weight is not in his plans

Lomachenko returns from injury in lightweight unification bout
Pound-for-pound star Vasyl Lomachenko returns to the ring against WBO champ Jose Pedraza

Saludar seeks world title with Nietes
Vic Saludar looks to stay sharp in his first title defense against Japanese Masataka Taniguchi on December 31

Nietes all set to fight Ioka for fourth world title
Filipino champion Donnie Nietes and Japanese Kazuto Ioka tangle for the WBO super flyweight belt

Heavyweight champion Joshua stops Povetkin
Britain's Anthony Joshua knocks out Alexander Povetkin to retain his world heavyweight titles

Munguia batters Cook to retain light middle crown
Mexico's Jaime Munguia is seen as a potential future opponent for middleweights Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez

Rematch in order for Nietes, Palicte
Boxing pundits thought the older, craftier Donnie Nietes got the better of fellow Filipino Aston Palicte

Dubious draw denies Donnie Nietes fourth division title
A victory for Nietes would have put him alongside Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire as the only Filipino fighters with world titles in four weight classes
Donnie Nietes, Aston Palicte clash for vacant WBO title
The two Negrenses battle for the junior bantamweight crown in just the third all-Filipino world title fight

Filipino superfly Donnie Nietes risks 14-year unbeaten streak
Donnie Nietes and Aston Palicte battle for the vacant WBO super flyweight title in an all-Filipino bout

Alvarez stuns Kovalev in 7th to seize WBO light heavyweight title
The Colombian lands a devastating right hook to send the Russian to the canvas for the 3rd and final time
Froilan Saludar misses shot at PH boxing history
The pride of South Cotabato loses his chance to reign as world champion with brother Vic after suffering a TKO loss to Japanese foe Kimura
Munguia dominates Smith to retain WBO title
Mexican Jaime Munguia defends his junior middleweight belt with a unanimous decision win over British Liam Smith

Doping is worse than losing, says Anthony Joshua
World heavyweight champion says: 'I would rather take a loss than be done for doping'

Vic Saludar snatches Yamanaka’s WBO 105-pound title in Japan
The pride of South Cotabato outpoints his Japanese foe to clinch the WBO minimum weight belt

Nietes-Palicte title bout moved to Los Angeles
The all-Filipino battle for the vacant WBO welterweight crown has been reset to September 8 at the Los Angeles Staples Center

Nonito Donaire looks to play spoiler in Belfast vs hometown hero Carl Frampton
'The Filipino Flash' and 'The Jackal' vie for the interim World Boxing Organization featherweight title
Trainer Roach 'hurt' by Pacquiao snub after split
Manny Pacquiao splits with his trainer of 15 years, Freddie Roach

Ex-champ Tyson Fury to make boxing comeback in June
'I can't wait to get in there and prove I am the best, even after all this time out,' says Fury

Anthony Joshua eager to face Deontay Wilder in heavyweight unification bout
Joshua owns the WBA, IBF, and WBO heavyweight titles, while Wilder holds the WBC crown
The week in photos: March 31-April 6, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world

Heavyweight Anthony Joshua has eyes only for opponent Joseph Parker
Joshua says, 'it's 1,000 percent one fight at a time... My future stops on Saturday. One fight at a time. All this talk about Wilder. I'm looking at Parker, he's a champion for a reason'

Brit boxer Joshua tells heavyweight American rival Wilder to 'stop the fantasy'
Should such a bout between British boxer Joshua, the IBF and WBA title-holder, and American rival Wilder, the WBC champion, take place it could be one of the richest in history

Nietes on moving up to super flyweight: 'Desididong desidido na talaga'
Donnie 'Ahas' Nietes eyes a fight against Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzales for the vacant WBO super flyweight belt
George Groves confident of shoulder injury recovery
Groves says he is a fast healer after his shoulder popped out during the final round of a unanimous points victory over Chris Eubank Jr

Jeff Horn retains WBO welterweight title with TKO win over Corcoran
Horn is now in line to face the undefeated American Terence Crawford

WBO champ Jeff Horn a 'dirty' fighter, taunts challenger Corcoran's camp
Australian champion Jeff Horn defends his World Boxing Organization welterweight belt for the first time against English challenger Gary Corcoran in Brisbane on December 13

Vasyl Lomachenko takes on unbeaten Guillermo Rigondeaux
The 29-year-old Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) will defend his World Boxing Organization junior lightweight belt against the unbeaten Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) when they meet at Madison Square Garden Theater

Pacquiao launches search to discover Chinese boxing stars
There are plans to build a Manny Pacquiao International Boxing Academy in Beijing to develop the sport in the world's most populous country

Joshua taunts heavyweight boxing rivals on Twitter
Anthony Joshua, the IBF and WBA heavyweight king, sends tweets to WBO champion Joseph Parker and WBC titleholder Deontay Wilder, as well as taunts fellow Briton Tyson Fury, who has not fought since November 2015

Wilder willing to fight Joshua in UK for a heavyweight boxing mega-fight
American Wilder, 32, defended his WBC title with a first-round knockout of Bermane Stiverne last weekend and now wants a crack at Joshua's WBA and IBF belts

Filipino boxer Pumicpic pulls off big upset in Japan, wins decision over Amagasa
Richard Pumicpic pulls off the biggest win of his career, and will likely earn a world ranking to go along with the WBO Asia Pacific featherweight title

Pacquiao-Horn rematch off due to scheduling conflict – report
Pacquiao s camp advises Australian organizers that he will have other commitments at that time

Uber and Grab, Napoles, Marcos | Evening wRap
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Pacquiao on WBO review: ‘Nothing surprises me now’
After 3 of the 5 review judges reaffirm the decision for Horn Pacquiao says let the people judge for themselves

Lorenzana, Pacquiao vs Horn, Trump Jr | Midday wRap
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WBO review confirms Horn beat Pacquiao
WBO set up a panel of independent and anonymous judges who were asked to determine who won each round The results show Jeff Horn won the title

Time to move on from Pacquiao-Horn
A 38 year old fighter should consider himself lucky if a disputed decision is the worst that befalls him The treatment of other greats at the end has been far more ignominious

WBO to review Pacquiao-Horn judging, but says no reversal of decision
The WBO will have a panel of 5 judges review the fight and score it unofficially but says they have no power to reverse the decision

Abu Sayyaf, MILF, Pacquiao | Evening wRap
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Lorenzana, Marcos, Pacquiao vs Horn | Evening wRap
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Palace: Nothing will change, Pacquiao still People's Champ
Malacañang reminds Filipinos of the many victories Manny Pacquiao brought to the Philippines throughout his prizefighting career

'Pacquiao was robbed,' 'lawn chairs,' and other #PacHorn reactions
The bloodbath between Horn and Pacquiao drew a lot of reactions on social media


HIGHLIGHTS: Pacquiao vs Horn - Battle of Brisbane
Follow live updates of the Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn WBO welterweight title fight plus IBF junior bantamweight champ Jerwin Ancajas vs Teiru Kinoshita

Pacquiao team says Horn fight will be 'short and sweet'
The legendary Filipino one of the greatest fighters of his generation is widely tipped to triumph over the unbeaten Horn in front of an expected 50 000 people at Brisbane s Suncorp Stadium

Ward stuns Kovalev in eighth to defend titles
The unbeaten Ward hurt Kovalev with a right hand that buckled his knees and then finished him off on the ropes with a series of body shots around the mid section
