The Boxing Truth®

When a Boxing enthusiast comes across someone who may not be a fan of the sport known as “The Sweet Science”, who might even be critical in their dislike one reason that the non-fan might use is that it can be confusing at times to distinguish which fighters are world champions from those who are contenders among other reasons as to why they don’t share an interest in Boxing. While the subject of those who criticize the sport for its flaws certainly can cover a wide spectrum of topics, the subject of distinguishing champions from contenders is one that does indeed cause confusion for those who consider themselves casual fans of Boxing. It is after all understandable how one could become confused in an era where there are five major sanctioning organizations that regulate and sanction world championship fights throughout Professional Boxing’s seventeen weight divisions. The process can become even more complicated when one considers the various political elements that surround the...

Reymart Gaballo Photo Credit: Alex Nunes Press Release: March 27, 2018 by Sanman Promotions – The red carpet will be rolled out when the newly crowned WBA Bantamweight interim world champion Reymart Gaballo returns home on March 30 in General Santos City. A grand homecoming awaits the hard-hitting Gaballo, who wrested the championship belt via a unanimous decision win over American Stephon Young at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida last March 23rd. "This is one of the biggest victories for our team and I am very happy for Reymart. We will have a big welcome party for him when he arrives in GenSan," said Sanman Promotions CEO Jim Claude Mananquil. Mananquil and his older brother John Ray, the COO of the Sanman Promotions, was at ringside when Gaballo snatched the stirring victory with scores of 117-110, 117-110 and 118-109. "I am very proud of Reymart. I believed in him since day one. He was still 15 years old when he started boxi...

Reymart Gaballo Celebrating Victory Credit: LSBoxing Press Release: March 25, 2018 (Originally released March 24, 2018) by Sanman Promotions – Miami, FL Reymart Gaballo came up victorious in his biggest fight to date, defeating Stephon Young by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA interim Junior Bantamweight title on Friday night (March 23 rd ) at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Two judges scored the fight 117-110 while the third had it 118-109. The General Santos City, Philippines native scored the only knockdown of the fight in the third round with a right hand which dropped the erstwhile unbeaten American Young. Gaballo improves to 19-0 with 16 knockouts and becomes the second champion from Sanman Promotions, following Randy Petalcorin. Another Sanman fighter Mike Plania nearly made it 2-for-2 when he knocked down former WBA/IBO World champion Juan Carlos Payano with a right hand but lost a decision in the 10 round WBO Intercontinental Bantamweight title ...

The Jr. Welterweight bout between veterans Danny O’Connor and Steve Claggett was the latest for the active 140lb. division that is in the process of transition following former undisputed world champion Terence Crawford choosing to relinquish his crown and seek opportunities in the 147lb. Welterweight division. While a good portion of the recent bouts that have taken place in the division have been focused on the upper echelon in top contenders fighting to secure an opportunity to fight for a world championship, to former world champions fighting for world championships in the Jr. Welterweight division for the first time, to finally top contenders meeting each other for vacated world titles, O’Connor-Claggett was not among them. Instead, the fight between Danny O’Connor and Steve Claggett shined a light on a portion of the division and by extension the entire sport of Boxing that does not always get the attention as bouts at or around the top of the division. A battle between two...

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O'Connor-Claggett Promotional Poster Credit: FiteTV An intriguing battle between two world-class Jr. Welterweights on Saturday night at the House of Blues in Boston, MA that one could call a “Crossroads” fight for both fighters.  A fight between two veterans who are each looking to catapult themselves into title contention as Danny O’Connor will make the first defense of his WBC International Silver Jr. Welterweight championship against former Canadian Welterweight champion Steve Claggett in a bout that will headline a pay-per-view card here in the United States. O’Connor, a native of Framingham, MA will enter this fight with a record of 29-3, with 11 Knockouts and has won his previous three bouts since suffering a knockout loss in his second meeting with longtime contender Gabriel Bracero in October 2015. O’Connor’s second loss to Bracero was a brutal first round knockout where Bracero brought the fight to its conclusion before it could really start, knocking O’Connor o...

Reymart Gaballo L/Mike Planilla R Credit: Sanman Promotions Press Release: March 16, 2018 (Originally released March 14, 2018 By Sanman Promotions – Filipino prospects Reymart "Assassin” Gaballo and “Magic” Mike Planilla, both undefeated fighters from Sanman Boxing Club in General Santos City are seeing action in one big boxing card in the United States on March 23 rd . Gaballo, who has a clean record of 18 straight wins with 16 knockouts, is facing the dangerous American Stephon  “Showstopper” Young for the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) world bantamweight title at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL. Young, 29, is also still unbeaten with 17 wins, seven by knockouts and three draws. He won the vacant WBA-NABA bantamweight title by a majority decision against Juan Antonio Lopez in 2016. Gaballo is making his third fight in abroad after making his impressive debut by stopping Mexican Ernesto Guerrero via a second round technical knockou...

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Lightweight contender William Silva scored an impressive ten round unanimous decision over a very “Game” Rogelio Casarez on Saturday night at Banquet Masters in Clearwater, FL. The Brazilian-born, Plant City, FL based Silva was in command of the bout from the opening bell using his 6’1 frame and lateral movement to control the tempo of the fight. Silva was able to keep Casarez at distance where the 5’4 native of Batesville, AR simply could not be effective. In short, Silva was able to keep Casarez off-balance by using angles and his lateral movement to keep Casarez from being able to land punches consistently. The pattern of the fight was Casarez would frequently lunge forward throwing wide looping punches and would frequently get caught as he came forward by Silva’s offense. The offense Casarez was able to land did not have much effect on Silva as Casarez appeared to hit Silva on the end of his punches meaning that whatever he could land simply did not have any power on them wh...

The first weekend of March 2018 will be highlighted by three world championship fights taking place in three separate locations including a battle for the vacant National Boxing Association (NBA) Lightweight world championship in Clearwater, FL between William Silva and Rogelio Casarez as well as two world championship fights taking place in New York at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn featuring undefeated WBC Heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder defending his crown against undefeated WBC number three Heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz, as well as The Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City as two-time WBO Light-Heavyweight world champion Sergey Kovalev makes the first defense of his second reign as world champion against WBO number five Light-Heavyweight contender Igor Mikhalkin. Below are the official weights and broadcast information for all three cards.  _________________________________________________________________ Silva vs. Casarez – Banquet Master...

If one were to take a survey of Boxing fans that ranged from the casual fan to the true enthusiast and ask the question of what they look forward to prior to a World Heavyweight championship fight and more specifically what draws their interest and anticipation, a likely answer will be when two fighters who are known as “Knockout Artists “square off against each other. Although the same could easily be said about two fighters of similar reputation in any weight class throughout the sport, there is something unique that for whatever reason draws considerable interest regarding the Heavyweight division. When two “Knockout Artists” are pitted against each other such anticipation/interests are only enhanced when talking about two undefeated fighters. Such a scenario will take place on March 3 rd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY as undefeated WBC Heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder will defend his crown against undefeated WBC number three rated Heavyweight contender Luis...