Sanman's Plania Eyes Bounce-Back Win On "Magic Show" Card In Polomolok, South Cotabato

Mike Plania In Action Credit: Sanman Promotions

Press Release: May 1, 2018 By Sanman Promotions –After falling short in his US debut, Sanman Boxing Gym's Mike Plania looks to get back on track when he headlines "Magic Show" on May 19 in Polomolok, South Cotabato. Plania faltered in his first fight in the US last March 23 but put up a gallant stand before tasting a unanimous decision loss to former world champion Juan Carlos Payano.

The win earned Payano the vacant WBO Inter-Continental bantamweight belt, while Plania endured his first loss after starting his career with 14 straight wins, highlighted by seven knockout victories. Plania's opponent is yet to be determined as the full card is still being finalized, said Sanman Promotions CEO Jim Claude Manangquil. Manangquil is confident that Plania can overcome the hump following the failed US debut.

"I am confident that he can recover. He is still young and we believe in his talent," said Manangquil. The upcoming card promises to be an explosive one as former WBA World light flyweight champion Randy Petalcorin and Jake Bornea will also be seeing action. Petalcorin, who sports a 28W-2L-1D, 21KOs record, is on a five-fight winning streak. His last loss came on April 15, 2016 wherein he vowed to Omari Kimweri for the vacant WBC Silver Flyweight title. Bornea, for his part, is gunning for a third straight win. He won over Jestonie Makiputin via a second-round knockout that hiked his record to 13W-2L-0D, 7KOs.

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Bornea Victorious In Main Event Of "Undefeated" Card

Jade Bornea Celebrates Victory Photo Credit: Sanman Promotions

Press Release: April 30, 2018 By Sanman Promotions – Jade Bornea prevailed in the battle of unbeaten fighters after he scored a unanimous win over Danrick Sumabong in the main event of the "Undefeated" fight card last Saturday night (April 28^th) in Glan, Saranggani Province. In keeping his unblemished record intact, Bornea (10W-0L-0D, 7KOs) wrested the vacant WBO Youth Super-Flyweight belt.

Sumabong proved to be a tough nut to crack but ultimately fell short versus Bornea en route to tasting his first loss after starting his pro career with five straight wins. In the undercard fights, Mark Bernaldez marked his return from a long hiatus with a smashing first-round knockout win over JP Macadumpis.

Fighting for the first time since August 5, 2015, Bernaldez improved to 16W-1L-1D, 11KOs as he scored a rousing debut as a Sanman Boxing Gym fighter.

Macadumpis fell to 11W-12L-1D, 5KOs. Also scoring an impressive win was Ken Jordan (7W-1L-1D, 6KOs), who knocked out Wiljan Ugbaniel (13W-8L-1D, 4KOs) in the very first round.

Ernie Sanchez, on the other hand, dispatched Noel Adelmita in the second round to hike his record to 18W-11L-1D, 9KOs. Adelmita slid to 13W-13L-2D, 2KOs. In other fights, Jayson Franciso defeated Sardido via unanimous decision, Japan's Motoki Osanai knocked out Alvin Bais in the second round, while Regie Mananquil pulled off a unanimous win over Roger Sulaton in the card promoted by Sanman Promotions of CEO Jim Claude Manangquil.

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April 21st Two-Part Feature Update

Due to circumstances beyond our control the previously announced double feature looking back at some of the events that took place in Boxing on Saturday, April 21st will not be released as originally planned. Material regarding the subject will be released as part of a special edition of the regular feature Observations On Recent Events In Boxing discussing the first half of 2018, which will be released during the month of June. We apologize for the delay. 

We would also like to let our readers know that we will resume our regular schedule on Saturday, May 5th. Stay tuned. "And That's The Boxing Truth."

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Complete "Undefeated" Card Announced

Bornea-Sumabong Promo Poster Credit: Sanman Promotions

Press Release: April 22, 2018 by Sanman Promotions – It’s all systems go for the upcoming “Undefeated” fight card scheduled on April 28 in Glan, Saranggani Province. Youthful boxing promoter Jim Claude Manangquil, CEO of the General Santos City-based Sanman Promotions, announced that the full card has already been finalized with Jade Bornea taking on Danrick Sumabong in the main event.

Bornea (10W-0L-0D, 7KOs) and Sumabong (5W-0L-0D, 4KOs) will fight for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Youth Super-Flyweight title. “This is going to be an exciting card with two undefeated fighters facing off in the main event,” said Manangquil.

The main undercard will have Sanman Boxing Gym’s Harmonito “Hammer” dela Torre colliding with Jovany Rota. Dela Torre is looking to get back on track after dropping his last assignment against Olympian Tugstsogt Nyambayar in Las Vegas, Nevada USA in November last year.

Dela Torre sports a 19W-1L-0D, 12KOs record, while Rota has nine wins (6KOs) and 13 losses. Ernie Sanchez (17W-11L-1D, 8KOs) will take on Noel Adelmita (13W-12L-2D, 2KOs), while Jake Bornea (13W-2L-0D, 7KOs) will test the mettle of Wiljan Ugbaniel (13W-7L-1D, 4KOs).

The other undercard duels will have Jayson Francisco (4W-1L-0D, 1KO) battling Janjan Santos (1W-8L-1D) and Motoki Osanai (1W-2L) slugging it out with Alvin Bais (14W-11L-1D, 4KOs). Also, Mark Benaldez (15W-1L-0D, 10KOs) will make his debut under the Sanman Boxing Gym when he squares off with JP Macadumpis (11W-11L-1D, 5KOs). Completing the fight card is the showdown between Regie Mananquil and Roger Salaton.

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Saturday Weights (April 21, 2018) Part 2

Saturday’s loaded Boxing lineup continues. Below are the official weights from Friday’s Weigh-ins featuring a card headlined by a Heavyweight bout between former two-division world champion Tomasz Adamek and Heavyweight contender Joey Abell taking place in Poland and a card in Brooklyn New York headlined by a battle between former world champions Jessie Vargas and Adrien Broner in the Welterweight division.

Adamek vs. Abell – Sports Hall – Czestochowa, Poland

Main Event: Polish International Heavyweight championship – 10Rds.

Tomasz Adamek (Champion) 226 1/2lbs. vs. Joey Abell (Challenger) 254 1/2lbs.

Vacant WBO European Cruiserweight championship – 12Rds.

Mateusz Masternak 199 1/4lbs. vs. Youri Kalenga 198 1/4lbs.

WBO Women’s Jr. Lightweight world championship – 10Rds.

Ewa Brodnicka (Champion) 129 3/4lbs. vs. Sarah Pucek (Challenger) 131lbs.

Vacant Polish International Cruiserweight championship – 10Rds.

Denis Grachev 191 1/4lbs. vs. Adam Balski 199 1/4lbs.

Polish Welterweight championship – 10Rds.

Lukasz Wierzbicki (Champion) 146 1/4lbs. vs. (Challenger) Michal Zerominski 146 3/4lbs.

Light-Heavyweight – 8Rds.

Tim Cronin 177lbs. vs. Robert Parzeczewski 175 1/4lbs.

Middleweight – 8Rds.

Marcos Cornejo 160 3/4lbs. vs. Damian Jonak 161 1/4lbs.

Jr. Welterweight – 8Rds.

Michal Chudecki 142lbs. vs. Damian Wrzesinski 138lbs.

Adamek vs. Abell takes place Tonight (Saturday, April 21^st) at the Sports Hall in Czestochowa, Poland. The card can be seen in Poland on pay-per-view on cable and satellite providers. Contact your local cable/satellite provider for more information.  The card can be seen outside of Poland on internet pay-per-view on www.ipla.tv for $13. The card will begin at 11:45AM (Saturday morning) U.S. EST.

Vargas vs. Broner – Barclays Center – Brooklyn, NY

Main Event: Welterweight – 12Rds.

Jessie Vargas 143 3/4lbs. vs. Adrien Broner 144lbs.

Jr. Lightweight – 12Rds.*

Jesus Cuellar 129 1/4lbs. vs. Gervonta Davis 129lbs.

(*Bout will determine Interim/Regular champion status in the WBA’s Jr. Lightweight ratings. Winner will become the mandatory challenger for current WBA Jr. Lightweight world champion Alberto Machado.)

Middleweight – 12Rds.*

Jermall Charlo 160lbs. vs. Hugo Centeno 158 1/2lbs.

(*Bout is for interim championship status in the WBC’s Middleweight ratings currently held by number one contender Jermall Charlo. Winner becomes the WBC mandatory challenger for current unifed WBA/IBO/IBF/WBC Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin.)

(Other Bouts scheduled to take place on this card: Weights for these bouts unavailable as of this writing.)

Women’s Featherweight – 8Rds.

Iranda Torres vs. Heather Hardy

Bantamweight – 8Rds.

Rau’shee Warren vs. Juan Medina

Welterweight – 8Rds.

Hevinson Herrera vs. Fabian Maidana

Jr. Welterweight – 6Rds.

Gary Russell vs. Andrew Rodgers

Heavyweight – 8Rds.

Tyrell Wright vs. George Arias

Jr. Welterweight – 6Rds.

Alexander Charmeco vs. Richardson Hitchens

Welterweight – 4Rds.

Justin Savi vs. Shyngyskhan Tazhilbay

Jr. Bantamweight – 6Rds.

Edson Neri vs. Dylan Price

Jr. Middleweight – 6Rds.

Daniel Calzada vs. Chordale Booker

Jr. Lightweight – 4Rds.

Kendrick Latchman vs. Desmond Jarmon

Vargas vs. Broner takes place Tonight (Saturday, April 21^st) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The card can be seen in the United States on Showtime across cable and satellite providers as well as streamed live on the Showtime and Showtime Anytime apps beginning at 9PM ET/6PM PT. For more information about Showtime, Showtime Sports, and the Showtime and Showtime Anytime apps as well as a list of available streaming devices please visit: www.sho.com. Check your listings internationally.

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Saturday Weights (April 21, 2018) Part 1

Saturday’s loaded Boxing schedule features several intriguing bouts taking place across the globe. We here will at The Boxing Truth® will be covering all the action in two upcoming features that will be released next week. We will also be releasing weigh-in and broadcast information for these events in two separate reports.  Below are the official weigh-in results that took place earlier today in the United Kingdom for two events. The first event will be headlined by former unified WBA/WBC Jr. Welterweight world champion Amir Khan as he will return to the ring after a near two year absence to face Welterweight contender Phil Lo Greco in Liverpool, England. Also taking place in the United Kingdom on Saturday will be a card in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which will be headlined by a battle for interim championship status in the World Boxing Organization’s (WBO) Featherweight rankings between former world champions Carl Frampton and Nonito Donaire.

Khan vs. Lo Greco – Echo Arena – Liverpool, England

Main Event: Jr. Middleweight – 12Rds.

Amir Khan 150lbs. vs. Phil Lo Greco 149 1/4lbs.

Commonwealth Lightweight Championship – 12Rds.

Sean Dodd (Champion) 134lbs. vs. Tommy Coyle (Challenger) 134 1/4lbs.

Jr. Middleweight – 8Rds.

Anthony Fowler 155 1/4lbs. vs. Ryan Toms 154 1/4lbs.

Women’s Jr. Lightweight – 10Rds.

Taoussy L’ Hadji 128 1/4lbs. vs. Natasha Jones 129 1/2lbs.

Welterweight – 6Rds.

Conor Benn 148lbs. vs. Chris Truman 144 1/4lbs.

Jr. Middleweight – 6Rds.

Sam Eggington 154 3/4lbs. vs. Achilles Szabo 156 1/4lbs.

Middleweight – 8Rds.

Laszlo Fazekas 159 1/4lbs. vs. Scott Fitzgerald 158 1/2lbs.

Jr. Featherweight – 4Rds.

Oais Ashfaq 123 1/4lbs. vs. Ricky Starkey 122 1/4lbs.

Jr. Featherweight – 4Rds.

Jose Hernandez 122lbs. vs. Osman Aslam 121 1/2lbs.

Welterweight – 6Rds.

Tom Ferrell 144 3/4lbs. vs. Mwenya Chisanga 142 1/4lbs.

Heavyweight – 4Rds.

Craig Glover 207 1/4lbs. vs. Ratu Latianara 201 3/4lbs.

Welterweight – 6Rds.

Bilal Rehman 146 1/4lbs. vs. Edvinas Puplauskas 145 1/4lbs.

Khan vs. Lo Greco takes place tomorrow (Saturday, April 21^st) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. The card can be seen in the United States on the new streaming digital network from ESPN, ESPN+ with undercard bouts beginning at 1:30PM ET/ 10:30AM PT with the main event scheduled to begin at approximately 5PM ET/2PM PT.  ESPN+ is available through the ESPN app for $4.99 a month or $49.99 per year. To subscribe to ESPN+ Click the ESPN+ tab within the ESPN app or visit: watch.espnplus.com/sports/ to subscribe as well as for a list of available streaming devices carrying the ESPN app. For more information about ESPN please visit: www.espn.com.

In the United Kingdom the card can be seen on Sky Sports Action beginning at 7PM (Local UK Time) The main event will also be shown on Sky Sports Main Event (Formally Sky Sports 1) beginning at 9:45PM (Local UK Time). For more information about Sky Sports please visit: www.skysports.com. Check your listings internationally.

Frampton vs. Donaire – SSE Arena – Belfast, Northern Ireland

Main Event: Featherweight – 12Rds.*

Carl Frampton 125lbs. vs. Nonito Donaire 125 1/2lbs.

(Bout will determine Interim championship status in the WBO Featherweight ratings and winner will become the WBO’s mandatory challenger for current WBO Featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez.)

WBO Bantamweight world championship – 12Rds.

Zolani Tete (Champion) 116 1/4lbs. vs. Omar Narvaez 117 1/4lbs.

Vacant WBO European Middleweight championship – 10Rds.

Conrad Cummings 159 1/2lbs. vs. Luke Keeler 159 1/4lbs.

Lightweight – 8Rds.

David Joyce 132 1/2lbs. vs. Jordan Ellison 132 3/4lbs.

Middleweight – 6Rds.

Christian Gomez 160lbs. vs. Troy Williamson 160 3/4lbs.

Light-Heavyweight – 6Rds.*

Steven Ward 174 1/2lbs. vs. Michal Ciach

(Weight for Ciach is unavailable as of this writing.)

Featherweight – 6Rds.

Elvis Guillen 123 1/2lbs. vs. Tyrone McCullagh 127 1/4lbs.

Jr. Welterweight – 6Rds.

Sam Maxwell 142 1/2lbs. vs. Michael Carrero 140 3/4lbs.

Super-Middleweight – 4Rds.*

Ryan Hatton 169lbs. vs. Attila Nagy

(*Weight for Nagy unavailable as of this writing.)

Lightweight – 6Rds.

Marco McCullough 131 1/2lbs. vs. Arnoldo Solano 133 1/4lbs.

Jr. Middleweight – 4Rds.

Scott James 151lbs. vs. Lewis Crocker 153 1/2lbs.

Heavyweight – 4Rds.

Lee Carter 268lbs. vs. Alex Dickinson 222lbs.

Frampton vs. Donaire takes place tomorrow (Saturday, April 21^st) at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The card can be seen for free in the United States on Showtime Boxing’s official Facebook and YouTube pages beginning at 5:15PM ET/2:15PM PT at the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDm00h4WYfg www.facebook.com/ShoBoxing.

In the United Kingdom the card can be seen on BoxNation beginning at 7:30PM (Local UK Time). For more information about BoxNation please visit: www.boxnation.com.

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WORLD RATED ANDREW MOLONEY vs CLAVERAS SET FOR MAY 19 IN MELBOURNE

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Press Release: April 18, 2018 by Hosking Promotions – WBA #6, IBF #5, WBC #5 Undefeated Australian boxing sensation Andrew “The Monster” Moloney 16 (10 KOs) - 0 returns to the ring for his second outing of 2018.  

Moloney defends his World Boxing Association Oceania Super Flyweight title for the 3rd time in as many fights against Richard Claveras 18(15 KOs) – 3 (1 KOs) -2. The fight will be at Malvern Town Hall in Melbourne Australia on the 19thof May.

“It’s an honour for me to represent the WBA. They have shown great support of me so I will continue to show my appreciation and continue defending their title”.

This will be Moloneys 8th WBA regional fight and is sitting at number 6 in the World ratings and is knocking on the door for the coveted WBA World Super Flyweight Championship against Englishman Kal Yafai.

“This is the fight I want.  I have watched a lot of Yafai’s fights and I truly believe I can beat him and achieve my dream of becoming World Champion.  All I see is me winning the fight and having that World Title belt around my waist.  Yafai is a good fighter, he is a world champion for a reason but I believe I have what it takes to beat him”. 

Moloney will need to get past Claveras first. With an 83% Knock out ratio from his 18 Victories, the man known as “Explosive” states he will not leave it to the judges hands.

Claveras is no stranger to traveling either, June 13th last year Claveras lost a controversial split decision for the coveted OPBF Championship to Keisuke Nakayama at the World famous Korakeun Hall in Japan. Most ringside believe the Filipino did enough to get his hand raised.  In November 2015 he also fought for the WBC World Light Flyweight Title against Mexicos Pedro “Pedrin” Guevara. The pedigree of Claveras cannot be questioned and Moloney will need to be at the top of his game.

“I have watched a few of Claveras fights now. I can see that he is a strong fighter and know that he is going to come here to fight.  He has a come forward style and lets his hands go, so I’m sure the fans will be in for a real treat on May 19. 

Claveras has 15 ko’s out of his 18 wins so I would say his power would be his biggest strength.  I am going to have to be switched on at all times during this fight and avoid getting hit as this guy obviously has knockout power. 

My preparation has been great so far.  Since moving to NSW to train with Angelo Hyder I really have lived the life of a professional athlete. I continued to train after my last fight and didn’t let myself get out of shape, so I started training camp already in good condition.  We have two sparring partners coming over from the Philippines, with similar styles to my opponent so we will have some great sparring over the next three and a half weeks to finish off camp” – states Moloney

May 19th – a Blockbuster Twin Bill featuring Australias biggest prospect Andrew and Jason Moloney. 

“I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who supports Team Moloney. Especially those who come out and support us on fight night. These are extremely exciting times in both mine and Jason’s careers and we wouldn’t be in this position without the amazing support these people have shown us.”

Hosking Promotions & Peter Maniatis Events presents BOB ROSE CUP May 19th in Melbourne Australia.

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