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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 i...

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." The Boxing Truth® is a registered trademark of Beau Denison All Rights Reserved. Follow Beau Denison on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Beau_Denison

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 Tor...

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 Balsk...

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 Ar...

Photo Credit: Hosking Promotions 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 ...

One could make a valid argument that the most significant story in the sport of Boxing currently is the situation that resulted in the highly anticipated rematch between undefeated unified WBA/IBO/WBC/IBF Middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez imploding. Although the subject of that situation is a column of it’s own for another time, what can be overshadowed when so much of the attention is focused on a particular fighter or in this case, two fighters who have become marquee stars are other events that go on in the same weight class where those marquee stars ply their trade. Some may recall one month after Golovkin and Alvarez squared off in September of last year in what was ruled a controversial draw, a bout took place in Tokyo, Japan between two of the Middleweight division’s top contenders to determine interim/regular champion status in the World Boxing Association’s (WBA) Middleweight ratings. A rematch between a former world champion and a top contende...