As her opponent sobbed nearby in her coach’s arms, Nesthy Petecio remained in the ring and tugged on her left shoulder strap to draw attention to the Philippines flag on her red singlet. With a small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Retired boxing icon Manny Pacquiao opened his run for the Philippine presidency, vowing to give the Southeast Asian country a ...

Laura Elorde, widow of the late WBC and WBA junior lightweight champion Gabriel “Flash” Elorde, passed away at the age of 92. She was the daughter of the "Grand Old Man" of Philippine boxing, the late ...

Pedirito Laurente, a Parañaque City resident and product of the Sucat-based Johnny Elorde stable, stopped Chinese Qi Mu Xiang in the third round to capture his second regional super-bantamweight ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine boxing star Manny Pacquiao, WBO world welterweight champion, scored a big political victory on Thursday when the elections commission declared he was among 12 new members ...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine boxing hasn’t seen the last of Olympic silver medalist Carlo Paalam just yet. Same with Olympic medal winners Nesthy Petecio, Aira Villegas and Eumir Marcial, who, ...

Philippine senator and boxing star Manny Pacquiao accepted the nomination of the PDP-Laban-Pacquiao faction to run for president in the 2022 Philippine elections in May, according to TMZ Sports. "I am ...

Uncrowned is a new destination for all things MMA, boxing, wrestling, and more, featuring Ariel Helwani. The Philippines, a hotbed of boxing in Asia with a storied history of world champions led by ...

Most people, even non-boxing fans, have heard of Manny Pacquiao, who is considered the most famous fighter from the Philippines, becoming the only boxer to win a world title in eight different ...