by Maribel Tarver
In 1921, boxing was legalized in the Philippines and began to flourish. Frank Churchill joined by the Tait brothers, established the Olympic Boxing Club in Manila. During this time, the country saw the first batch of great Filipino fighters such as Dencio Cabanela, Speedy Dado, the Flores brothers (Francisco, draftkings jake paul odds Elino, Macario and Ireneo), Pete Sarmiento, Sylvino Jamito, Macario Villon and the legendary Pancho Villa. The first golden age of Philippine boxing emerge as Pancho Villa won the universal world flyweight championship from Welshman Jimmy Wilde to become the first ever Asian and Filipino world champion. Villa defended his title three times including a fight in the Philippines with fellow Filipino Clever Sencio where he won by fifteen-round decision, which at the time, nobody thought it would be the last victory of his young career. The glorious era was short-lived following the ring deaths of popular fighters Dencio Cabanela and Clever Sencio along with the death of Pancho Villa from Ludwig’s angina and their influential promoter Frank Churchill.
In order to achieve relatively fast results, I’d recommend that you train your shoulders, back, legs, arms, and chest twice a week. Join your local gym so you have access to some weights and train hard. There is so much fitness content on the internet created by bodybuilders and fitness specialists for those trying to gain huge amounts of muscle and optimize their physiques.
2018-2019 – Mikey Garcia is listed as the CBZ’s reigning Lineal Junior Welterweight Champion, on the back of his 2018 victory over Sergey Lipinets – despite the fact Lipinets was seen as a relatively lowly ranked opponent at the time he fought Garcia (#7 with The Ring, #4 with Boxing Monthly and #8 with BoxRec). Only the TBRB had Lipinets in the top 3.
Declining physical and mental abilities are inevitable as you age, but some people significantly slow down the process. They’re called Super Agers, and these people exhibit the physical and mental abilities of someone 20 to…
While the light heavyweight division has seen many great fighters, it is uncertain if we will ever witness an undisputed champion in this weight class. Negotiations and financial demands can sometimes complicate unifying the belts and creating an undisputed champion. Beterbiev and Bivol, like many fighters, seek big-money fights that can potentially freeze the negotiations. The business aspects of the sport can sometimes hinder the path to undisputed championships.
On June 11, 2011, Serrano defeated Jennifer Scott to capture the vacant WBC–NABF featherweight title. The bout was scheduled for 8 rounds, but the match was cut quick as Serrano knocked out Scott in 1:04 of round one.
When a champion, for reasons beyond his control such as an illness or injury, is unable to defend his title within the normal mandatory time, the sanctioning bodies may order an interim title bout and award the winner an interim championship. The WBA and WBC have often changed the status of their inactive champions to a “Champion in Recess” or “Champion Emeritus”.
Generally speaking, power is something you are born with, there are some things you can do to improve that power – which we will cover in this article – but everyone is limited by their genetic potential. Essentially it comes down to the connective structure of your muscles to your bones and the type of…
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Though Herring just recently had a controversial title defense, he managed to hold on and keep his championship. Also known for his nickname “Semper Fi,” Herring has managed to successfully defend the junior lightweight championship on two occasions.
Hearns defended that title on several occasions, then moved up again to the middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight divisions to find success by winning against Dennis Andries, Juan Domingo Roldan and James Kinchen, thus putting his name in the boxing records book for the five titles he held throughout his professional career.
By most accounts, the division was created by the Austrian Board of Control so Emil Griffith could fight—and defeat—Teddy Wright on October 17, 1962, in Vienna, Austria. It was on a Wednesday. And to show how nebulous the division’s history began, some accounts go back to the early 1920s as to the establishment of the 154-pound class.
— No fighter in history has won world titles in more weight classes than Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino legend has done it in eight divisions, a remarkable feat for a fighter who turned pro at 106 pounds in 1995, won his first title at 112 pounds in 1998 and eventually won a 154-pound belt (even though he weighed only 144.6 for the fight) in 2010.