BOXING

Boxing Updates: ALA boxing closes due to coronavirus; Asian Boxing Championships Postpones

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4 years ago

August 19, 2020

Here are the hottest boxing updates from JMELO Sports: ALA BOXING closes down due to the loss in the pandemic, Asian Boxing Championships in India to be pushed back in 2021 and Canelo Alvarez to fight for the vacant WBC super-middleweight belt.

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(News #1)

Sad news for the boxing community in the Philippines. ALA Promotions and Gym permanently closes after 35 years of service. The announcement was made on Facebook. According to the post, the company’s future was greatly affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown of their long-time broadcast network partner, the ABS-CBN.

ALA Promotions was well known for their Pinoy Pride boxing series that ran for more than 40 events. ALA was also the home of Filipino champions Donnie “Ahas” Nietes and Milan Melindo. Other popular Filipino boxers also have their roots in ALA before spreading their wings in the international stage.

Despite the closure, ALA Promotions was thankful for the support of the people around the globe during their three decades of service.

(NEWS #2)

On the other news, Asian Boxing Championships, which was supposed to take place this year was postponed and will be moved in 2021.

While it was pushed back due to the pandemic, India will still has the right to host the said event.

Different countries from Asia are expected to participate next year including boxers from the Philippines.

(NEWS #3)

Meanwhile, Pound-for-pound King Canelo Alvarez is reportedly eyeing to take the vacant WBC super-middleweight belt on his next fight. Canelo was supposed to fight Billy Joe Saunders, however, conflicts arises as Saunders found guilty for misconduct on his viral video.

The WBC super-middleweight belt was vacated after its former owner David Benavidez failed to make the weight on his recent fight against Roamer Alexis Angulo.

While Benavidez won the fight, he won’t regain the belt, thus, it is now up for grabs.

However, promoter Oscar Dela Hoya of the Golden Boy don’t want Canelo to fight Benavidez for the vacant belt. Benavidez is unbeaten on 24 wins with 20 via knockouts. Nonetheless, he is still young compared to the veteran Alvarez.

Progress for the possible fight has yet to be released as of the posting of this video.

That is all for our boxing updates here at JMELO Sports, News and Entertainment.

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BOXING

Naoya Inoue is ‘overrated’ – Luis Nery

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11 hours ago

April 19, 2024

PONCIANO

Two-weight world Mexican champ Luis Nery (35 wins – 1 loss – 0) mocked the undefeated “Japanese monster” Naoya Inoue (26 wins – 0 loss) as ordinary and overrated hyping their fight at Tokyo Dome in Japan May 6, 2024.

31-year old Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight title against Nery.

29-year-old challenger Nery has the WBC and Ring magazine bantamweight titles plus the WBC super bantamweight title from 2020 to May 2021.

On the other hand, the undisputed Inoue who holds WBA and IBF titles plus WBC and WBO belts has never lost except a decision with Filipino ‘flash’ Nonito Donaire last 2011.

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Francis Ngannou cries ‘deception’ vs Anthony Joshua camp

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2 weeks ago

April 3, 2024

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Francis Ngannou cries ‘deception’ vs Anthony Joshua camp

Former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou accused AJ camp of ‘trickery’ when he suffered devastating knockdowns in the first and second round last March 8, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The MMA fighter and former UFC heavyweight champion said that AJ camp sabotaged him by letting him go early in the arena.

“We both fought at 3am. What I think, something that’s happened is that they get me to the arena very early. Like my pickup time was 10.30pm to go to the arena. And then when we get to the arena, they tell us that we are scheduled around 1.45am. right?” Ngannou blurted.

He believed that he came exhausted, which resulted in his humiliating defeat.

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Texas Department urges Mike Tyson to pass EEG, EKG tests

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2 weeks ago

April 3, 2024

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Texas Department urges Mike Tyson to pass EEG, EKG tests

The 57-year old legend Mike Tyson (50 wins – 6 loss) vs 27-year old YouTuber Jake Paul (9 wins – 1 loss) must undergo major tests before the fight to materialize at AT&T Stadium in Texas Arlington on July 20, 2024.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulations (TDLR) urged Tyson to undergo or pass a brain test Electroencephalography (EEG) and Electrocardiogram (EKG) for the heart.

“A person aged 36 or older applying for a contestant’s license must submit a report of favourable physical testing conducted within the previous 12 months, including but not limited to an EEG and an EKG.” TDLR elaborated.

Meanwhile, the American youtuber explained that he picked Tyson because he wants to change the history of boxing. He already fought Floyd Mayweather Jr but he lost.

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