Ryan Songalia

As a trainer and manager, Bobby Rooney has a lot on his mind heading into fight night. One thing he doesn’t worry about is whether his star pupil Robert Terry is doing his roadwork. That’s because the unbeaten junior middleweight makes himself seen on the streets of Bayonne, N.J., doing his six mile runs in […]

Hiroto Kyoguchi and Vince Paras will meet a third time to settle their stalemate on October 13 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Japan. The unlikely trilogy was made possible after the Filipino flyweight contender Paras (21-2-1, 15 knockouts) pulled off the upset this past May, defeating the former two division champ Kyoguchi (18-2, 12 KOs) […]

Former two division titleholder Marlon Tapales returns to action on September 7 when he faces once beaten Indian boxer Saurabh Kumar at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Tapales (38-4, 20 knockouts) will be fighting for the second time since losing by tenth round knockout last December to Naoya Inoue in a junior featherweight undisputed […]

QUEBEC CITY — As The Ring and WBC’s no. 1 contender at 168 pounds, it shouldn’t take much for Christian Mbilli to prove that he deserves a title opportunity. When you consider that The Ring championship and three of the four major titles are held by the biggest star in boxing, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and […]

“Slick” Michael Anderson will face an opponent to be named, while Emmanuel “Salserito” Rodriguez and Khalid Twaiti will face off in a bantamweight crossroads bout on October 12 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Anderson (24-3-1, 18 knockouts) of Newark will be fighting for the fourth time in his last five fights at Prudential Center, […]

QUEBEC CITY — Osleys Iglesias stamped himself as a legitimate contender at 168 pounds with a dominant stoppage of a former title challenger. Iglesias wasted little time getting rid of Sena Agbeko, dropping him once before pummeling him along the ropes to force a referee’s stoppage at Centre Videotron in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The […]

QUEBEC CITY — When people say that boxing is a young man’s sport, they usually have nights like tonight in mind. Christian Mbilli, a young, hungry and powerful fighter waiting for his opportunity, stalked away at a respected but aging former title challenger in Sergiy Derevychaneko. Derevyanchenko, nine years the senior of Mbilli, knew what […]

QUEBEC CITY — Thomas Chabot may have been the second bout of the night, but for his fans who made the 90-minute trip from Thetford Mines, he was the feature attraction. The 24-year-old junior lightweight prospect gave his supporters something to cheer about, defeating Argentina’s Matias Ezequiel Guenemil by a unanimous decision on Saturday, August 17 […]

The boxing event this Saturday in Quebec City will feature fighters from all over the world, with boxers coming from as far as Germany, Argentina and the United States to show their talents at Centre Videotron. One fighter who lives driving distance away has his eyes set on stealing the show. Thomas Chabot, a featherweight […]

John Riel Casimero continued his rebuilding phase at junior featherweight, defeating Fillipus Nghitumbwa by unanimous decision on Saturday at Okada Manila Hotel and Casino in Paranaque City, Philippines. Two judges scored the bout 116-110 while the third had it 114-112, all for Casimero (33-4, 22 knockouts), the former three division champion who was fighting for […]