LOS ANGELES, California -- Members of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) are coming home as winners and conquering heroes after winning a total of 7 medals in the annual Blue & Gold boxing tournament in Maywood, California.

Australia-based boxing promoter Peter Maniatis, owner and founder of the Peter Maniatis Promotions, is looking for young and talented Filipino fighters whom he could build up and promote in Australia. In a conversation with this writer, Maniatis reveals that he has been going to the Philippines several times already and scouring the country for the next boxing superstar.

Philippines-born light flyweight (108 pounds) contender Rodel Mayol (26-5-2, 20 knockouts) of Los Angeles believes that his countryman, WBO welterweight (147 pounds) champion Manny Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs) will be too fast for ex-titlist Antonio Margarito in their HBO pay per view televised, Top Rank Promotions' Nov. 13 junior middleweight (154 pounds) title clash for the WBC belt.

Antonio Margarito formally begins training camp at the TKO Boxing Gym in Las Vegas, roughly ten weeks before he clashes with Filipino pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13 in Dallas.

WBC Silver flyweight champion Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong is making sure nothing is put to chance this time as he defends his title on Sept. 17 against Mexican Wilbert Uicab in Cancun, Mexico.

When people talk about boxing today, one can’t help but mention Manny Pacquiao and the legend he had etched in the sport’s colorful and eventful history. I still can and will argue that, indeed, he has bought the sport to new heights in this modern age, so to speak, and thus deserves all the accolades and praises for being boxing’s “savior” in some ways.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Manny Pacquiao will embark on an eight-week training camp starting the third week of this month to prepare for his big fight against three-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito of Mexico.

Floyd Mayweather Jr’s racial-laden diatribes against Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao can only come from a man totally afraid of his own ghost.

When the fighting is over in the ring, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will end up like so many mindless boxing champions in the past – destitute, unable to come to grips with reality, bitter and alone.

WASHINGTON – Filipino-Americans have urged sports bodies and ethnic organizations to censure Floyd Mayweather for his “racist and homophobic rant” against Manny Pacquiao.

City of Salinas, California - World Boxing Council (WBC) Flyweight Silver Champion Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong, who is also known as the "Barefoot Boxing Prince," received a pleasant surprise from family friends in Salinas upon his arrival yesterday when he was presented with not just one but two pairs of brand new Nike boxing shoes which he will use in training and in his first title defense in Cancun, Mexico on Sept. 17.

Manila - World Boxing Council (WBC) Flyweight Silver Champion Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong, the Philippines No. 3 Pound-for-Pound Best Boxer, leaves tonight for the United States two weeks ahead of his scheduled title defense against NABO and Mexican Flyweight Champion Wilbert "Hurricane" Uicab in Cancun, Mexico Sept. 17.

When Bob Arum, a Hall of Fame boxing promoter, abandoned the media tour of Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito to fly to Seattle following the reported disappearance of his lawyer-son, John, it was as if I felt his anguish and pain.

Kidapawan City - As three of the senior members of the Braveheart Boxing Club of North Cotabato prepare for the big fights in Mexico and the United States, the younger boys in the club will continue to go through the tough selection process as they figure in a small card scheduled Sept. 25 at the Mlang Gymnasium in Mlang, North Cotabato.

Antonio Margarito said Tuesday in Beverly Hills that it's time to turn the page. Appearing at the first of three press conferences to hype his Nov. 13 Cowboys Stadium title bout against Manny Pacquiao, the Mexican veteran was suitably low key, humble even, as he spoke to the assembled media.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Manny Pacquiao believes in giving a second chance to disgraced boxer Antonio Margarito, his next opponent.  Pacquiao has more trouble believing Margarito didn't know about his illegal hand wraps before a fight nearly two years ago, and boxing's pound-for-pound champion wants somebody watching Margarito before they meet.

MANILA, Philippines—Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao believes Antonio Margarito is better than Joshua Clottey and sees an action-packed bout when they tangle for the World Boxing Council super welterweight crown on Nov. 13 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas.

They both submitted tragic, embarrassing results in their first big fight. It has thus become inevitable that President Aquino be likened to the comebacking boxer Boom Boom Bautista.

MANILA, Philippines - Antonio Margarito’s chief trainer Roberto Garcia yesterday said his ward will use his brute strength and height advantage against Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao even as he expressed confidence of Margarito’s victory in their upcoming fight in November in Texas.

The World Boxing Council received a request from Top Rank Inc. to approve the bout between Manny Pacquiao and Mexican fighter, Antonio Margarito, for the WBC Superwelterweight world title, to be held at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium this coming November 13th.