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Rising MMA, boxing stars strut stuff at SM Southmall
Looking for something exciting to do this weekend? Head to SM Southmall and prepare to witness an avalanche of action...
Mayweather to face MMA fighter in Japan exhibition
Newly enshrined Hall of Fame boxer Floyd Mayweather will fight Japanese mixed martial arts star Mikuru Asakura in a September...
Casimero not on Inoue’s radar
Naoya Inoue unified three bantamweight world titles on Tuesday night in Saitama, Japan with a devastating second-round stoppage of Filipino...
Inoue unleashed ‘hardest punch I’ve ever been hit with’ – Donaire
Nonito Donaire said he was felled by "the hardest punch I've ever been hit with" as bantamweight king Naoya Inoue...
Inoue stops Donaire in second round to unify bantamweight titles
Japan's unbeaten Naoya Inoue stopped Nonito Donaire of the Philippines in the second round Tuesday to add the WBC bantamweight...
Donaire mentality: I’m the best, the champion, the undisputed
Filipino champion Nonito Donaire is bidding for what could be his final shot at his greatest glory in a two-decade...
Inoue, Donaire promise repeat of 2019 bantamweight classic
Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire produced a stone-cold bantamweight boxing classic when they fought in Japan in 2019, and the...
Folayang eyes bouts against Northcutt, ‘Sexyama’
Filipino mixed martial arts icon Eduard “Landslide” Folayang may be late in his career, but maintains he is nowhere near...
Nietes-Ioka rematch for WBO title slated
Los Angeles—Donnie Nietes of the Philippines will add another chapter to his remarkable boxing story if he reclaims the World...
Lasiri cashes in on hard work
Newly crowned ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion Joseph “The Hurricane” Lasiri used his perceived weakness as his main weapon in the...
Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.