Tag: Donnie Nietes

Aston Palicte

PH boxer neck-deep in training

Palicte is scheduled to battle Kazuto Ioka for the vacant World Boxing…

June 6, 2019

Palicte picks City of Pines for training

The decision to head to the City of Pines was arrived at…

April 20, 2019

Nietes left out in the cold

By Nick Giongco Donnie Nietes, one of the most accomplished Filipino fighters…

Rafael Bandayrel

March 4, 2019

Nietes gives up throne

By Nick Giongco Four-division champion Donnie Nietes made one of the most…

Rafael Bandayrel

March 1, 2019

Champion Vic Saludar of the Philippines and Japanese challenger Masataka Taniguchi pose after their official weighin Monday in Tokyo. Saludar weighed in at 104.7 lbs while Taniguchi scaled in at 104.6. (Team Saludar photo)

Saludar risks WBO 105-lb crown today

Vic Saludar puts his World Boxing Organization (WBO) minim-flyweight title for the…

February 26, 2019

Palicte to Nietes: Fight me

“Well, they seem to think that they are above the rules,” said…

February 12, 2019

Nietes-Palicte rematch

By Nick Giongco Aston Palicte can’t wait to get even with Donnie…

Rafael Bandayrel

February 7, 2019

Vic Saludar

Saludar takes on Japanese

Vic Saludar attempts to make some noise when he meets Masataka Taniguchi…

February 7, 2019

Nietes: Only big fights

Aldeguer added that Nietes can actually afford to wait until the division’s…

February 3, 2019

Nietes breaks down hardest fights

By Nick Giongco Donnie Nietes doesn’t consider his landmark win over Japanese…

Rafael Bandayrel

January 4, 2019

Nietes wants top dogs in his division

After ticking off an item in his boxing bucket list in Macau…

January 1, 2019

Donnie Nietes (left) comes in at the division limit of 115 lbs while Japanese Kazuto Ioka steps in at 114 1/2 lbs during the official weighin Sunday of their bout for the vacant WBO super flyweight crown on Monday in Macau. (Alvin Go)

Nietes seeks 4th world title today

Denied the last time in Los Angeles, Donnie Nietes gets another chance…

December 31, 2018

Nietes seeks fourth world title in Macau

Donnie Nietes flies to Macau on Christmas Day upbeat that by the…

December 25, 2018

Nietes assembles cast of sparmates for title bid

By Nick Giongco Two former world title challengers and a couple of…

Rafael Bandayrel

November 13, 2018

Nonito "The FIlipino Flash" Donaire (Mark Balmores)

Donaire guns for WBA ‘bantam’ crown

Four-division champion Nonito Donaire attempts to join the country’s growing list of…

November 4, 2018

Nietes, Ioka battle for WBO title in Macau

Macau will be the site of Donnie Nietes’s historic quest for a…

November 3, 2018