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Milan Melindo was born on February 29, 1988, in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.His passion for boxing came from his father, who bought him a pair of boxing gloves. When Melindo was 6 years of age his father trained him and introduce him to the sport of boxing.
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
Magsayo made his professional debut against Melton Sandal on May 25, 2013. He won the fight by a first-round knockout. He amassed a 10-0 record during the next two years, before being scheduled to face Rafael Reyes for the vacant IBF Youth featherweight title. [3]
October 5 – The Philippines national rugby union team wins a gold medal at the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Trophy in Nepal after defeating Chinese Taipei 27–14 in the final, while the Philippines women's national rugby sevens team also wins the women's division after defeating India 7-5.
Taduran made his professional debut against Nathaniel Marasigan on May 16, 2015. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout. He amassed a 12-1 record over the course of the next three years, with eight stoppage victories, winning the vacant PBF and PG&AB mini-flyweight title along the way.
Brian Viloria (born November 24, 1980) is a retired American professional boxer of Filipino descent. He is a former unified WBA and WBO flyweight champion, as well as a former WBC and IBF light flyweight champion.
After winning his next five fights, including his U.S. debut, Banal then had a chance to collect his first regional belt, facing Esau Gaona of Mexico.Banal easily defeated the Mexican, winning the bout with a first-round KO with a powerful straight to the jaw, winning the then vacant WBO Asia Pacific Youth super flyweight title. [4]
Randy Formemtera Petalcorin (born 31 December 1991) is a Filipino professional boxer who held the WBA interim light-flyweight title from 2014 to 2015. He has challenged twice for light-flyweight world championships; the IBF title in 2018 and the WBC title in 2019.