Filipino Boxing: Champs, Contenders, Prospects

Here's the Canoy upset over Francisco

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Ancajas, Palicte, and Cabalquinto all won by KO on Saturday against stay-busy type of opponents. Would like to see them make a slight leap in the level of their competition, especially Cabalquinto.

 

Filipinos are now

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in 2015 world title fights after Tomogdan's loss early this morning

A list of all the world title fights are on the second post of the thread

 

Updated.

 

Updated the top two posts (rankings/schedules). First time I've updated it since mid-2015. Crazy how the contenders and prospects rankings have changed but there are still some familiar names grinding away. Only prospect that panned out and became a world champ since then is Jerwin Ancajas. WELP

Mid-2015 rankings

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#1 Manny Pacquiao (now: John Riel Casimero)
#2 Nonito Donaire (now: Marlon Tapales)
#3 John Riel Casimero (now: Manny Pacquiao)
#4 Randy Petalcorin (now: Nonito Donaire)
#5 Brian Viloria (now: Brian Viloria)
#6 Genesis Servania (now: Genesis Servania)
#7 Marvin Sonsona (now: Randy Petalcorin)
#8 Denver Cuello (now: Aston Palicte)
#9 Jonathan Taconing (now: Jonas Sultan)
#10 Rey Loreto (now: Jesse Espinas)

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#1 Albert Pagara (now: Reymart Gaballo)
#2 Jerwin Ancajas (now: Mark Magsayo)
#3 Michael Dasmarinas (now: Romero Duno)
#4 Jobert Alvarez (now: Al Rivera)
#5 Aston Palicte (now: Albert Pagara)
#6 Harmonito Dela Torre (now: Christian Araneta)
#7 John Vincent Moralde (now: Jhack Tepora)
#8 Mark Magsayo (now: Michael Dasmarinas)
#9 Adones Cabalquinto (now: Mark Anthony Barriga)
#10 Jhack Tepora (now: Kevin Jake Cataraja)

 

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My fav Filipino prospect, Reymart Gaballo 16-0 (14 KOs). Obviously fighting bums in the highlight video but I like him.

 

Milan Melindo struggled to make weight in his upcoming first world title defense this Saturday against Hekkie Budler. He weighed in 1.75 lbs over in his first attempt but somehow managed to get to 108 lbs in just over an hour. The fight is on!

John Riel Casimero weighed in at 115 lbs while Jonas Sultan was just slightly under at 114.75 lbs for their IBF World Super Flyweight Title Eliminator. Winner becomes mandatory to Jerwin Ancajas.

 

Yup! He was my #2 Filipino prospect just over two years ago. I'm glad I got one right haha

 

The highest weight any Filipino has won a world title at is Middleweight and that was Ceferino Garcia. Known for his draw with Henry Armstrong and popularizing the bolo punch.

The fighter who you're talking about is Al Rivera. He's at 140 lbs and is currently the fourth best prospect on my rankings. In recent times, aside for Manny, the only other fighter that had a decent career at welterweight or above is Dennis Laurente. Managed to be ranked in the top 10 at welterweight and I believe top 15 at 154 by the WBC until he got beat by John Jackson in 2015, ending his already bleak world title shot hopes.

 

My #10 ranked prospect KJ Cataraja just won by KO2 against journeyman Wiljan Ugbaniel! Now 7-0 (6 KOs)

 

Updated top two opening posts.

My 10th fav prospect in KJ Cataraja won impressively again. I'd love to see him fight in a slight step-up in his upcoming fights.

Casimero looked very disappointing against Sultan. Sultan was extremely impressive and should provide a decent challenge to Jerwin Ancajas.

Pagara showed that he's nowhere near world-level. Scored two knockdowns against Onyango but really struggled mightily the second half of the fight to earn a split draw.

Have not watched the Melindo fight but from what I've read, it was a legit win, especially with the last round knockdown by Melindo. Happy that he showed a lot of heart against a very capable former champion in his first defense of his world title.