Monsour del Rosario and Alvin Aguilar, veteran Filipino martial arts artists, predict an exciting boxing bout in Dubai next year between Sen. Manny Pacquiao and UFC superstar Conor McGregor. Established as a taekwondo sensation since the mid-80s, Del Rosario claims that a rather durable McGregor, a two-weight category winner in the UFC, will face the defending World Boxing Association welterweight …

Laura Sarreal Elorde, Philippine’s Boxing Matriarch and widow of the late WBC and WBA junior lightweight champion Gabriel “Flash” Elorde, passed away peacefully on Sunday. She was 92. The grand old lady of Philippine boxing succumbed to pneumonia on Sunday morning. She was taken to Perpetual Help Medical Center ICU in Las Pinas three weeks ago due to low oxygen. …