Melligen Falls, Arum Brings Him Up
Published July 4, 2011 | 
When it was announced that Mark Jason Melligen will have a main event match in ESPN’s Fight Night against Sebastian Andres Lujan, all hopes werehigh that he will come out victorious in the match, until the July 1 bout came to a finish in a disappointing loss where he dropped in the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th rounds, where he ultimately succumbed to the Argentine fighter.
Melligen was actually looking good in the first first three rounds where he out-boxed Lujan and lead the scorecards of the three judges - Rick Crocker, Ruben Garcia, and Joel Elizondo. He was number 16 in the ranks of WBC and considered the favorite to walk out victorious. He was hoping to get a chance to have a showdown with the Mexican WBC light middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, but it seems that the dream has to wait for now with his recent loss. Continue reading
The Latest Philippine Boxing News
Published June 29, 2011 | 
The Philippine boxing news scene is getting bigger these days as more Filipino boxers make noises in the world today. Just a couple of days ago, Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton was successful in defeating her foe Angel Gladney in an eight round bout that ended in a unanimous decision in favor of the Filipina pride.
Julaton, currently the WBO super bantamweight champion, left Gladney with a cut in the left cheek that easily made an impact to everyone in the crowd, including the referee who almost stopped the fight due to excessive blood flow dripping from Gladney’s cut.
In other Philippine boxing news, Erin Dapudong, one of the up and coming boxers from the Philippines, is set to fight WBA flyweight world champion Hernan Marquez this coming weekend, July 2 in Sonora, Mexico. It should be noted that Dapudong is coming off from a big 4th round knockout win against Benja Loemoli last June 11 of this year.
It will be interesting to see how Dapudong would match up against Marquez, given the very short period of time to strategize and recover from anything that his June 11 fight may have caused him. Dapudong was able to capture the WBC silver title in Mexico last year. If he is able to make the upset, Dapudong will become a member of an elite group of Filipino world titlist that only a few has been able to accomplish. Continue reading