Regions from the Visayas and
Mindanao have been producing quality boxers and have successfully landed
remarkable stints both local and in the international scene. In a press
conference yesterday at Dodong’s Fast Break café of Bascon Hotel Games and
Amusement Board Chairman, Monju Guanzon told members of the media that there should
be a program that will focus on a boxing program from the grassroots level.
Guanzon further added that
there are number of cities that got there boxers from Bacolod City but since
there is a no support from the local government these boxers been claimed by
other towns and cities as their own.
Guanzon was later asked about the boxing facility at the Paglaum Sports
Complex and was able to recall that after his father, the late Congressman
Romeo Guanzon there have not been any substantial support for the Negros
Amateur Boxing Association (NABA) and lauded the volunteerism of trainers and
coaches who teaches young kids at the said meager facility.
“There is a need for
government to support local boxers and get financial support to run a facility
for this sport”, Guanzon said. There is
a need for a certain City to develop local talents through a good sports
program in connection to the growth and development of the youth and
sports. “Bacolod has no boxing team”,
Guanzon added. On the other hand the
local boxing stable is located in Barangay Mansilingan where the RGG Coliseum
stands and is owned by the Guanzon family.
Bacolod remains to be a choice
of ALA Promotions having to hold two successful events in the City and in May 4
“Pride of Negros” will be at the L’Fisher Hotel for another showcase of local
talents in Boxing and a Title fight between Merlito Sabillo and Jonathan
Refugio for the Philippine Boxing Federation
Super-Fly Weight Division.#osb
