BACOLOD CITY – The City of Bago in Negros Occidental honored the country’s latest boxing champion Arthur Villanueva with a hero’s welcome and a cash incentive on Thursday.
PRIDE OF BAGO CITY. Negrense boxer Arthur Villanueva, newly-crowned World Boxing Association Asia South bantamweight champio
PRIDE OF BAGO CITY. Negrense boxer Arthur Villanueva, newly-crowned World Boxing Association Asia South bantamweight champion, receives a PHP50,000 cash incentive from Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo during his visit to the Mayor's Office, with wife Jinny Mae, on Thursday (June 16, 2022). Villanueva defeated Thailand's Jakpan Sangtong during the WBA Asia triple header held in Gilgit City, Pakistan on June 11.(Photo from Cafe Boxidor Facebook page) BACOLOD CITY - The City of Bago in Negros Occidental honored the country's latest boxing champion Arthur Villanueva with a hero's welcome and a cash incentive on Thursday. Villanueva, who won the World Boxing Association (WBA) Asia South bantamweight title on June 11 in Pakistan, hails from Barangay Don Jorge L. Araneta. "We recognize Arthur's feat of bringing pride and glory to the city," said Mayor Nicholas Yulo, who awarded the fighter PHP50,000 incentive in rites held at the Mayor's Office after a motorcade
RECOGNITION. Negrense boxers Rogen Ladon (center) and James Palicte (4th from right), both medalists in the just concluded 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, receive cash incentives from their hometown Bago City in Negros Occidental during a heroes' welcome led by Mayor Nicholas Yulo (3rd from right) on Monday (May 30, 2022). Ladon won the gold in the flyweight division while Palicte took the bronze in the lightweight class. (PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BAGO CITY, Negros Occidental - The city government here honored homegrown 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) boxing medalists Rogen Ladon and James Palicte during a heroes' welcome event at the Bantayan Park on Monday. Mayor Nicholas Yulo led city officials in paying tribute to Ladon, who won the gold in the flyweight division, and Palicte, who took the bronze in the lightweight class. "I'm sure that this will serve as an inspiration not only to the youth of Bago, but also in the whole province, that
THE national boxing team seeks to fine-tune its game as it goes into the final stage of its rigorous preparations for the 31st Southeast Asian Games and the International Boxing Association Women's World Championships next month. The country is coming off a victorious campaign in the recent Thailand Open in…