While the picturesque province of Bohol is known for its historic blood compact, AJ “Bazooka” Banal and South Korea’s Big Yoo quickly decided to make a compact of their own and that was to spill blood ...

It's a mark of how fickle the sport of boxing can be that just two years ago, AJ Banal was considered damaged goods. Perhaps it wasn't that he had lost, but how he lost. Leading on all scorecards in ...

CEBU, Philippines – Highly-touted bantamweight contender A. J. Banal admitted the other day his obsession is to reverse the only stain in his professional boxing record and only after avenging the ...

A bloodied AJ Banal is down on all fours after a barrage from Thai fighter Pungluang Sor Singyu in their WBO bantamweight title fight. Jerome Ascano CHALK up another win on Pungluang Sor Singyu’s ...

MANILA, Philippines - It’s been a long wait from Yemen in 2010 when Raphael Banal played on the Philippine team at the FIBA Asia U18 Championships with Kiefer Ravena, Jeron Teng, Russell Escoto, Kevin ...