Tapales, Jerusalem meet Philippine President

Received 1329690774253018
Photo: Sanman Boxing

Unified WBA/IBF world super bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales and WBO minimumweight champion Melvin Jerusalem met with Philippine President Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos Jr. in a courtesy call yesterday at the Malacañang Palace.

The two boxers were joined by JC Manangquil of Sanman Boxing, Sean Gibbons of MP Promotions and Nobuyuki Matsuura of Zip. It has been a long time wish for Tapales to meet the president in person and he got his wish. Jerusalem also dreamed of meeting the president whom he greatly supported in the last elections. They were also joined by trainers Michael Domingo and Ernel Fontanilla.

“This is all like a dream to me. Winning two belts. Receiving a hero’s welcome. And finally meeting the President. I cannot wait to meet my family and homefolks as I go home to my town. Then I want to go back to training,”Tapales stated.

Rakhimov, Cordina make weight
Interview Floyd Mayweather

Top Boxing News

PLEASE READ
We have a few rules to make our comment section more enjoyable for everyone.
1. Keep comments related to boxing.
2. Be respectful, polite and keep it clean.
3. Personal attacks will not be tolerated.
Offending posts will be removed.
Repeat offenders will be put on moderation.
  • He should ask Marcos what his father did with all of the money that he stole from the Phillipines.

  • He took his shot against a very tough opponent and got the win. Congrats to him.

  • >