LOOK: PNP deploys cops to Rizal Memorial Coliseum for Torre vs Baste fight

The Philippine National Police deployed early on Sunday its personnel to the venue in Manila for the expected charity boxing match between PNP chief Police General Nicolas Torre III and acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte.

Hours before the scheduled 9 a.m. match, PNP buses arrived at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Malate.

Vito Cruz Street and Adriatico Streets were full of PNP vehicles before 8 a.m., according to a report by Mao dela Cruz on Super Radyo dzBB.

Traffic was heavy along Vito Cruz Street from the corner of F.B. Harrison Street to Taft Avenue.

Vito Cruz St. at Adriatico St., Maynila, puno na ng mga sasakyan ng PNP para sa charity boxing match sa pagitan nina PNP Chief PGen. Nicolas Torre III at Davao City Acting Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte sa Rizal Memorial Coliseum. | via Mao dela Cruz pic.twitter.com/eB7M2ver6Z

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 26, 2025

Security was tight around Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

Motorists were advised to avoid the area around Rizal Memorial Coliseum due to the traffic build-up.

Ticket prices for the boxing event are as follows, according to the PNP:

• Upper Box - P100
• Lower Box - P500
• Patron - P3,700
• Floor - P5,400

On Sunday last week, Duterte challenged Torre to a fistfight in a vlog uploaded on YouTube.

Torre accepted the challenge.

Duterte however gave a condition on Thursday for the bout to push through. He said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should direct all officials to undergo a hair follicle drug test. 

Torre however refused to respond to the condition set by Duterte regarding their bout, according to PNP spokesperson Police Brigadier General Jean Fajardo in an interview on Saturday.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) then said it has received information that Duterte has flown to Singapore amid his upcoming charity boxing match against the country’s top cop.

According to the NBI, Duterte departed from Davao International Airport for Singapore on Friday morning.

Torre meanwhile jogged at Camp Crame’s oval in Quezon City on Friday morning in preparation for a charity boxing match.

Davao City Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte has called on Torre to sign a document absolving his brother of any liability if the boxing match pushes through.

The boxing ring was already set up, as shown in photos shared by Fajardo on Saturday.

“Whether he shows up or not, may mga sponsors na may nagsabi na magdo-donate na lang ng mga ayuda sa ating mga kababayan na nasalanta ng bagyo at baha,” Torre earlier said.

(Whether he shows up or not, there are sponsors who have said they will just donate aid to our countrymen affected by the tropical cyclones and flood.)

On March 11, Torre led the arrest of the acting mayor’s father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, as Philippine authorities assisted Interpol in serving a warrant of arrest from the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the older Duterte for crimes against humanity in connection with his drug war. —KG, GMA Integrated News