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GUMBAN DEFENDS PHIL TITLE VS DACQUEL APRIL 25
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr. PhilBoxing.com Sat, 25 Apr 2015

Melvin ?Top Gun? Gumban will make the first defense of his Philippine superflyweight title against Rene ?Commander? Dacquel on Saturday April 25 at the Super Metro of Lapulapu City.
The 25 year old unbeaten ALA gym b?xer won the title last January in Cebu City by first round KO over Wiljan Ugbaniel. Gumban (19-0,10KO?s) and Dacquel (13-4-1,5KO?s) made the 115 lb weight limit during the official weigh-in held Friday.
They will fight for 12 rounds.
For the main supporting bout, Jason Canoy (118lbs) will face Juren Labordo (119) of the ALA Gym in a ten rounder.
For the other matches - RAFAEL SUENO (105) vs CRIS GANOZA (103)?6rds, JEFCON ?Ringo? CONCERMAN (118lbs) vs ANDREW PALAS (117lbs), RAUL ?Vulcan? YU (116lbs) vs GERARD SUICO (115lbs), VIRGEL ?Valiente? VITOR (117.5) vs KENNETH ?Dragon? NERAN (118lbs.)
This fight card is part of the ALA-COBRA TUNAY NA LAKAS boxing tour.
Photo: Gumban (R) walks to a neutral corner after knocking down Ugbaniel.
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