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ALA?S RAUL "VULCAN" YU READY TO EXPLODE AGAINST BORNEA PhilBoxing.com Sun, 12 Feb 2017  Raul Yu (L). ALA Promotions Raul "Vulcan" Yu has a weapon against the undefeated Jade Bornea of Sanman-Amoy Stable for their IBF Youth super flyweight championship on February 26 at 5 p.m. at the Lagao Gym in General Santos City. According to ALA Stable chief trainer Edito Villamor, Yu and his trainer Robert Eturma has already found the weaknesses of Bornea. "Jade Bornea moves good and has a good amateur style but he has weaknesses which Robert and Raul found out which could break his stylish style" ?This fight will be a good fight. It will be entertaining if Jade Bornea will stand toe to toe against Yu,? said Villamor. Yu, who is already 100 percent ready to fight Bornea according to Villamor, will arrive in Gensan on Feb. 24 together with Eturma. Yu has won his last three fights all by knockouts. The 22-year old native from Agusan del Norte first scored a 3rd round TKO against Ronnie Campos last Dec. 30, 2015 in Cebu. He then TKO?d Robert Ates in the 2nd round last April 28 in Bacolod. Yu previously kayoed Paul Varona in the 2nd round last October 22 also in Bacolod. "I'm ready to explode against Bornea," said Yu in a text message The 21-year old Bornea, a native of Arakan, North Cotabato is still undefeated with six straight wins and four knockouts while Yu is toting 9 wins, 1 loss, 2 draws and 8 knockouts. Bornea won the Mindanao Professional Boxing Association (Minproba) super flyweight title by stopping Ronnie Sunido in 2:56 of the first round last April 2 at the Oval Plaza gym in Gensan. He previously stopped Albert Alcoy via a 2nd round technical knockout last October 21 at the Makati Square Boxing Arena. The IBF World youth superflyweight title fight is the main event of the ?Laban Pinoy 3: Rise of Champions? boxing card by the Sanman Promotions and Solar Sports. The ?Laban Pinoy 3: Rise of Champions? will also feature three other title fights all in the World Boxing Federation (WBF). Eden ?Sanman? Sonsona (35-6-2, 12 KOs), a former WBC International Silver super featherweight champion, will face Jovany Rota (9-9-0, 6 KOs) for the WBF International super featherweight title. Ben Mananquil (12-1-2, 3 KOs) fights former WBO Asia bantamweight champion and now current current MinProba bantamweight champion Glenn ?The Rock? Porras (29-5-0, 17 KOs) for the WBF International bantamweight crown. Lolito ?Thunder Shot? Sonsona (20-1-4-, 9 KOs) takes on former Philippine light flyweight champion Renren Tesorio (16W-9L-3D-4KOs) of Palawan for the vacant WBF Asia Pacific super flyweight title. The card, which is part of the Kalilangan Festival, is sponsored by city government of Gensan, Mt. Sabrina Resort, Amoy Promotions and Barberlife. Admission is free to the public.  |
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