MARLON Tapales continues to climb the bantamweight ladder after another impressive win last Saturday night.
Tapales knocked out experienced Jecker Buhawe in the second round of their fight at the Almendras Gym in Davao City.
The 22-year-old prot?g? of Juanito Ablaca unleashed a left uppercut and ended the night of Buhawe in the 1:51 mark of the second round.
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Tapales, rated No. 4 by the World Boxing Organization (WBO), captured his sixth straight win and improved to 27-2 with 10 knockouts. Buhawe, on the other hand, dropped to 16-11-1 with 10 knockouts.
In the main event, Adones Cabalquinto (19-0, 12 KOs) stopped Denkamon Pakdee Gym (12-4, 5 KOs) in three rounds to snag the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Australiasian light welterweight crown.
Aston Palicte (16-1, 13 KOs) also won the IBF Youth super flyweight title with a first-round knockout of Jomyuthlek Sor Narongchai (12-3, 5 KOs)
Former world champion Drian Francisco (27-2-1, 21 KOs) stopped grizzled veteran Jason Egera (21-12, 10 KOs) in the eighth round.
