The only Filipino to beat world featherweight boxing champion Manny Pacquiao as a pro confessed the other day he has no regrets quitting the ring in 1997 without a centavo in the bank.
Rustico Torrecampo, 31, holds the distinction of being one of only two fighters ever to defeat Pacquiao. The other is Thailand?s Medgeon 3-K Battery who halted Pacquiao?dehydrated after trying and failing to make the 112-pound limit?to wrest the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title in Bangkok in 1999.
Torrecampo beat the undefeated Pacquiao to the draw, scoring a third round stoppage courtesy of a left hook to the jaw in Mandaluyong in 1996. Pacquiao wore eight-ounce gloves, compared to Torrecampo?s six-ouncers, for checking in overweight.
