Philippine super-featherweight king Bobby Pacquiao made a successful debut on US soil Friday night (Nov 12), easily defeating Mexican Oscar Villa via unanimous decision in their 8-round bout top-billing the dinner-boxing held at the Quiet Cannon Montebello Country Club in Montebello.
Pacquiao won on all three judges’ scorecards, revealed trainer Buboy Fernandez, who did the corner work with trainer Freddie Roach, in an interview with this writer.
“Hindi na binasa yung scores, kasi panalo talaga si Bobby,” (The scores weren’t read by the announcer because Bobby really won) informed Fernandez.
The win over the Orange, California-based Mexican paved the way for Bobby Pacquiao’s much-anticipated titular defense against explosive Cebuano phenom Dexter “Dinamita” Delada on December 11, underneath his brother Manny’s 12-round bout against Thailand’s Fahsang 3K Battery.
Pacquiao, who has been training for two months at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym, was visibly the superior fighter and was reportedly crediting his new-found skills to Roach.
Both Pacquiao and Fernandez are slated to be back in the country early next week, and will then knuckle down to work at the gym for the December 11 bout with Delada.
