IT WAS another prolific day for host Mandaue City and Cebu City as five of their boxers won in the second day of the 2010 PLDT-Abap Visayas Area Amateur Boxing Tournament yesterday at the Mandaue City Heritage Park.
Roexyl Tabagon of Mandaue City Team A outclassed Lowel Moscardon of Cabatuan, Iloilo City in their Youth Division 4- Kg match. Tabagon was awarded with a referee?s stoppage in the 1:49 mark of the first round after Moscardon took a solid uppercut to the midsection. Tabagon?s teammate Dannlou Codilla also stopped Ferde San Roque of Cabancalan in 2:30 of the second in the same category. Team Cebu City Uelmark Dignos outscored Christian Bacolod of Maguikay, Mandaue City, 14-8.
In the Junior division 46-Kg class, Jahil Ala of Team Cebu City beat Boracay?s Raymond Salmingo; Mandaue City Team A?s Kevin Jake Cataraja beat fellow hometown fighter Raymond Namocatchat, 15-2; Elicio Taruc ended the winning streak of the home fights as he lost to Jessel Magsayo of Tagbilaran City. The referee decided to stop the bout in 1:18 of the first after Taruc was given a standing eight count twice.
