MARK Gil Melligen and unbeaten Genisis Servania will have a warm homecoming on April 8 as they both headline in ALA Promotions? and Cobra Energy Drink?s ?Tunay na Lakas Boxing?s Best,? which features a huge array of young, promising prospects, at the Bacolod Public Plaza in Bacolod City.
Mark Gil (12-3-1, 4 KOs), the younger brother of US-based welterweight prospect Mark Jason Melligen, is facing Eric Macas (13-9, 6 KOs) in a 10-round contest, while Servania (8-0, 2 KOs) takes on Prell Tupas (7-7-4, 1 KO), also in a 10-round fight.
Both Mark Gil and Servania are ALA Gym mainstays and haven?t fought in front of their home crowd for quite some time. Mark Gil last fought in Bacolod City over two years ago, while 18-year-old Servania did so over eight months back.
Undercard
In the undercard, undefeated Rey Melligen (4-0, 3 KOs), the sibling of Mark Gil and Mark Jason, is trading leathers with Samuel Galinato (4-3-1, 2 KOs); Melvin Gumban (3-0, 1 KO) and Joemer Lumacad (3-0, 2 KOs) are putting unscathed records on the line against each other; Cebuano Jeffrey Segara (3-0, 2KOs) clashes with Rex de Lara (1-0); and Cebu?s Albert Villacampa (6-3-1) takes on Bacolod native Roy Roy Sumugat (8-4, 2 KOs).
This event will be a precursor to a bigger boxing event the following day, ?Pinoy Pride 5?Battle of Champions,? at the St. La Salle Coliseum.
Headlining the big boxing show is Bacolod native and World Boxing Organization (WBO) mini-flyweight champion Donnie Nietes, who is slated to face Mexican Armando Vasquez.
Also included in the card are WBO Asia-Pacific Youth light welterweight titlist Jason Pagara and undefeated WBO Oriental featherweight king Lorenzo Villanueva, who are both defending their regional crowns.
Pagara is slugging it out with hard-hitting Tanzanian Deo Njiku, while Villanueva battles Indonesian James Mokoginta.
