Jun Gorres went back home to spend time with his family after almost a year’s stay in Indonesia.
However, things took a fatal turn two days after his return. Gorres, the older brother of professional boxer Z Gorres, was stabbed to death at dawn yesterday in Bakilid, Mandaue City.
“Jun returned to the Philippines last Tuesday and stayed one day in Manila before arriving in Cebu yesterday (Friday) morning.
He went home to his family. I just got the news this morning that he was already dead,” said promoter Sammy Gello-ani.
Slashed neck
Gello-ani said Gorres had multiple stab wounds in different parts of the body, the most fatal being the deep slash that almost severed his neck.
“Gilaslas man ang iyang liog. He had multiple stab wounds but I believe that slash in the neck was fatal, Gello-ani said.
The Gorres family, Gello-ani and Gorres’ former manager, Antonio L. Aldeguer, said there are no suspects.
“We believe he was ganged up on. He was brought to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center where he was declared dead. We have no idea who did it,” said Gello-ani.
Original ALA Boy
Gorres, who was one of the original ALA Boys, was supposed to return home in September but he requested for a longer stay at Erik Perry’s Gym in Surabaya, Indonesia where he trained ALA Gym-based boxers who are scheduled to fight in Indonesia.
Gorres, who retired from boxing in 2002, decided to become a boxing trainer. Aldeguer and Gello-ani assigned him in Indonesia where he stayed at Perry’s gym, helping local Indonesian fighters but concentrated on ALA Gym boxers who are scheduled to fight in Jakarta.
“He was supposed to be back in September along with the last batch of boxers we sent to Indonesia – Rollen del Castillo and Danny Boy Bontilao, but he decided to stay a little longer so he could iron out his immigration papers. We had a brief conversation when he arrived in Manila. He told me that he would go home because he missed his family badly,” Gello-ani said.
25 wins
Gorres, 31, had a career record of 25 wins, three losses and a draw, with 22 KO wins. His last fight was against South African Lovemore N’dou in Honululu, Hawaii on May 17, 2002.
The defining moment of his career was when he fought in the undercard of Luisito Espinosa’s world- title fight in Manila Bay in 1996 when he was ranked in the top 10 of the WBA 135-pound division.
After losing, he retired but decided to fight again in 2000 before finally quitting in 2002.
His remains lie in wake at St. Anne’s Funeral Parlor in Ibabao, Mandaue City.
