WBC#9/WBA#15 ranked hard-hitting Filipino Randy Suico (25-3, 22 KOs), 135, acquired his second OPBF belt in the lightweight division as he lopsidedly battered game Thailander Pongpetch Chuwatana (reportedly 9-12, 8 KOs), 135, and dropped him en route to an impressive stoppage at 2:08 of the fourth round on Saturday night in Cebu, Philippines. Suico had renounced his OPBF 130-pound belt to move up to the 135-pound category. He then received an offer to have a shot at the WBA light belt against Juan Diaz only to be stopped in the ninth round though showing a good fight in his first appearance as a 135-pounder. Fresh from the bitter taste in Las Vegas, Suico swarmed over the Thai opponent from the outset and rocked him with a solid left-right combination in the third. Feeling out his game rival, Suico lifted a vicious right uppercut to floor him and decked him again with a wicked left uppercut to the chin. Referee Bruce McTavish declared a well-timed amd well-received stoppage.
———————– Undercard: Unbeaten southpaw Eden Sonsona kept his Philippine 115-pound belt by stopping Jerope Mercado in the ninth round. Promoter: Wakee Salud Promotion.
