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Petecio in World Finals after decisioning American champ PhilBoxing.com Mon, 24 Nov 2014  Jeju island, Korea- On the day Manny Pacquiao demolished USA's Chris Algieri in Macau, Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio also upended an American, Tiara Brown, in the semifinal round of the AIBA World Women's Championships here. Brown, the reigning women's featherweight champion who won the gold medal in the 2012 staging of the event in Qinhuangdao, China, lost her chance to defend her title as she fell prey to the sneak attacks of the much shorter Davao del Sur native. Petecio shifted her stance from orthodox to southpaw every round, causing problems for the 25 year-old American. Unable to use her reach advantage, Brown increasingly became frustrated as Petecio repeatedly rocked her with hooks and straights to the head and body. "Malakas din siya sumuntok at dahil mahaba ang mga braso, nasasalag niya ang mga straight ko. Kaya ginawa kong hook yong straight. Ayun, tinamaan ko! (She could also hit hard and because of her long reach, she kept deflecting my straights. So I turned them into hooks. And they found their mark!), said a beaming Petecio upon getting a candy bar from team manager Karina Picson as a "reward" for her entry into the Finals. She has had to control her diet; she has been fighting in the 60 kg. lightweight division until the Asian Games last month, but decided with the coaching staff to slide down 3 kilograms to featherweight. All three judges scored the fight in favor of the Filipina, 40-36, 39-38 and 39-38. Her opponent in Monday's Finals is another tall boxer, Zinaida Dobrynina of Russia, who won her own semifinal bout versus Italy's Alessia Mesiano right after Nesthy's fight.  |
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