Philippines, 06 Jun 2025
  Home >> News

 


BOXERS

CURRENT CHAMPIONS 

FORMER CHAMPIONS   

RATINGS                       

NEWS           

FORUM        

FIGHT GALLERIES        

RING CARD GIRLS        


 
 
News  


BOXERS DEFY HEAVY DOWNPOUR AT ALABANG


PhilBoxing.com


It was ?boxing as usual? in Muntinlupa last night amidst the heavy downpour in Metro Manila brought by typhoon ?Egay? yesterday. The boxers fighting in the card braved the strong rains to put on a great show of ?fighting boxing? before a delighted crowd at the Morning Breeze Gym in Purok 7, Alabang Muntinlupa City, just beside the still waters of Laguna de Bay. The card was presented by Chairman Victor Ulanday as an important entertainment event to the city residents in connection with Purok 7?s observance of its barangay fiesta.

Fighting in the main event scheduled for 10 rounds in the superflyweight division, veterans Celso Danggod and Jun Eraham were slugging it out before the bout was stopped in the 4th round due to a huge cut on Danggod just above his eyebrow which was caused earlier by an accidental headbutt. Incidentally, in the second round, Eraham was deducted a point for intentional head-butt although it was a later accidental headbutt in the third round that produced the cut. As the number of rounds completed was not enough to warrant a decision, the bout was declared a technical draw. Prior to the stoppage, Danggod was imposing his will with digging punches to the body that visibly hurt Eraham everytime he absorbed those shots.

Eraham had to resort to some dirty tactics holding and wrestling Danggod, even occasionally headbutting, earning the ire of the latter. Danggod, upon the advise of his handler, Chairman Ulanday himself, managed to keep his composure and was determined to take care of business. Once again, he was pressuring Eraham with constant body punching until another headbutt aggravated his cut and unfortunately resulted in a stoppage of the fight. In the observation of this writer, Danggod, by chance, is often matched against opponents who employ dirty tactics and this fight is just another one.

The super-flyweight bout between Jongjong Gagante and Robert Rubillar was a tactical affair which, nonetheless, showed some flashes of brilliance from both fighters and keeping the crowd alert. Though Rubillar was scoring the more beautiful and crisper punches, often hitting Gagante with clean shots to the head and body inspite of the latter?s seemingly airtight defense, it was Gagante, being the bigger boxer, who was landing the bigger punches, a factor credited by the judges in awarding him a unanimous decision.

In a mini-flyweight bout, Keeward Meňosa scored an impressive victory over a game Manny Baguio stopping the latter in the fifth round. Meňosa was relentless in banging Baguio?s body which ultimately took its toll on the latter. Meňosa earlier scored a knockdown when a sneaky right dropped Baguio in an otherwise competitive second round.

In another bout, this time in the junior fly-weight division, former amateur standout and member of the Philippine boxing team Warlito Parrenas was dominating in his fight against Marlon Villanueva fighting his most impressive win so far as a professional. A combination toward the end of the first round dropped Villanueva although the latter did not appear to be hurt. In the second round, Parrenas stepped up his attack. Fighting a most aggressive fight, Parrenas repeatedly connected with vicious shots to the head and body of Villanueva and later dropped his foe for the second time. Villanueva managed to rise up immediately but visibly wobbly, his corner wisely signaled for the stoppage of the fight which the referee promptly did.

The 6-round featherweight fight between two Mindanao boxers, Eric Canoy and Jayson Layson ended in a unanimous decision for the former. Cheered by Zamboanga Congressman Ernie Fabian who flew all the way from the City of Flowers to watch his ward fight, the fleet-footed Canoy, a 1998 Asiad bronze medalist, boxed beautifully, sneaking in damaging jabs and oftentimes landing left hook counters to the unguarded face of Layson. He could not stop the onrushing Layson, however, and Canoy had to settle for a decision win.

The 6-round superflyweight fight between Sylvester Lopez and Michael Romulo was a give and take affair that saw both boxers landing hard shots that appear to have shaken each other. It could be due to excellent conditioning that neither boxer tasted the canvas. The bout ended in a majority draw, a most fitting result to an evenly, albeit, hotly contested battle.

In the remaining bouts of the evening, the stylist Agapito Bolima defeated Genesis Mabalot via a majority decision in a 6-round featherweight bout; Arvin Cruel decisioning Ryan Willis in another 6-round junior fly-weight bout; and Robel Villegas scoring a 2nd round TKO over Marlon Inocencio in a fight schedule for 4 rounds.


Click here to view a list of other articles written by Salvador Lopez.


Recent PhilBoxing.com In-House articles:

  • Antimaro, Jimenez to fight in Japan on June 7
    By Lito delos Reyes, , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • Keyshawn Davis vs. Edwin De Los Santos Fight Week Events to Stream LIVE on Top Rank’s Social Media Channels
    , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • “Prospects Collide” Full Card Announced
    , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • Correa Set for High-Stakes Bantamweight Showdown vs. Undefeated Michael Angeletti on ProBox TV
    , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • Kansas Athletic Commission overturns ‘No Contest’ to TKO win for undefeated Super middleweight prospect Marco Romero
    , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • 2nd JCI Senate Lipa Chess Festival set
    By Marlon Bernardino, , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • RING III: TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR THRILLING JULY 12 NEW YORK DOUBLE HEADER FEATURING STEVENSON-ZEPEDA AND BERLANGA-SHEERAZ
    , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • Unbeaten Middleweight Sebastian Juarez Faces Power-Punching Shaquille Cameron on Most Valuable Prospects 13, Live on DAZN
    , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • IIEE National Chess Olympiad
    By Marlon Bernardino, , Thu, 05 Jun 2025
  • Round 12 with Mauricio Sulaimàn: Mental Health & Mental Wellness
    By Mauricio Sulaimán, , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • Inaugural AFBC Normalisation Committee meeting sets vision for strategic reforms and collaboration
    , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • PACQUIAO AT L.A. PRESSCON: "I'M BACK!"
    By Dong Secuya, , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • Preparation and Planning are Keys to Pacquiao’s Success
    By Ed de la Vega, DDS, , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • THURSDAY: Albert Ramirez-Michael Flannery Battle of Unbeatens to Stream LIVE in the U.S. on ESPN+
    , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • Is Martin next Manny?
    By Joaquin Henson, , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • AMMO LANDS IBF WORLD TITLE FINAL ELIMINATOR AGAINST OLIHA ON BAM-CAFU SHOW
    , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • Bree Howling Ready to Shine in Battle of Undefeated Bantamweights on Most Valuable Prospects 13 June 7th
    , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • HALL OF FAME FIGHT NIGHT FIGHT WEEK NEWS AND NOTES 
    , Wed, 04 Jun 2025
  • THRILLA IN MANILA GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 6 - ALI KNOCKS FOREMAN OUT IN RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE
    By Maloney L. Samaco, , Tue, 03 Jun 2025
  • WEIGHTS FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
    , Tue, 03 Jun 2025
  • CSAC Overturns Navarrete-Suarez Result, Orders Immediate Rematch
    , Tue, 03 Jun 2025
  • THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 2 June 2025: Takei Stops Tongdee in 1; Nunez Defeats Rikiishi; Melikuziev Outpoints Fulghum; Resendiz Upsets Plant; Charlo Stops LaManna
    By Eric Armit, , Tue, 03 Jun 2025
  • Undefeated Bantamweight Reina Tellez to Face Veteran Maria Salinas on Most Valuable Prospects 13
    , Tue, 03 Jun 2025
  • Former New York Boxing Chairperson Ron Scott Stevens still enthusiastic about Boxing, Film & Theater in California
    , Tue, 03 Jun 2025
  • FM Cu rules Chess Mind Grandprix May Edition
    By Marlon Bernardino, , Tue, 03 Jun 2025




  •  



     
    PhilBoxing.com has been created to support every aspiring
    Filipino boxer and the Philippine boxing scene in general.
    Please send comments to feedback@philboxing.com


    PRIVATE POLICY | LEGAL DISCLAIMER
    developed and maintained by dong secuya
    © 2025 philboxing.com.