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MASAM SPORTS 13: "HURRICANE" JADE BORNEA ON A POSSIBLE CLASH WITH "PRETTY BOY" JERWIN ANCAJAS FOR THE IBF SUPERFLYWEIGHT TITLE By Maloney L. Samaco PhilBoxing.com Sun, 16 Jan 2022  Like Supertyphoon Odette which brought devastation to the country, true to his moniker the “Hurricane” Jade Bornea destroyed Italian-Moroccan Mohammed Obbadi and made a superb showing in the super flyweight division when he stopped his opponent with a third round knockout in their IBF world super flyweight title eliminator duel in Monterrey, Mexico. With the impressive stoppage win, he earned a possible all-Filipino world title fight against the reigning IBF world super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas. But the long-reigning titlist still has to defend his title in February against Argentinean challenger Fernando Daniel Martinez. Bornea is also the North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super flyweight champion, and is managed by Sanman Promotions of General Santos City. The victory places Bornea in line as mandatory challenger for the IBF super flyweight world title of Ancajas who has been its title holder since 2016. The victory was a good timing for the Cotabato-born boxer who just signed a promotional contract with the now globally popular boxing outfit Probellum, just a few days before his encounter with Obbadi. “Jade has always been an underrated boxer ever since his amateur days. Not many fans were aware that he has beaten current IBF/WBA junior featherweight titlist Murodjon Akhmadaliev and multi-division champion Kosei Tanaka,” his manager Jim Claude Manangquil said as quoted by Inquirer Sports. “Now he has the chance to show the boxing world what he is made of and I believe that he has what it takes to be a world champion boxer someday,” he added. Bornea is not keen on facing a countryman in Ancajas for the world championship. But if the times call it and he is obliged to, then he will fight any boxer pitted against him. "I am not eager to fight a fellow Filipino in Ancajas but when boxing leaves no choice for me then I will face whoever is placed in front of me,” the General Santos City based fighter said. Earlier, Manangquil says they want to face another opponent for the title other than Ancajas. He added they could wait for Ancajas to move up to the next higher bantamweight division rather than fight a fellow Filipino for the IBF belt. During the tussle, Bornea patiently studied Obbadi's moves in the first two rounds as the Moroccan fought aggressively. The Filipino boxer kept his self-control while analyzing Obbadi’s fighting style. In the second round Bornea connected a solid left straight that wobbled Obbadi. Obbadi's jabs and punch combinations were mostly cleverly blocked by Bornea. The left eye of Obbadi swelled being hit with Bornea’s solid blows. Then Bornea connected a ferocious left uppercut to Obbadi’s torso in the third round that caused him to fall down on his knees. Obbadi tried to recover and beat the referee’s count, but he was suffering from the grimacing pain caused by the solid punch that targeted his liver. The referee waived to stop the bout with 35 seconds left in the third round. With the victory, the 26-year old Bornea preserved his immaculate record and raised it to 17 wins with 11 knockouts. Obbadi who was ranked No. 3 in the IBF super flyweight division before the fight dipped his slate to 22 wins with 2 losses and 13 knockouts. Bornea was ranked No. 7 and is expected to surge in the IBF rankings. That was Bornea's second fight abroad. His first was against American Ernesto Delgadillo whom he defeated by split decision on January 30, 2020 in a showdown of undefeated junior bantamweights in Toppenish, Washington to win the vacant WBC-NABF super-flyweight title. His all other 14 bouts before the one in Washington were fought in the Philippines. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Maloney L. Samaco.  |
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