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MELINDO-MELO WAR: A CONTEST FOR REGIONAL DOMINANCE PhilBoxing.com Sat, 28 Jun 2008  The crowning glory of a professional boxer?s career is to face as many talented opponents as possible and prevail. Champions move sideward across organizations and southward to conquer higher weights for the same reason. It was not the game, not even the love of the game, but the confirmation that you are the best among your peers. On the same note, still undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific minimumweight champion Milan ?Milenyo? Melindo wages war on July 26 to widen his conquest to include the World Boxing Association (WBA)?s Inter-Continental crown. And Panamanian regional conqueror and a more experienced warrior, reigning WBA Fedelatin and Fedecentro minimumweight king Carlos ?Shanghai? Melo, stood in his way. Five years younger than Melo, Melindo nurtured a busy career of 15 fights in just a short period of two years (his third year anniversary as a pro boxer will be in September), an average of close to seven fights a year. He has defeated more experienced gladiators such as Ricardo Alba (36 fights vs. Milan?s six fights), Fabio Marfa (41 fights vs. Milan?s eight), Alex Aroy (16 fights vs Milan?s 10), and Jack Amisa (21 fights vs. Milan?s 14). Melo holds a longer career of seven years by November. His performance dealt his adversaries trips to the canvas, starting from his very first brawl as a professional where he knocked down fellow debutante William Vasquez twice before he disposed him for good in the fourth round. His encounter with Filipino pugilist Eriberto Gejon in 2004 dealt Gejon a deep head cut from four rounds of brutal clashes ending the unfinished 10-round adventure in a technical draw. Just barely four months later, he dealt a severe cut on Jose Luis Varela?s eyebrow and took home double WBA minimumweight titles for Fedecentro and Fedecaribe. When he conquered the Fedelatin division in 2005, he remained unchallenged after successfully defending the two titles twice. The upcoming Melindo-Melo war posed as a critical game in both warriors? bid for regional dominance. For Melo, it would be his fourth regional division to conquer and rule at the same, a feat unparalelled in the history of WBA regional boxing. For Melindo, it would be a quest to broaden his dominion from the WBO matscape into the WBA ringdom. The ?Laban na Banal: Panahon Na!? card topbills WBA No. 3 super flyweight titlist AJ ?Bazooka? Banal against Panamanian WBA No. 5 Rafael ?Little Bull? Concepcion in a fateful contest for the WBA super flyweight crown vacated unprecedentedly by Alexander Mu?oz in his unsuccessful bid to unseat WBC super flyweight champion Christian Mijares and annex both kingship under him. The July-end crasher is brought to you by ALA Promotions and ABS-CBN Sports.  |
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