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'ANESTESISTA' MARQUEZ: PREMIER DESTROYER OF SONORA PhilBoxing.com Sun, 17 Aug 2008  Eden Marquez. Navojoa, a town of the federal state of Sonora and part of the most productive region in Mexico, is much closer to the sports of baseball than it is for boxing. But still it is home to hardy warriors such as International Boxing Association Continental light middle weight ruler Luis Ramon ?Yori Boy? Campas (74 KOs of 92 wins) and Mexican super flyweight champion Juan Alberto ?The Monster? Rosas (23 KOs of 27 wins). Sonora itself is a cradle of another destroyer: undefeated interim Mexican featherweight titlist Leonilo ?Veneno? Miranda (28 KOs of 30 wins). At his weight level, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental super bantamweight challenger Eden ?Anestesista? Marquez is the top destroyer in Sonora, a region 20 times bigger than Cebu with about the same population of 3 million. Still in a young career of three years, Marquez stopped more than half of his defeated foes, a feat about close to the 69% KO record of reigning WBO Inter-Continental super bantamweight champion Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista. Yet his early demolition jobs glares nastily at the reigning king?s KO performance. He destroyed seven of his 12 KO victims within the second round, while Bautista mustered only six of his 18 KOs. That?s an impressive second-round performance of 58 percent against Bautista?s 33 percent. Marquez fought 59 percent of his career fights inside Navojao and approached two-thirds within the Sonora region, with a few contests fought in Baja California Sur and Sinaloa, towards the southern border of Sonora. He defeated the more experienced pugilist Rodolfo Garay (then, 17-5-1) of Sinaloa, Mexico in 2006 and had earned respect for standing up against the 56-career-fight veteran and brawler Francisco Garcia, also from Sinaloa, to the final round last year, although losing to him by unanimous verdict. He defeated Genaro Camargo in February 2007, a year ahead of Bautista?s KO win early this year. His bid to unseat Boom-Boom Bautista from the regional throne on August 30 will be his first foray into the regional boxing scene and his first breakout from Mexico and apparently the beginning of his regional campaign. And vipers rarely go out of their pits unless they feed. Anestesista?s conquest of the Philippine champion stands as a critical chip in making his presence felt in the region. The rivalry for the WBO Inter-Continental super bantamweight crown comes to Cebu through another blockbuster boxing promotion, dubbed ?WBO Night of Champions,? at the Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino at 6:00 PM. Tickets are available for the following rates: Balcony?P350; Ballroom?P550; Ringside?P1,500. Reserved seats ranged from P 2,000 to P 3,000. Please call Jeana (0928-5057980) and Brent (0917-3253005) for reservations. ALA Promotions organized the event in cooperation with Cebu City Waterfront Hotel & Casino and giant media network ABS-CBN Broadcasting Company.  |
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