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Marcial wins WBO Oriental Lightweight Title in Mabolo By Rene Bonsubre, Jr. PhilBoxing.com Sun, 16 May 2010  Anthony ?ROCKY? Marcial of Zamboanga City beat Dante ?Chowking? Paulino of Manila by technical knockout in the fourth round to win the vacant WBO Oriental Lightweight title Saturday night at the Wilfredo Cabalse Sports Complex in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City. Marcial unloaded a stream of power punches from the opening bell until he pinned Paulino in the neutral corner. Marcial continued to pummel the hapless Paulino prompting referee Danrex Tapdasan to call a halt to the bout at 1:24 of the 4th. In the supporting bouts: Jason Canoy of Cebu beat Roel Honor of Butuan by third round TKO. Canoy continuously punished Honor with head and body shots prompting his cornerman to throw in the towel at 1:46 of the round. Jose Ocampo of Manila scored a dramatic fourth round TKO win over Samuel Galinato of Bohol. Galinato had Ocampo hurt and reeling on the ropes in the 4th round. Ocampo somehow recuperated and fired back pinning Galinato in his own corner and unleashed a barrage of punches sending Galinato down. The referee signalled the end at 2:36 of the 4th. Jr. welterweight Adonis Cabalquinto won by 2nd round TKO against Billy Balleser of Bohol. Balleser was knocked down in round two and chose not to answer the bell for the third. Top photo: Referee Danrex Tapdasan comes in to stop the contest as Anthony Marcial pounds Dante Paulino in the corner during their WBO Oriental lightweight bout Saturday night.  WBO Vice-President Leon Panoncillo, Jr. (L) and Referee Danrex Tapdasan raise the hands of Marcial in victory.  Jason Canoy (R) and Roel Honor.  The referee counts out Samuel Galinato (R) as Jose Ocampo waits in a neutral corner.  Adonis Cabalquinto (R) and Billy Balleser.  Joseph Von Minoza (R) sneaks in a left against Rodney Rafols.  Minoza (C) with handlers after winning the fight.  Edward Penerio (L) celebrates with handlers after stopping Joseph Altieza in the first round.  Delmar Cabatas (R) and Ivan Soriano.  Youthful Anthony Sabalde (R) engages Sari Canonigo in the evening's most applauded bout. Photos by Dong Secuya. Joseph Minoza beat Rodney Rafols by split decision in six rounds. The scorecards read 58-56, 58-56 for Minoza and 58-56 for Rafols. Froilan Saludar beat Ryan Illustrisimo of by unanimous decision in six rounds. The scores read 59-55,59-55 and 60-54. Edward Penerio used a single right hook to the ribs to stop Joseph Altieza at 2:10 of the first round. The fight between Jerwin Ancajas and Erwin Yamo ended in a technical draw in the first round as an accidental headbutt opened a cut on Ancajas? left eyelid prompting the ring physician to recommend a halt to the bout. Flyweights Anthony ?Zorro? Sabalde and Sari Canonigo engaged in a 6 round shootout in what turned out to be the evening?s most exciting and applauded fight. Canonigo had the advantage during the infighting sequences while Sabalde was effective when he fought from a distance. In the early rounds, the rough housing Canonigo repeatedly mauled Sabalde whose jab was initially ineffective. Sabalde was shaken but not stirred and made the necessary adjustments. He brought the fight into the center of the ring then boxed and counterpunched beautifully especially in the last two rounds. The scorecards read ? 58-56,58-56 and 59-55 all for Sabalde. Delmar Cabatas beat Ivan Soriano by unanimous decision in 4 rounds. The three judges? scorecards read 39-37. Jimmy Paypa beat Lobert Bayo by unanimous decision in 4 rounds. The scores read ? 39-36, 38-37,39-36. Bayo was deducted a point for a headbutt in the 3rd round. Robert Alvarez beat Angelo Marcial by unanimous decision in 4 rounds. The scorecards read 40-36,40-36 and 39-37. Virgilio Silvano won by unanimous decision over Arnold Peraltes in 4 rounds with all three judges scoring it 39-37. Renante Sabio fought with his left eye almost shut in the last two rounds and won by majority decision over Crispin Parba in a 4 round bout. The scorecards read 39-37 and 39-37 for Sabio and one judge had it 38-38. The fights were supervised by the Games and Amusements Board and WBO Vice Pres. Leon Panoncillo. This boxing event billed as WBO in MABOLO: NEXT PROSPECTS II was promoted by SGG Sports Promotions and Sampson Boxing LLC in cooperation with Omega Boxing Gym and the Mabolo Barangay Council as part of our continuing search for the next stars in Filipino boxing. POSTSCRIPT: The fight between Mark Anthony Geraldo and Apol Suico was cancelled when GAB Cebu received word of Suico?s violation wherein he fought in Thailand without getting clearance from the Games and Amusements Board. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Rene Bonsubre, Jr..  |
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