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ROAD WARRIOR ROCKY FUENTES SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS OPBF TITLE IN JAPAN PhilBoxing.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010  Nagoya - ALA Promotions road warrior Rocky Fuentes successfully defended his OPBF Flyweight title against Yasuto Aritomi of Nagoya, Japan via 8th round TKO on Sunday. Fuentes started a bit sluggish trying to go for a quick knock-out and getting caught with well timed counter punches from Aritomi with the Japanese taking the opening round from two of three judges. The second round saw Fuentes imposing his veteran skills catching Aritomi with solid jabs and hooks to the face evening up things after the end of the round. Rocky slowly found his rhythm and started connecting power shots to the body that obviously took its effect on Aritomi with Rocky taking the next two rounds of the bout. The Japan Boxing Commission applied the open scoring system wherein the scorecards was to be announced after rounds four and eight. Rocky Fuentes after the fourth round was ahead on two of the judges' scorecards with only the Korean scoring judge/referee seeing the fight even. The venue suddenly got a bit louder with fans trying to urge on their local boy to take the fight to the Filipino road warrior which he did but the veteran Fuentes managed to keep the Japanese native at bay with lead jabs and body shots. Aritomi was successful at times landing straights to the face of the Filipino champion but Fuentes was too focused and steady finding his comfort zone and landing powerful body shots with ease. The end came in the eighth round when both fighters giving and taking power punches with Rocky beating Aritomi to the punch landing a solid straight to the body that the Japanese felt. Rocky followed through with combinations to the head and body sending Aritomi to the ropes and not fighting back prompting the referee to stop the fight. This was Rocky Fuentes' second defense outside the Philippines having defended his belt in Tokyo last June against rated Japanese brawler Shigetaka Ikahara. Filipino Marjohn Yap failed to win his debut fight outside native soil losing by decision to relentless Japanese Hiromasa Ohashi. Yap was boxing beautifully the first half of the fight but Ohashi was game enough to take it to Yap and appeared to be the more aggressive fighter at the endgame and got the nod of the judges. Team Fuentes will be leaving Nagoya, Japan for the Philippines at 9 AM Monday September 6, 2010 via Manila through Philippine Airlines. Team Fuentes is composed of OPBF champ Rocky Fuentes, trainers Edito Villamor and Joseph Baldago and ALA Promotions Public Relations Head Chad Canares. They will be joined by OPBF judge Edgar Olalo on their flight back to the Philippines. (PR)  |
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