Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation minimumweight kingpin Rodel Mayol served notice to all world title holders yesterday (9/21/04), by easily demolishing OPBF No. 3 La Syukur at the 1:47 mark of the third round of their scheduled 10-rounder in Jakarta, Indonesia. A right hook by Mayol, 19-0-(15) ended matters for La Syukur, who was clearly no match for the Mandaue City fighter’s power and ring savvy. It was Mayol’s fourth victory this year, and his third in Indonesia. Prior to La Syukur, Mayol had also stopped Indonesia’s top fighters La Ode Basez and Iwan Key. Prior to his Indonesian stints, Mayol had won the OPBF crown with a first-round technical knockout victory over then champion Genki Ohnaka in Japan. In his first OPBF last May 21, Mayol prevailed over ex-WBC Interbatiobal champ Ernesto Rubillar on a seventh round technical decision. The former five-time national amateur champ Mayol will fly back to the country today, where he will immediately resume training for a planned OPBF title defense sometime next month in Manila, although his handlers are keeping their options open for the talented knockout artist. The undefeated Mayol is ranked WBC no. 2, WBA no. 6, IBF no. 6 and WBO no. 8.
