Mini-flyweight kingpin Elmer “Sinangag Attack” Gejon easily defended his RP crown for the first time, taking top-ranked Ricardo Albia to school in a one-sided beatdown en route to a unanimous decision win in their 12-round tiff Sunday night (4/18/04) at the Lapu-Lapu Sports Complex here. The Mandaue City-based Gejon completely shut out Albia using his far superior offensive and defensive skills, as he kept peppering the challenger with head and body shots before cruising to a 120-108, 119-109, 120-112 verdict. It was a command performance for the busy-punching Gejon, a protégé of promoter Rex “Wakee” Salud, as he hopes to improve on his prestige as the OPBF no. 1 contender as well as PABA no. 2. After virtually toying with Albia in the first five rounds, Gejon inflicted a cut on Albia in the sixth, prompting referee Teddy Alivio to call on the ringside physician to check on Albia’s bloodied left optic. Although Albia desperately tried to unload his power shots, Gejon was simply too elusive and well defended for the challenger to even come close to an upset. Gejon continued pummeling Albia through rounds 8th to 11th, before the duo closed out the show in a torrid exchange of blows where Gejon proved to be the better fighter. The win improved Gejon’s record to 12-5 with 4 KO’s. “Dinamita” upset: In the night’s best upset, L&M’s Nonoy Gonzalez de-mystified the country’s top junior lightweight Dexter Delada as he reduced the latter into smithereens in the opening round of their scheduled 10-rounder. Gonzalez used a well-timed right to Delada’s kisser, sending the Wakee Salud fighter on the seat of his pants for the count. He barely made the count on rubber legs. Sensing a major win, Gonzalez immediately pounced on Delada when fight resumed, as the latter helplessly crumpled on the canvas for good at the 1:29 mark of the first round. Also, RP no. 8 junior fly Jojo Bardon scored an upset with a fifth-round technical knockout win over top-ranked Elmer Muyco of L&M Gym. A right straight to the jaw ended matters for Muyco, who had to be assisted back to his corner while Bardon celebrated his biggest win so far. The night’s most impressive fighter, however, was hot prospect Benedict Suico of Stonewall Boxing Club who easly pulled the plug on Jayson Geda at the 1:19 mark of the opening round. After a tentative start, Suico unleashed a shot to the face, then followed it up with unearthly combinations that sent Geda falling on his knees for the count, which he failed to beat. A new prospect is born: Equally impressive was another Stonewall warrior Mercito Gesta, who proved he was the real prospect when he trounced Flores Gym’s Sherwin Daguhoy in a battle of prospects. Gesta showed better defensive and lateral skills en route to a 59-55, 58-57, 59-57 win. Other results had Gilbert De la Torre by unanimous decision over Jhay Herla; Danilo Cabardo by unanimous decision over Aljun Salugaul; and the debuting Bonbon Pumar by TKO in the 3rd round over Rogelio Bardon.
