Back in June 27th, 2009, Fernando Lumacad battled Mexican bruiser Jorge Arce for the vacant IBF international super flyweight title. A win would have been a definitive point in Lumacad?s career. Arce was (and still is) a huge name in the lower weights and beating him would have opened doors for the young General Santos City citizen.
Fate, however, proved to be cruel.
In just three rounds, Arce obliterated Lumacad. With a series of thundering right hands in the third inning, Arce bashed the Filipino fighter down to the mat. But it was more than a loss for Lumacad. His post-fight actions earned him harsh criticisms from boxing observers from all over the country.
Lumacad, clearly startstrucked with his conqueror, went as far as asking Arce for his robe as a souvenir. Fiipino boxing fans, casual and hardcore alike, saw this move by Lumacad as a disgrace, an embarrasment, not only to himself, but to Philippine boxing as a whole.
