FIVE Filipino boxing rising superstars pulled off tremendous victories in different bouts against their respective visiting foreign opponents on Saturday.
Upcoming prospects Jason ?El Ni?o? Pagara, Genesis ?Azukal? Servania and Jimrex ?The Executioner? Jaca bashed their separate Mexican rivals in the Pinoy Pride: XV Philippines vs. Mexico at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City.
Pagara (29-2 win-loss with 18 Knockouts) exacted revenge against Rosbel ?Lobito? Montoya (36-5-1 with 30 KOs), when he scored a sixth round technical knockout to capture the World Boxing Organization (WBO) International light welterweight title.
Referee lawyer Danrex Tapdasan stopped the bout at 1:41 mark of sixth round.
Servania won the vacant WBO Asia-Pacific super bantamweight crown after a unanimous win against Jorge ?El Feroz? Pazos (21-4 with 14 KOs) that improved his unbeaten record to 19 wins with six knockouts. Servania earned a 118-107 decision on all three judges.
Jaca, for his part, had a rousing comeback after a long lay-off by knocking out Angel Martinez (18-3-1 with 13 KOs) in a non-title bout. Jaca improved to 40-6-3 with 20 KOs.
He knocked Martinez down in the seventh round with body shots and finished the job in the eighth with another hard straight left at 2:59.
Meanwhile, junior featherweights Eden Sonsona and Dave Pe?alosa crushed their respective Thai rivals at the Mandaluyong City Gym.
Sonsona (29-6 with nine KOs) floored Petchnamnung Sithsaithong (9-3, 7 KOs) from Thailand with a one-punch assault at 1:54 of the second round to strengthen his bid to secure a title shot.
Pe?alosa (5-0, 3 KOs) unleashed a counter-right hook to outlast Yodpichai Sithsaithong (7-6, 3 KOs) in the 2:05 mark of the fourth round.
