PHILIPPINE superflyweight champion Marco Demecillo Singwangcha of the RWS Gym of Cebu kept his undefeated record intact with a fourth round knockout victory against challenger Marjun Tabamo on a fight held last Tuesday, Sept. 25 at the IIT Gymnasium in Iligan City.
Demecillo used a vast array of head and body punches to knock down Tabamo in the third round and stopped him for good in the fourth. This was a homecoming fight for Demecillo, who also hails from Iligan.
The power-punching Demecillo is one of the Filipino prospects sponsored by Thai boxing patron Naris Singwangcha while Tabamo was trained by former WBC junior lightweight champion Rene Barrientos.
Demecillo improved his professional boxing record to 18W-0-1D, 14 KOs while Tabamo suffered his first loss and dropped his slate to 8W-1L-1D, 2 KOs.
Meanwhile, Marco’s brother Kenny Demecillo was not so lucky as he suffered his first loss by third round TKO to Dondon Narvaez. /Correspondent Rene Bonsubre Jr.