4 professional fights lined up for ALA Sinulog Festival card

FOUR professional bouts will regale Cebu boxing fans in the ALA Boxing and Fitness Gym’s “Sinulog Festival”  card on Jan. 19 at the Gaisano Country Mall car park, Banilad, this city.

The event is an annual offering of the ALA Boxing Gym where quality boxing matches featuring some of the country’s finest young prospects strut their wares inside the ring on the day of the Sinulog Festival.

Headlining the card are Rolando Servania (5-0,1KO) of Bacolod City and Dingdong Quiñones (3-7-1,1KO) of General Santos City for six rounds. Rolando is the younger brother of undefeated WBO Asia Pacific and Intercontinental super bantamweight champion Genesis “Azukal” Servania (23-0, 9KOs) who is now training in the United States.

Seeing action in the undercard are Cuban Reymi Castellano Aleye (2-0,1KO), who will make his debut fight in Cebu against Mandaue City’s Rodel Wenceslao (7-6-1,2KOs) for six rounds; Jonas Sultan (3-1, 2KOs) of Zamboanga Del Norte vs. Marlon Macayan (1-1-1) of Antique for six rounds under the bantamweight division; Mandaue City’s Jerome Baja (1-6-1) vs. Jess Rhey Waminal of Bukidnon for four rounds.

The event will kick off at 6 p.m. with eight amateur bouts to be fought before the four pro bouts. The fight card is free to the public.  /CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL