Peñalosa knocks out Thai foe

Dodie Boy Peñalosa Jr. kept his winning streak going as he easily disposed Kong Kiatpracha Gym of Thailand in three rounds in the main event of the Laban Ng Lahi: Dugong Kampeon at the Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex Saturday night.

Peñalosa knocked Kiapracha Gym three times in the third round by a barrage of stinging body shots.

Peñalosa’s hard right hook to the ribs hurt the pinned Kiatpracha for the first knockdown of the fight. The Thai stood up but Peñalosa continued his pressure, sending Kiatpracha down two more times. The last proved to be the decider as the referee stopped the fight at the  2:16 mark of the third.

“Lihok kaayo siya ug ulo mao to ang iyang lawas akong ig-on,” said Peñalosa.

Peñalosa chased the elusive Thai Tornado from the opening bell landing hooks to the body and head.

Peñalosa scored his sixth win, all by knockouts. He still has no losses. This was also his first win over a foreign opponent.

Kiatpracha Gym, on the other hand, suffered his ninth career loss with five wins and a draw.

“Plantsado jud tanan iyang gibuhat sa ring,” said Peñalosa’s uncle, for two-division world champion turned promoter and manager, Gerry Peñalosa.  “Pero lang para nako, daghan pa jud siya ug angay makat-onan.”

Meanwhile, Rodel Mayol beat Jayson Rotoni by a lopsided unanimous decision.

Mayol hurt Rotoni in the first two rounds but the homecoming fight of “Batang Mandaue” was almost spoiled when Rotoni stunned Mayol with a left hook.

Mayol almost went down but quickly recovered and punished Rotoni in the subsequent rounds.

Rotoni went into survival mode as he moved around the ring with Mayol trying to score a knockout. But Rotoni managed to last until the final bell.

The judges scored it at 98-92, 98-92 and 99-91 in favor of Mayol.

DISQUALIFICATION

Randy Petalcorin won by disqualification in the eighth round against Michael Rodriguez in their battle for the PABA interim light flyweight title.

The southpaw Petalcorin scored a knockdown courtesy of a right hook in the seventh round.  Rodriguez managed to get up and continue.

In the eighth, Petalcorin was hit when he was down as the referee was trying to separate the fighters and Rodriguez was deducted a point.

Petalcorin was unable to get up, prompting the disqualification. Official time was 1:39.

Jimrex Jaca also won by TKO over Philip Jun Demecillo at the end of the third round.

The southpaw Jaca scored at will and Demecillo could not mount a significant counterattack. Demecillo’s corner signalled that their boxer has had enough prior to the start of the fourth round.

Southpaws Eden Sonsona and Eman Labanza traded power shots for ten rounds but Sonsona emerged victorious after landing the more significant blows.

The scorecards read 95-95, 96-95 and 96-94, for Sonsona.

Marvin Tampus won by unanimous decision over Jestoni Pepito in an entertaining eight-round brawl. Anthony Sabalde knocked out Cristian Saga at the 1:19 mark of the first round via a right hook to the body

In the first bout of the evening, Renren Tesorio and Jaime Bermiso fought to a five-round technical draw. The scores read 47-47, 47-47 and 48-46. Last June at the Cebu Coliseum, their fight also ended in a four-round majority draw.