Taconing retains OPBF title in thriller, Magramo continues unbeaten run, Elorde Bros. get stoppages9/13/2015 This past Saturday wasn't the busiest day in Asian boxing, but there was still plenty of action.
Metro Manila, Philippines The biggest show in Asia came from Metro Manila where fans had the chance to see several prospects as well as a world class fighter defending a regional title. The main event saw that world class fighter, namely Jonathan Taconing (22-2-1, 18) make his first defense of the OPBF Light Flyweight title as he out slugged Jomar Fajardo (14-9-2, 7) to claim a 10th round technical decision. The fight, an all out war, saw both men suffer cuts from head clashes which eventually caused the end of the bout, but had been a thriller until then. Fajardo, who made his name last year with a draw against Francisco Rodriguez Jr, was dropped in round 4 though showed real guts to continue fighting off Taconing. We're now hoping that Taconing ditches the OPBF belt and chases a world title fight, though the cuts he suffered here may keep him out of the ring for a while. Whilst the main event was a brilliant match up the same couldn't be said of much of the card which generally featured some dire mismatches. One of those saw Juan Miguel Elorde (19-1, 10) blow away Arnold Mau (2-6, 3) inside a round. Another mismatch saw Elorde's older brother Juan Martin Elorde (18-1-1, 8) defeat Yakobus Heluka (8-13, 1) in 6 rounds. It wasn't just the Elorde brothers picking up stoppage wins as the very promising Giemel Magramo (14-0, 11) did the same, stopping Roilo Golez (15-15-1, 6) in the third round. Golez was once a contender but a 3-9-1 record in his last 13 bouts says it all and he's now little more than a domestic level journeyman. Another unbeaten fighter to pick up a win was 21 year old Jay Loto (10-0-1) who out-pointed Ryan Bajala (4-4-1, 2) over 8 rounds. Another 8 rounder saw Jeffrey Francisco (12-1-1, 1) take a decision over Jeson Berwela (4-20, 2). In a 6 rounder Daffy Dempo (3-4, 2) scored a minor upset win over Kenta Ide (2-2-1, 1). One other result from this card that we have was a a win for Robin Dingcong (1-3-1, 1) who scored his first win with a 3rd round KO against the debuting Jaime Escanaries (0-1) Cebu, Philippines Sadly we don't currently have the results from a show in Cebu. Las Vegas, USA On the biggest of the weekend fans of Asian did have something's to make a note of. In an all-Asian bout Sanjarbek Rakhmanov (2-0, 1), from Uzbekistan, out pointed Farkhad Sharipov (4-5, 1), from Kyrgyzstan. This 6 rounder was a good test on paper for Rakhmanov but it was white was with all 3 judges scoring it 60-53 to the unbeaten 26 year old. Another Asian on this card was Filipino youngster Recky Dulay (8-2, 5) who was taken out in 94 seconds by the talented and heavy handed Gervonta Davis (12-0, 11). Although the loss was a bad one for an Asian fighter we were genuinely impressed by Davis who looks like he has the tools to face much stiffer competition.
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The only show today came from the Philippines where Johnny Elorde Promotions put on a small, 6 fight show featuring 4 title bouts along side the Flash Elorde awards. The card wasn't a headline grabbing one with world title bouts but it was a significant one with bouts ranging from prospect bouts to an OPBF title bout and regional title contests. The show kicked off with one of the prospects in action as the talented Joe Noynay (8-0, 2) continued his unbeaten run and scored a 3rd round TKO against journeyman Jovill Marayan (8-20-3, 3). The 19 year old Noynay dropped Marayan with a body shot and Marayan did get back to his feet the referee made the wise decision to stop the bout. Sadly for Marayan this was his 8th straight loss , dating back almost 2 years, and his 3rd successive stoppage loss. The second bout saw the fantastic Giemel Magramo (13-0, 10) completely dismantle the over-matched Jayar Estremos (10-10, 4) who was blown away in the 2nd round. Magramo, who we really like, looked sensational and finished the bout in style as he recorded his 7th straight stoppage. Aged 20 Magramo has an excellent future ahead of him and we really can't wait to see him step up a level and move beyond the low level Filipino domestic bouts. Talking about the Filipino domestic scene the third bout was actually a Filipino title bout which saw veteran fighter Monico Laurente (25-12, 6) retain his GAB Bantamweight tittle with a clear decision win over the once promising Marco Demecillo (20-3-1, 16) who is quickly finding his career hitting the bricks. The champion, defending the belt for the 3rd time, seemed to know too much and be too good for Demecillo, despite being cut from a headclash early in the bout. This was Demecillo's 3rd loss in 5 bouts and the 18-0-1 (14) start to his career has really crumbled in recent bouts. The second title bout was one of two WBO Asia Pacific title bouts and saw Juan Miguel Elorde (18-1, 9) take a clear decision against limited Thailand's Tabthong Tor Buamas (14-3, 12) to claim the Super Bantamweight belt. Elorde was simply too good, too fast and too accurate for the Thai who was completely out classed from the first round to the last. Tabthong did well to see out the distance but was never in the fight. A second WBO Asia Pacific title bout saw Juan Martin Elorde (17-1-1, 7) retain the Super Featherweight belt with a narrow win over Japan's Hirotsugu Yamamoto (16-11-2, 2). The Japanese fighter went in as a massive under-dog and early on it seemed like he was set to be blown away after Elorde dropped him in round 2. Surprisingly however Yamamoto battled back hard over the following 10 rounds and almost did enough to upset Elorde. Although talented Elorde does need a lot more work before moving on to the next level. In the main event we saw another title bout as Vinvin Rufino (37-16-3, 16) claimed the OPBF Featherweight title with an 8th round technical decision win against Mark Gil Melligen (21-5-1, 12). Melligen was down twice early in the bout though managed to fight back well until a headclash saw us going to the cards at the end of round 8. Melligen's fight back had some how convinced one judge to score it even, at 75-75, though the other two judges both had Rufino as the clear, and rightful, winner. Whilst this is clearly a set back for Melligen it was third time lucky for Rufino who had lost in 2 previous OPBF title bouts. This past Saturday wasn't the busiest of the year but there was still plenty of action.
Nebraska, USA In the US we had a high profile IBF Featherweight title fight which saw the “Mexican-Russian” Evgeny Gradovich (19-0-1, 9) retain his title with a highly questionable draw against Jayson Velez (22-0-1, 16). It appeared that Gradovich swept much of the bout after a good start by his Puerto Rican opponent though the judges managed to find a lot of rounds to give to Velez and as a result we got a split draw that few could actually understand. Metro Manila, Philippines On a small Johnny Elorde Promotions card fans saw a number of promising fighters in action and actually saw one genuine shock. The main event wasn't the originally scheduled main event as Juan Martin Elorde saw his WBO Asia Pacific Super Featherweight title fight being called off on the day of the fight. Instead the other Elorde, Juan Miguel Elorde (17-1, 9) main evented with his bout being pushed up the card. Sadly for fans wanting to see “The Boss” in an actual fight this was an awful main event as Elorde easily saw off Indonesian visitor Oke Haryanto (5-5-1, 2) inside a round. One of the most promising Filipino fighters was in the chief support bout and actually scored a very impressive victory. That was Giemel Magramo (12-0, 9) who continued his unbeaten record as he scored an early win over Ruther del Castillo (9-21-8, 2). For the first time in his 38 fight Castillo was stopped, retiring from the bout. Whilst it was a good day for Magramo it wasn't good for all the unbeaten fighters on the card with Jeffrey Francisco (10-1-1) suffering his first loss with Jestoni Autida (6-2, 2) scoring a shock majority decision. Another unbeaten fight to suffer his first loss was Ryan Bajala (3-1-1, 1) whose loss was expected as he came up short against the light puncher Jay Loto (9-0). Yet another unbeaten man in action was Joe Noynay (7-0, 1) who took a decision over Pablito Canada (4-5-1, 1). Lower down the card Raymond Yanong (3-1, 3) over-came the limited Avelino Ramos (3-5) with Ramos retiring from the bout. Queensland, Australia In Australia we sadly saw an Asian trio come up short. One of those was Thailand's limited Paitoon Jaikom (1-11) who was dropped by Darren Askew (13-6-1, 4) en route to a clear loss. The bout, scored 40-35 across the board, really was one sided and again showed up how poor some of the Thai's fighting in Australia are. A second Thai on this show, Pramool Boonpok (1-9-1) gave a much better account of himself as he ran Liam Hutchinson (9-1, 4) close in a bout for the Queensland state Middleweight title. Again the Thai came up short but was competitive for the most part. The third Asian was John Bajawa (12-8, 6), of Indonesia, who was near enough shut out by local fighter Brad Hore (4-1). This was awful from Bajawa though it was surprising to see him go the distance given the fact he had been stopped 4 times prior to this bout, including a 1 round blow out to Ryo Matsumoto. |
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