Dondon Sultan Captures WBF Welterweight Croiwn

Suntec Int. Convention Centre, Singapore - Dondon "El Supremo" Sultan captured the vacant WBF Welterweight Title (a less important alphabet title) November 25th.

Sultan won the title by defeating Australian Eddie "Psycho" Delic via Unanimous Decision. The scores went: Dave Hedgecock 117-113, Hengtrakul 115-112, Oomsin Wattanakul 115-112 all in favor of Sultan.

The win was a comforting news which came almost the same time as the news of Jimrex Jaca being KO'ed by Juan Manuel Marquez in the US.

Sultan improves to 14-7-2 (7KOs) while Delic dropped to 11-7-2 (2KOs).

Jaca Gallantly Falls In Battle

Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, TX, USA - A very game Jimrex "The Executioner" Jaca was KO'ed by Mexican great, Juan Manuel Marquez, in the 9th round of their battle for the Interim WBO Featherweight Title.

Marquez avenged the defeat of fellow Mexican great, Erik Morales in the hands of Filipino Manny Pacquiao, by knocking out another Filipino southpaw in Jaca.

Despite losing, Jaca impressed many by standing toe-to-toe with Marquez for the entire match, even having the chance of disorienting the latter with a punch in the 2nd round.

The November 25 fight was action packed, with many audiences and experts even considering the fight being more exciting than the shortlived Grand Finale of the week before. Golden Boy Promotions top-honcho, Oscar de la Hoya, even went so far as to saying that no one should be able to stop Jaca in the featherweight division should Marquez decide to move up in weight.

Jaca drops to 27-3-1 (12KOs) as Maquez improved his chances to bigger paydates and his record to 46-3-1 (35KOs).

Nietes Bags The WBO Asia Pacific Minimumweight Title

Sports and Cultural Complex, Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines - Donnie "The Snakeman" Nietes made quick work of visiting Indon Heri Amol to capture the vacant WBO Asia Pacific Minimumweight Title.

The fight only lasted for 5mins and 14secs, after Nietes KO'ed Amol in the 2nd round.

Nietes now holds a 19-1-3 (11KOs) and Amol has 19-5-2 (6KOs).

Grand Finale : Feverish PacMan Gobbles Up El Terrible

Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA - October18, Pinoy pound-4-pound phenom, Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao destroyed future hall-of-famer, Mexican Erik "El Terrible" Morales on the third and final installment of their now legendary match-up.


PacMan dropped the legendary Mexican 3 times, once on the 2nd round and then twice on the 3rd canto to finish the fight off at the 2:57 mark, to be exact. All of this despite having a fever due to toncilitis. In fact, a few hours before the fight Pacquiao reportedly asked his coach, Freddie Roach, if the fight can be rescheduled, this due to his fever, aching head and throat. Displaying once more his great heart, the champion from General Santos City, Philippines just sucked it all up for pride and country.

The Filipino overwhelmed the Mexican with his power and speed. The former also revealed new components of his arsenal, which are the left and right hooks. In fact, Morales' first knockdown was caused by one mighty left hook. The second knockdown was brought about by swift combinations of left/right hooks and left straights. But for the final knockdown, Manny served up his nasty right jab, left straight combinations to finish the job.

"The Grand Finale" was indeed very memorable. Immediately after the fight, Manny went to Erik's corner to check on the latter and gave him a hug. Manny also took the hand ("mano" - a sign of respect for the elderly in the Philippines, done by taking the elder's hand and making the elder's backhand touch one's forehead) of Erik's father/trainor, José Luis “Maestro” López. When it was time to announce the winner, referee Vic Drakulich raised Manny's right hand at the same time, Erik, recovered from his ordeal, took Manny's left hand and raised it too.

Pacquaio's record improved to 43-3-2 (34KOs) and Erik's record dropped to 48-5 (34KOs).

"The Hawaiian Punch" Was Given A Disappointing Draw

Brian "The Hawaiian Punch" Viloria failed to take back the WBC Light Flyweight Title from Omar Nino "Giant Killer" Romero.

Romero kissed the canvas twice, once on the 5th round and then once more on 9th round, but the fight still ended in Majority Draw. The draw was highly attributed to Brian's performance on the last few rounds wherein he failed to look busy.

Viloria's record is now 19-1-1 (12KOs) while Romero's record is now 24-2-2 (10KOs).

"The Iron Man" Showed His Wares In American Soil

Bernabe "The Iron Man" Concepcion defeated erstwhile undefeated Mexican Joksan "El Torito" Hernandez for the vacant Vacant WBC Youth Super Bantamweight Title.

The judges scores went: Robert Hoyle 98-92, Ed Kugler 96-93, Patricia Morse Jarman 96-93 - all in favor of Bernabe giving the 18yrs-old Filipino a Unanimous Decision win.

Concepcion improved to 20-1-1 (11KOs) while Hernandez dropped to 11-1 (6KOs).

Labao Says Goodbye To Perfect Record

Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan - Undefeated Filipino super featherweight Rey Labao, was upset by Japanese Hironori Bando in their 6-round encounter. Tne November 11 fight was the first time for Labao to fight outside of the Philippines. The judges scored the bout 56-59, 56-58 and 57-58, all in favor of the local boy.

Labao's previously undefeated record now stands 12-1 (8KOs), while Bando improved to 17-8-8 (6KOs).

Laurente Snags Regional Title From Thailand

Chaiyaphum, Thailand - Dennis Laurente brings home the PABA Lightweight Title from Thailand via a rare Split Decision (SD) win against local boy Somchai Nakbalee.

Two of the judges scores it 114-113, 116-113 for Laurente and another judge saw it 113-114 for the defending champ Nakbalee.

Nakbalee was undefeated prior to the fight and the fight was his 3rd attempt to defend the title. Incidentally, the title was snatched by Nakbalee from another Filipino veteran, Fernando Montilla. His previous two defenses were also against Filipinos, Arnel Porras (5-9-1) and Ariel Tinampay (6-4-1), who were virtual pushovers, lambs led to the slaughter so to speak.

Laurente improved his record to 25-3-5 (12KOs) and Nakbalee dropped to 9-1-1 (3KOs).