Post by karlimacalam on Jun 20, 2005 9:19:01 GMT 8
AFTER A spectacular victory Friday night (Saturday morning in Manila), Bobby Pacquiao now wants to be known not only as the brother of Manny Pacquiao.
Bobby scored a seventh round stoppage over Carlos Navarro of the US and knocked the World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super-featherweight crown off the touted champion’s head at the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, California.
Referee John Schorle had no choice but to stop the fight after Navarro went down on one knee after taking a vicious pounding from the Philippine super-feather titlist in a scheduled 12-rounder fought on ESPN2.
Navarro was decked in the sixth round with a shot to the solar plexus but the third man on the ring called it a low blow and even slapped Bobby a one-point deduction.
Bobby’s title-winning effort should go down as one of the year’s most surprising victories considering that the Filipino has been considered on the way down when he fought Navarro, who has been on a winning streak with victories over two-time world champion Luisito Espinosa and Dominican Republic’s Agapito "El Ciclon" Sanchez.
Moments after stunning win, Pacquiao phoned Cebu boxing manager Tony Aldeguer, whose world-class training camp was home to Pacquiao for one month before his departure last June 13.
"He kept on thanking me," Aldeguer told the Bulletin yesterday. "I think he was in really in terrific shape because while he was here in my gym, he had to follow gym rules like curfew. There was no way for him to take training here in my gym nice and easy."
Bobby sparred heavily against Aldeguer’s top fighters such as featherweights Casear Amonsot and Bart Abapo, welterweight Dondon Sultan and even bantamweight speedster Rey Bautista.
The win boosted Bobby’s win-loss-draw card to 22-11-3 with ten knockouts, while the loss dropped Navarro’s slate to 26-4-1 with 21 wins inside the distance.
Navarro was the heavy favorite going into Friday night’s headliner.
But among those who thought Bobby had what it takes to score an upset was Mike Koncz, the American lawyer cum boxing man who brought the GenSan bomber to the US.
Bobby, who earned $7,500, and Navarro both tipped the scales at 129 ½ lbs.
Manny was not at ringside when his brother posted the biggest win of his eight-year career as he was busy attending to his legal battle with promoter Murad Muhammad in New York.
By nick giongco - The Manila Bulletin Online
Bobby scored a seventh round stoppage over Carlos Navarro of the US and knocked the World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas super-featherweight crown off the touted champion’s head at the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, California.
Referee John Schorle had no choice but to stop the fight after Navarro went down on one knee after taking a vicious pounding from the Philippine super-feather titlist in a scheduled 12-rounder fought on ESPN2.
Navarro was decked in the sixth round with a shot to the solar plexus but the third man on the ring called it a low blow and even slapped Bobby a one-point deduction.
Bobby’s title-winning effort should go down as one of the year’s most surprising victories considering that the Filipino has been considered on the way down when he fought Navarro, who has been on a winning streak with victories over two-time world champion Luisito Espinosa and Dominican Republic’s Agapito "El Ciclon" Sanchez.
Moments after stunning win, Pacquiao phoned Cebu boxing manager Tony Aldeguer, whose world-class training camp was home to Pacquiao for one month before his departure last June 13.
"He kept on thanking me," Aldeguer told the Bulletin yesterday. "I think he was in really in terrific shape because while he was here in my gym, he had to follow gym rules like curfew. There was no way for him to take training here in my gym nice and easy."
Bobby sparred heavily against Aldeguer’s top fighters such as featherweights Casear Amonsot and Bart Abapo, welterweight Dondon Sultan and even bantamweight speedster Rey Bautista.
The win boosted Bobby’s win-loss-draw card to 22-11-3 with ten knockouts, while the loss dropped Navarro’s slate to 26-4-1 with 21 wins inside the distance.
Navarro was the heavy favorite going into Friday night’s headliner.
But among those who thought Bobby had what it takes to score an upset was Mike Koncz, the American lawyer cum boxing man who brought the GenSan bomber to the US.
Bobby, who earned $7,500, and Navarro both tipped the scales at 129 ½ lbs.
Manny was not at ringside when his brother posted the biggest win of his eight-year career as he was busy attending to his legal battle with promoter Murad Muhammad in New York.
By nick giongco - The Manila Bulletin Online