TWO TERRIFIC FIGHTS ON PINOY BOX OFFICE (PBO) OVER SKY CABLE ON SATURDAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 05 Dec 2014
Two terrific fights headlined by former World Boxing Council minimumweight challenger Denver Cuello exciting battle with resilient Sammy Hagler and promising young Japanese Yuya Nakamura's war with another Indonesian, Rochmad Santoso will be featured on Viva Sports top-rated weekly boxing show "The Main Event" on Pinoy Box Office (PBO) on Sky Cable this Saturday at 8:30 p.m. with a replay at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Cuello entered the ring determined to put on an impressive performance and strengthen his bid for a world title shot at reigning champion Wanheng Menayothin of Thailand.
Before a huge crowd of fight fans at the Angono Municipal Gym, Cuello showed his famed punching power as well as hand-speed, good movement and pinpoint accuracy.
Cuello caught Hagler coming in with a left hook in the opening seconds of the first round and sent the Indonesian boxer reeling for the first knockdown of the scheduled ten round bout.
Hagler continued to charge forward and connected with a looping right hand but was soon tagged by Cuello with a vicious right uppercut and a left hook that staggered the game Indonesian who was saved by the bell after Cuello ripped into him with a three-punch combination.
Cuello opened the third round by digging a solid left into Hagler's body and then connected with a series of punches which ended with Hagler losing his mouthpiece but that only gave the outclassed Indon a brief respite as Cuello clubbed him with a left to to the side of the head and followed up with a three-punch combination that sent Hagler staggering backwards with referee Virgilio Garcia calling a halt to the bout at 2:39 of the third round.
It was an exciting fight while it lasted and while Hagler appeared hurt but ready to continue, there was a feeling that the stoppage was premature but referee Garcia was obviously concerned with the condition of Hagler who was sooner or later going to be knocked out and in the final analysis made the right call.
Cuello's manager Aljoe Jaro was pleased with the performance of Cuello and told the Manila Standard/Viva Sports that he would talk to WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman at the premier professional boxing organization's Annual Convention in Las Vegas in mid-December about a possible title shot for Cuello next year.
With the win Cuello who is ranked No. 4 by the WBC improved to 35-5-6 with 23 knockouts while Hagler dropped to 18-28-2 with 3 knockouts although his record hardly indicates the quality of the opponents he lost to.
Cuello dropped a twelve round unanimous decision to China?s Xiong Zhao Zhong at the International Trade Center in Dubai on June 28, 2013 and told us he ?fought with one hand after he suffered a dislocated rotator cuff? early in the fight.
But Cuello, the hard-hitting southpaw said ?I?m back and the fans will see the old Denver Cuello? following surgery by a team of doctors at the Makati Medical Center who he said ?helped a great deal along with broadcast-journalist Chino Trinidad and manager Aljoe Jaro. They want me to get back to the top.?
In a pre-fight interview with reporter Mark Israel of Viva Sports, Cuello said his last fight in Davao was after almost one year of recuperation and therapy following surgery and said ?my comeback fight was good. My opponent from Thailand , Jaipetch Chaiyonggym, was resilient? even though he retired in the 7th round last October 11 in Davao City.
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