RUBILLAR BEATEN AGAIN; SUFFERS 4TH ROUND TKO LOSS TO AGBEKO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 01 Jun 2015
Veteran southpaw Juanito Rubillar has lost once again, suffering a 4th round TKO defeat at the hands of former world champion Joseph Agbeko at the El Paso Memorial Coliseum in El Paso, Texas.
It was the 38 year old Rubillar?s fourth straight defeat and his tenth loss in his last eleven fights raising serious questions as to why the Philippine Games and Amusements Board allows Rubillar who is well past his prime, to continue fighting.
Rubillar?s only win in his last eleven fights was when Basilio Nievas of the Dominican Republic quit in the 5th round of a scheduled ten round bout with a hip injury, enabling the Filipino to register a TKO victory.
Bill Knight of the El Paso Times reported that Agbeko ?returned to the ring for the first time in over 13 months and won when the bout was halted by a cut ruled to be from a punch? which improved his record to 30-6 with 26 knockouts while Rubillar who, according to boxrec.com last fought on August 24, 2013 when he was knocked out in the 4th round by Rey Vargas, dropped to 49-23-7 with 24 knockouts.
The 35 year old Agbeko, the former three-time world bantamweight champion, lost to undefeated WBO/WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux in December 2013 by a 120-108 shutout on the scorecards of all three judges.
The El Paso Times reported that Agbeko ?needed the win to get back into the title picture and he got just that with his 4th round TKO win over Rubillar who was cut over the left eye in the second round as Agbeko continued to use good angles and good combinations to finish off his opponent. The fight was stopped at 1:31 of the round.?
In a post fight interview Agbeko said ?it took me afew rounds to get warmed up. But this is my best comeback.?
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