JONAS SULTAN WINS PHILIPPINE SUPER FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 13 Jul 2015
Jonas Sultan of the famed ALA Gym has won the Philippine super flyweight title beating defending champion Rene Dacquel by a unanimous twelve round decision at the Mandaluyong City Gymnasium last Saturday.
With the win the 23 year old Sultan who was ranked No. 9 in the last ratings of the Games and Amusements Board improved his record to 9-2 with 5 knockouts while the 24 year old Dacquel who was ranked No. 4 dropped to 14-5-1 with 5 knockouts.
All three judges scored the fight for Sultan. British judge Robert Bridges had Sultan the winner by a lopsided 117-109 score while Carlo Baluyut 115-111 and Fernando Batistil 114-112 turned in much closer scorecards.
Dacquel was given a standing eight count by referee Virgilio Garcia when he held on to the ropes to prevent himself from going down after being caught by a solid left jab when off-balance with 46 seconds remaining in round No. 3 from Sultan, the younger brother of veteran Dondon Sultan.
Earlier in the round Sultan hurt Dacquel with a big overhand right although the youngster fought back gamely and tried to turn things around .tan suffered a small cut after a clash of heads towards the end of round seven which referee Garcia didn?t see but when there was a second accidental clash of heads in the ninth round referee Garcia caught it as blood was flowing from near the left eye at 1:42 of the 9th round.
Viva Sports commentator Mike Ochosa said Sultan ?outworked, out-boxed and out-punched Dacquel and deserved the victory.
Veteran slugger Danilo ?Pit Bull? Pena won the Luzon Pro Boxing Association featherweight title with a unanimous 7th round technical decision over tough Rey Juntilla after a cut suffered by Pena due to a accidental clash of heads in the 2nd round was aggravated and they were forced to go to the scorecards of the judges.
Ferdinand EStrella had Pena ahead 68-64 at the time of the stoppage while Danilo Lopez and Benz Penafiel also had Pena in front 67-64.
Pena who was two pounds over the limit at the official weigh-in on Friday was able to make the 126 pound limit after several minutes of running.
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