MELINDO, VILLANUEVA TO FACE MEXICAN SLUGGERS ON PINOY PRIDE 34
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 24 Oct 2015
Fontes (L) and Mendez.
Two ALA Gym fighters who were victims of seriously questionable decisions in IBF world title fights are eager to get back with a vengeance when they battle Mexican opponents on ?Pinoy Pride 34? at the Hoops Dome in Lapu Lapu city on November 28.
The 27 year old Melindo who has a record of 32-2 with 12 knockouts, faces hard-hitting Carlos ?Divino? Fontes of Mexico in a WBO International junior flyweight championship bout while super flyweight King Arthur Villanueva clashes with Victor ?Spock? Mendez another Mexican slugger in a battle for the WBC International super flyweight title fight.
Of the two ALA boxers, King Arthur was the clearly more aggrieved as he appeared to be beating Puerto Rico?s McJoe Arroyo in an IBF world title fight in El Paso, Texas on July 18 when the referee who had deducted a point from Villanueva in the 6th round after he suffered a cut over the right eye which worsened as the bout progressed, stopped the fight in the 10th round with the three judges scoring the fight for Arroyo by unbelievably lopsided margins.
Villanueva who won the vacant IBF International title with a split decision win over Henry Maldonado in Dubai on September 5, 2014 is determined to take his frustrations out on his Mexican opponent.
That?s the same attitude of Melindo who battles Carlos ?Diivino? Fontes who is 26 years old and has a record of 21-3 with 17 knockouts and is coming off a 5th round TKO of Roberto Lopez, a veteran of 59 fights last September 26.
Fontes lost in a battle for the WBC Silver title when he lost a 9th round technical decision to power punching Luis Concepcion who dropped Fontes in rounds 5 and 7.
The 27 year old Melindo who boasts of a 32-2, 12 knockout record, is aching to recover from his 6th round technical decision loss to Javier Mendoza in an IBF light flyweight title bout after Melindo who was cut over the left eye was deducted a point in round six while the referee stopped the fight when Mendozawas cut over the left eye and the judges awarded the win to Mendoza.
Melindo was also penalized for low blows in rounds four and five and was further disadvantaged on the scorecards and is grimly determined not to allow it to happen again in his WBO International junior flyweight championship.
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