TAPDASAN TO REFEREE PRINCE ALBERT PAGARA VS YESNER TALAVERA, MCTAVISH TO HANDLE MAGSAYO-MONTOYA TITLE FIGHTS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 17 Feb 2016
Tapdasan.
Danrex Tapdasan has been appointed by the World Boxing Organization to referee the WBO title fight between unbeaten Intercontinental junior featherweight/super bantamweight champion Prince Albert Pagara and Nicaragua's bantamweight champion Yesner Talavera while veteran international referee Bruce McTavish has been named referee for the clash for the vacant WBO Youth featherweight championship between another unbeaten Filipino Mark "Magnifico" Magsayo and Mexico's Eduardo Montoya.
Jose Izquierdo II, the newly appointed Executive Committee secretary informed The Standard/boxingmirror.com that aside from Tapdasan, the judges for the Pagara-Talavera fight would be Salven Lagumbay, Edward Ligas and Greg Ortega.
WBO president Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel announced the appointment of McTavish as referee for the Magsayo-Montoya battle with judges Edgar Olalo, Samson Libres and Tony Pesons.
The supervisor for both title fights will be WBO Asia Pacific head Leon Panoncillo.
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