DIALE KNOCKED OUT IN OPBF TITLE DEFENSE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 03 Jul 2016
The Philippines Ardin Diale has lost his Orient Pacific Boxing Federation flyweight title via 4th round knockout by unbeaten 20 year old Japanese KO artist Daigo Higa at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
The end came at 2:39 of the fourth round in a clear mismatch with Higa scoring his tenth straight knockout victory.
From the start of the fight Higa had the Filipino in trouble connecting with a right cross as Diale who has a nasty habit of ducking while keeping his hands held low, felt the power of the Japanese youngster.
Higa dropped Diale for a second time with a vicious body shot after a combination to the head.
The Filipino champion barely beat the count as Higa stood on the neutral corner ropes figuring that the fight was over, but it was not. After a series of solid combinations Diale once again fell on his knees and the referee counted him out.
With the loss Diale dropped to 31-10-3 with 15 knockouts.
Diale who won the vacant OPBF crown witgh a unanimous twelve round decision over Renoel Pael last December 2 retained the title with a another unanimous decision win over Jonathan Francisco last February 20 at the Taguig City Sports Complex.
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