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'COLLISION AT THE COLISEUM' PRESSCON PHOTOS

By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 17 Jul 2008



CEBU CITY -- The 'Collision at the Coliseum' boxing event set this Saturday had a press conference this afternoon at the GV Tower Hotel along Sanciangco St. here, a stone's throw away from the fight venue, the Cebu Coliseum.

Promoted by SGG Sports Promotions in association Viva Sports, the Cebu City government, Tanduay Rhum and Elasto Seal, the fighters, all except the veteran Bert Batawang, will be fighting in Cebu for the first time and were introduced to the Cebu media.

Above photos:

Left: Ciso 'Kid Terrible' Morales (L) and Narongnoi Or Muangklang of Thailand faces each other for a media photo after the presscon.

Right: Ranee Ganoy (L) and Thailand's Sapapetch Sor Sakaorat pose after the presscon. With them is WBO VP Leon Panoncillo.


Promoter Sammy Gello-ani (2nd from right), speaks to the media during today's presscon. To his right is WBO Vice-President for Asia-Pacific Leon Panoncillo.


Ranee Ganoy (L) and Ciso Morales.


Bert Batawang (47-11-1 36KOs) will go up against Benjie Sorolla.


Balweg Bangoyan (5-0-0 3KOs) faces Phil Angcamor.


Marvin Sonsona (6-0-0 5KOs) will go up against Jerome Bontog.


Visiting pugs: (L-R) Narongnoi Or Muangklang of Thailand (vs Morales), Sapapetch Sor Sakaorat of Thailand (vs Ganoy) and Jong-Hwa Lee of Korea (vs Brian Diano).


Dido Bohol, Ganoy's manager, is back in Cebu after a long absence.


'Collision at the Coliseum' protagonists (Front row, L-R): Balweg Bangoyan, Marvin Sonsona, Ciso Morales, Ranee Ganoy, Sapapetch Sor Sakaorat, Narongnoi Or Muangklang, Bert Batawang, Jong-Hwa Lee and Cham Sedillo. Back row: WBO VP Leon Panoncillo (L) and promoter Sammy Gello-ani.


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