Headliners for the ?Battle of the Best Bantamweights? Make Weight
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 20 Feb 2009
Cebu City -- Today at the Cebu Grand Hotel, the main headliners for Gov. Manny Pinol?s promotion ?Battle of the Best Bantamweights easily made the contract fight weigh limit.
Rolando Magbanua of the Braveheart Boxing Club came in at 118 lbs. His opponent, the gladiator from Mexico Jose Angel ?Bocho? Cota likewise came in at 118 lbs.
Magbanua and Cota will tangle for 12 rounds for the WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight title.
The main event boxers, WBO Bantamweight Champ Gerry Penalosa hit the scales at 120 lbs, the same as his opponent from Mexixo, German Meraz.
The Penalosa-Meraz fight is a tune up for Penalosa who is slated to challenge WBO Super bantamweight champ Juan Ma. Lopez in April at a bout yet to be totally finalized.
Top photo: Gerry Penalosa (2nd from right) and German Meraz of Mexico are all smiles after the today's weighin at the Cebu Grand Hotel before tomorrow's fistic affair at the Cebu Coliseum. Looking on are from left, promoter Sammy Gello-ani, matchmaker Repo Ric, WBO Vice-President Leon Panoncillo and Vice-Governor Manny Pinol.
L-R: Repo Ric, Jose Angel Cota, Rolando Magbanua and WBO Vice-President Leon Panoncillo. Magbanua and Cota will vie for the WBO Asia-Pacific Bantaweight Title tomorrow at the Cebu Coliseum.
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