Mandate and Del Castillo fight to a majority draw in Talisay’s “Rapid Fire…Binukbokay”
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
It was an entertaining Saturday night in Talisay City capped by the well fought eight round bout between Reil Mandate of the Omega Boxing Gym and Ruther del Castillo of the Ringside Stable of Manila.
Del Castillo pressed the action early with powerful hooks but Mandate effectively countered to keep things interesting. Mandate faded in the 5th and 6th as Del Castillo continued his charge. Mandate rallied and in the last round stunned Del Castillo with a left straight.
The scorecards read: 77-75 for Del Castillo, 76-76 and 76-76.
The supporting main event was the clash between Andy Se?erez of the Yanie Sta. Cruz stable of Talisay City and Jerpaul Valero of the Omega boxing gym.
Senerez won by split decision in a blood tinged six round brawl. The fight was marked by heavy exchanges and Senerez suffered a cut on his left eyebrow in the 4th due to a head butt. Valero was deducted a point.
The scores read: 58-55 Senerez, 57-55 Valero and 59-55 Senerez.
Junior middleweights Jaime Siscon and Tiger Tayros fought to a majority draw after six hard fought rounds. The scores read: 58-56 Tayros, and 57-57 on two judges’ scorecards.
There were four preliminary four round contests:
Superflyweight Memar Dula of the Yanie Sta.Cruz stable knocked out Rey Villar of the Omega Boxing Gym with a crippling body shot in round one. Official time – 1:59 of the 1st.
Jeffrey Segara of the Yanie Sta. Cruz Stable beat Ariel Adan of the Phil-Aust gym of Mandaue City by unanimous decision in a bruising junior lightweight contest. Adan was overweight during the weigh-in and penalized to wear heavier gloves during the fight.
The scores: 40-36, 39-37 and 39-37
Lt. flyweight Sary “Kamikaze” Canonigo of the Yanie Sta. Cruz Stable won by second round TKO over Ervin Yamo of the Phil-Aust Gym. Canonigo pounded the hapless Yamo near the neutral corner prompting the referee to stop the fight at 2:44 of round 2.
In the first pro bout of the evening, mini-flyweights Delmar Cabatas (Yanie Sta.Cruz Stable) won by majority decision against Dionilo Salvador (Phil-Aust Gym) in a wild swinging contest. The scorecards read- 39-37, 39-37 for Cabatas and 38 all.
Amateur boxers from the cities of Talisay and Mandaue started the evening’s festivities.
This event was held at the Tabunok, Talisay Sports Complex and organized by the “Dynamic Talisay Triumvirate” or DTT Events and Promotions,Inc. INTV CCTN Ch. 47 will show the fights on TV on a delayed basis.
Top photo: Ruther del Castillo (L) and Reil Mandate battle to a draw during last night's 'Rapid Fire... Binukbokay' in Talisay, Cebu.
Tiger Tayros (L) and Jaime Siscon in a 6-round junior middleweight battle.
Former world flyweight champion Bernabe Villacampo (C) and former world contender Ruben Rabago (L) who are both from Talisay, Cebu are being recognized for their previous achievements with certificates by the local government.
Photos by Dong Secuya.
POSTSCRIPT:
The organizers of this event paid tribute and gave certificates of appreciation to two prominent boxers in the history of Talisay: Bernabe Villacampo (WBA world flyweight champion 1969-70) and Ruben Rabago, a popular boxer here in the Philippines who was once a world ranked contender.
Also invited as guests for the event were the world ranked ALA Boxers Milan Melindo, AJ Banal, Michael Domingo, Jimrex Jaca and ALA Gym chief trainer Edito Villamor.
Part of the evening’s entertainment included a battle royale between four gay boxers.
Providing the eye candy were a squad of stunning round card girls and for the first time in the Philippines, round card men.
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