Domingo and Melendez Ready For Sunday's Ring War
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 22 May 2010
The cast of the highly anticipated ?HANGAD NA PAGHIHIGANTI? fight card had their official weigh-in Saturday noon at the Ayala Activity Center in Cebu. Michael Domingo (40W-15L-2D, 19 KO?s) of the ALA Gym of Cebu weighed in at the bantamweight limit of 118 lbs while Luis Melendez (26W-5L-1D, 21 KO?s) of Colombia weighed 119 lbs.
It was agreed that upon that Melendez will not shed the excess pound as this is a non-title fight. The aftermath of Melendez' fight with Z Gorres last November has provided the dramatic backdrop for this fight. Gorres is expected to be at ringside on Sunday.
Jimrex Jaca (29W-6L-3D, 14KO?s) of Cebu weighed in a 136 ? lbs while James Kimori ( 15W-3L, 11KO?s) of Kenya weighed in at 139 ? lbs. Kimori was given time to shed the excess two pounds for this 10 round contest whose stipulated weight is 137 lbs.
Both Jason Pagara (21W-1 L, 10 KO?s) of the ALA Gym of Cebu and Romeo Jakosalem (10W-3L-1D, 5 KO?s) of Davao made the required weight for their 10 round lightweight bout.
Superfeatherweights James Bacon (11W-1L, 7 KO?s) of the ALA Gym and Cerilo Espino (7W-4L, 6 KO?s) of Batangas weighed in at 129 lbs for their 8 round contest.
Kotsky Ebalang (2W-0 L) of Cagayan de Oro (114 lbs) will fight Rocky Sisumundo (1W-0L) of the Harada Stable of Tagbilaran City (116 lbs)for 4 rounds, Welbeth Loberanis (1W-0L) of Mandaue City and Anthony Galigao (1W-0L-1D) of the Harada Stable of Tagbilaran City made weight for their 4 round flyweight bout and featherweights Jocel Gestopa (1W-0L) vs Gerald Ranque (2W-1L) of the Harada Stable will open the festivities in a 4 round contest.
Fight time at the Pacific Ballroom of the Waterfront City Hotel will be at 6 PM and the slightly delayed television coverage is courtesy of ABS-CBN.
Top photo: Domingo (L) and Melendez.
img src="http://philboxing.com/news/pix/jaca-komori.weighin.300w.jpg">
Jaca (R) and Komori.
Pagara (R) and Jakosalem.
Bacon (L) and Espino.
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