SYLVESTER LOPEZ RETAINS WBC INT?L TITLE IN TERRIFIC FIGHT CARD
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 01 Aug 2010
The brightest prospect of promoter Gabriel ?Bebot? Elorde, WBC International super flyweight champion Sylvester Lopez retained his title with a smashing 2nd round TKO over tough Wandee Singwancha of Thailand in a terrific, action-packed triple title championship card at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City on Saturday.
Wandee, the former WBC interim light flyweight champion appeared to be getting the better of the exchanges in the opening round with some solid body shots before Lopez dropped the Thai challenger with a cracking counter-left hook seconds before the bell sounded.
Sensing he had Wandee in trouble Lopez caught the Thai with another perfect combination to drop him again in round two even as Wandee tried to retaliate by throwing a couple of blows to the body but a perfect right by Lopez dropped the game Thai for the second time and American referee Gene Del Bianco had no hesitation in calling a halt at 2:10 of the second round as Wandee was in no position to continue.
In a post-fight interview with Dennis Principe and Rey Danseco of the TV panel that covered the fights to be telecast on Monday at 3:00 p.m. over Solar Sports, Lopez said that at the beginning he studied his opponent and when he dropped his hands he caught him.
At the same time Lopez conceded that Wandee was ?strong but even when he connected with body shots I didn?t think about his power but how I could hit him.?
The champion said he didn?t rush after Wandee in the second round but ?waited for the right time to catch him and end the fight.?
Although there were reports that Lopez had a little difficulty in making the 115 pound limit he said ?I trained well and I was in great condition so making the weight wasn?t really a problem.? With the impressive win Lopez improved to 14-2-1 with 10 knockouts while Wandee dropped to 63-12-1 with 15 knockouts.
Lopez who won the title with an 8th round TKO over Korean champion Jong Nam Park on April 5, 2009 successfully defended the title also at the Ynares Sports Arena with 5th round TKO over Japan?s Katsumi Makiyama on November 28, 2009. Wandee who lost in almost identical fashion to Marvin Sonsona on May 28, 2009 but since then won six fights in a row, the last three by TKO.
In another cracking fight Ryan Bito won the WBC International flyweight championship with a 10th round TKO over another tough and rugged Thai Sooksan Caichan Saenmuangloie in an absolute war which was close all the way up to the end.
Under the open scoring system two of the three judges had Bito ahead 37 while the third judge had it tied at the end of the fourth round.
Bito resorted to throwing punches in flurries both to the body and the head but Sooksan absorbed every punch that landed but continued to push forward continuously working to the body and occasionally catching Bito with shots that jarred his head back.
In a see saw battle after eight rounds one judge had Bito in front 77-75 while the two other judges had it even ay 76-76 reflecting the closeness of a fight that thrilled fight fans, including former world bantamweight title challenger, Commonwealth champion and Australian champion for a record 18 years Paul Ferreri who once beat Rolando Navarette in a ten round bout in Cebu and top Australian promoter and award winning TV boxing host Peter Maniatis.
Bito who stole some rounds by his flurries in the final seconds suddenly exploded in the tenth round and caught Sooksan with a series of vicious punches to the body and head sending the Thai reeling back across the ring and as Bito went after him with a flurry of at least 12 unanswered punches to the head, the Thai looked helpless and referee Gene Del Bianco very correctly called a halt to prevent the Thai from getting unnecessarily hurt.
However, in contrast, referee Virgilio Garcia delayed in calling a halt in the preceding title fight in which WBC International light flyweight champion Jonathan Tachuning wore down Warlito Parrenas with a relentless body attack and dropped him with a devastating combination in the seventh round and although Parrenas beat the count it was obvious he was in no position to continue and was unable to even comprehend the instructions of Garcia who inexplicably let the fight continue only to see Tachuning batter the hapless Parrenas for a few more seconds before deciding to stop the bout at 1:59 of the seventh round.
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