MELINDO WINS BY UD OVER TAMARA
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 28 Nov 2010
CEBU CITY -- Milan 'El ' Melindo displayed awesome boxing skills to dominate former world champion Carlos Tamara of Columbia to win by unanimous decision at the Waterfront Hotel here Saturday night. The judges' scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93 all for the Cagayan de Oro native Melindo.
Melindo (23-0-0, 7KO), clearly fighting way above his weight and who gave Tamara 3 inches in height advantage and a lot of body bulk, threw everything at Tamara including the kitchen sink but was unable to put away the Columbian who kept on coming until the last round. Tamara reinforced his reputation as a durable boxer who won over former world champion Brian Viloria by sheer stamina.
Melindo however was up to the task as he did not force the issue and was content to finish the fight ahead on every scorecards displaying, along the way, a finesse boxing talent.
Melindo is now looking forward to fight for a title when the opportunity comes.
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