ALIBIO LOSES OPBF TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 21 May 2011
Jonel Alibio has lost his Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation featherweight title in his first defense against Hiroshige Osawa in Osaka, Japan.
The 27 year old Filipino dropped a split decision to the taller 26 year old Osawa in what was a fairly close bout.
Korean referee/judge Wan Soo Yuh had Osawa the winner by a 115-113 margin, Japanese judge Jun Kawakami gave it to the hometown boy by a slightly wider 115-112 margin.
However, Filipino judge Edward Ligas gave Alibio the edge 114-113.
Osawa was coming off a 7th round TKO victory over Mexico?s Gabriel Perez.
With the win the newly crowned OPBF champion improved his record to 20-3-3 with 9 knockouts while Alibio who won the title with a rousing 6th round knockout of another Japanese Naoki Matsuda on November 6, 2010 dropped to 16-11-2 with 7 knockouts.
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