PINOY PRIDE VIII PUBLIC PREVIEW AT THE PACIFIC MALL
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 20 Aug 2011
Mandaue City ? The two round infighting battle between Milan 'Metodico' Melindo and Phil. lt.flyweight champ Jerson Mancio capped the public sparring session at the Pacific Mall which was held to promote the much anticipated eighth edition of Pinoy Pride: Philippines vs Mexico.
Melindo will face Mexico's Francisco Rosas for the WBO Intercontinental flyweight crown this September 10 in the card's main event. The mall crowd also got to see WBO Youth Asia-Pacific lt. welterweight champ Jason 'El Nino' Pagara spar with newly crowned Phil ippine superfeatherweight champ James Bacon. Pagara will fight Rosbel Montoya of Mexico in the supporting main event.
Superbantamweight prospect Genesis Servania sparred with former Philippine flyweight champ Arthur 'El Matador' Villanueva. Servania will face another Mexican, Mario Macias in the undercard.
Villanueva is penned to see action in Pinoy Pride IX in Bacolod City this October.
Up and coming ALA boxers were also featured in the public preview: Roma Rate vs Melvin Gumban, Mark Bernaldez vs Ralph Lulu and Mark Acub vs Arjan Canillas. John Magat of Y101 served as the master of cereminies and free tickets were given to lucky fans.
Pinoy Pride 8 will be held at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel. Fight fans will be treated to more mall public workouts in the weekends before September 10.
Top photo: Melindo (L) spars with Jerson Mancio.
Jason Pagara (R) spars with James Bacon.
Genesis Servania (R) spars with Arthur Villanueva.
Photos by Dong Secuya.
Click here to view a list of other articles written by Rene Bonsubre, Jr..
Recent PhilBoxing.com In-House articles:
Herlan Gomez, Jason Moloney Make Weight for WBC Australasia Bantamweight Battle in Australia
By Carlos Costa, Fri, 05 Dec 2025OLYMPIC BOXING 5: 1928 OLYMPICS AT AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
By Maloney L. Samaco, Fri, 05 Dec 2025MONTE-CARLO SHOWDOWN VI PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Fri, 05 Dec 2025Class of 2026 Announced in Canastota
Fri, 05 Dec 2025Thailand’s Niyomtrong “Knockout CPF” Decisions Junior Zárate, Becomes World Champion Again
By Carlos Costa, Fri, 05 Dec 2025WORLD RANKED FILIPINO BOXERS AS OF DECEMBER 2025 BY THE RING, WBC, WBA, IBF, AND WBO
By Maloney L. Samaco, Fri, 05 Dec 2025Shinard Bunch Takes on John Paul Magalong on Tuesday, January 13th at The UFC Gym North Brunswick in North Brunswick, NJ
Fri, 05 Dec 2025Severino and Mendoza win Blitz Asian Chess Championship for Players with Disabilities
By Marlon Bernardino, Fri, 05 Dec 2025Herlan Gomez Departs for Australia for Moloney Fight Saturday on DAZN
By Carlos Costa, Thu, 04 Dec 2025KENNETH LLOVER DEFENDS OPBF TITLE IN FOURTH FIGHT OF 2025
Thu, 04 Dec 2025Canoy, Mama, Into Contend in IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships in Dubai
By Lito delos Reyes, Thu, 04 Dec 2025CHAMPIONING MENTAL HEALTH 2: REMATCH SEASON FULL FIGHT CARD SET
Thu, 04 Dec 2025MERRY FISTMAS! World-Ranked KO Artist Ramon Cardenas Faces Erik Robles in ProBoxTV Main Event at War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Thursday, December 18
Thu, 04 Dec 2025THE PAST WEEK IN ACTION 2 DECEMBER 2025: Kavaliauskas Wins by Split Decision Over Molina; Whittaker Stops Gavazi in 1; Malajika Wins by UD Over Paras
By Eric Armit, Wed, 03 Dec 2025WBC Strips Terence Crawford of Super Middle Title
By Gabriel F. Cordero, Wed, 03 Dec 2025