?El Matador? Villanueva out of PP9 due to injury
By Jerome S. Galunan Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 02 Oct 2011
Arthur Villanueva.
BACOLOD CITY ? The Filipino ring prospect and undefeated Arthur ?El Matador? Villanueva was pulled out from the highly anticipated mega boxing card of Pinoy Pride 9 due to severe hand injury.
Villanueva was originally scheduled to face his first foreign opponent Kenyan Shaabani Madilu in the undercard of the Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes ? Ramon ?Principe? Garcia WBO Light Flyweight title on Oct. 8 at the University of St. La Salle.
Early Saturday, while the super flyweight fighter from Bacolod City was having his lunch, he accidentally sliced his left middle finger cutting a major vein on it.
He was immediately rushed to the Corazon Locsin-Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital for immediate medical attention as the sliced area of his finger was profusely bleeding.
As of press time, he is currently checked in the said hospital and was reportedly to undergo operation to reconnect the cut vein.
The ALA Promotions will soon announce Villanueva?s replacement.
Meanwhile, Madilu of Kenya will arrive to the ?City of Smiles? on Tuesday and will immediately face the media in a press conference.
On the other hand, tickets to the first-ever world championship here in Bacolod City have already been out in the market and in less than a week, fans have been flocking the many ticket outlets to get passes to this highly-anticipated event.
The Pinoy Pride 9 tickets are being sold at the ABS-CBN-Bacolod, Skycable Bacolod, University of St. La Salle, SM City Bacolod, L? Fishers Hotel, Palmas del Mar Resort Bacolod, Bascon Hotel and Cafe, 1 on 1 Boxing Gym, NABA Gym, Bacolod Pavillion Hotel and Eastview Hotel.
Tickets are priced at Php 3,000 for VIP 1st row, Php 2,000 for VIP 2nd row, Php 1,500 for VIP 3rd row, Php 1,000 for VIP 4th row, Gold Seats at Php 500, Lower Box at Php 350, and Upper Box at Php 150.
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