PAGARA BROTHERS, THE HOTTEST PINOY BOXING SIBLINGS (PART I)
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 21 Aug 2012
Jason Pagara floored Mexican tormentor Rosbel Montoya while younger brother Albert scored an easy unanimous decision over Alvin Makiling during the Pinoy Pride XV last Saturday at the Cebu Waterfront Hotel and Casino. Both pugilist siblings are under the tutelage of the famed ALA Gym.
Jason was born in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental but grew up and learned his boxing fundamentals through his father Reynaldo in Maasin City, Southern Leyte where Jason?s mother came from. He would watch his father crush his opponents atop the ring and was greatly inspired by his boxing exploits.
Albert followed his elder brother in pursuing the sweet science. Born in Maasin City, like Jason he first trained under the watchful eyes of his father. Later on they migrated to Cagayan de Oro, where their boxing talents blossomed. Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno?s support added the much needed boost to the budding career of the Pagara brothers.
Albert had a very colorful amateur boxing career campaigning between the 48kg to 56kg weight division and won series of national titles from 2006 to 2010. He would have been groomed as a potential Asian Games gold medalist or even an Olympic medalist, but was not given the much needed break to join the international tournaments. He was also in a hurry to turn pro to follow the footsteps of Jason.
Nicknamed Prince Albert, he has now a perfect 12-0 ring record with 9 wins by KO. He made his professional debut at the age of 16 where he stopped Sandy Cajil in the second round. Barely two weeks after his pro debut, he knocked Jeffrey Galsim in the first round.
From then on it was a busy campaign for the ALA Gym sensation, as he fought almost every month and was the busiest ALA campaigner and one of the most sought after. He fought in his birthplace Maasin City thrice, and all his three opponents never got to go the distance. He defeated Anthony Galigao (KO 1st Rd.), Rogen Flores (TKO 4th Rd.) and Henry Acha (KO 3rd Rd.) before the cheering hometown fans.
Every Pagara fight in Maasin, hundreds of barrio folks from Barangay Lib-og would watch him in action atop the ring.
He won his first fight against a foreign boxer, a Tanzanian named Shabani Madilu, 8 years his senior, by an eight-round unanimous decision, in Bacolod City. He knocked the African down thrice. It was only Albert?s eighth pro fight.
His second foreign opponent was Phupha Por Nobnom of Thailand whom he floored twice in the second round enroute to a TKO in that round.
Prince Albert is now ranked No. 49 in the whole world in the bantamweight division by Boxrec.com. He is listed as the No. 51 superflyweight boxer in the whole world by the International Boxing Organization. He is rated No. 10 superflyweight contender by the Orient Pacific Boxing Federation.
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