PAGARA BROTHERS ARE TRULY THE FISTS OF THE FUTURE
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 23 Jun 2014
CEBU CITY - Waterfront Hotel and Casino Grand Ballroom was fullhouse last Saturday for the 26th edition of Pinoy Pride dubbed Fists of the Future. Kudos to ALA Boxing Promotions and ABS-CBN for putting up another noteworthy boxing extravaganza.
The Albert Pagara- Hugo Partida IBF intercontinental superbantamweight championship fight was the most heated bout. The two aggressive boxers almost came to a fistfight when Partida headbutted and attempted to punch Prince Albert.
As promised, the younger Pagara taught the Mexican nicknamed Olimpico a neat boxing lesson. Albert's bombs immediately landed on the face of the gritty foreigner, sending him to the canvas twice prompting referee Bruce McTavish to declare Albert the new IBF intercontinental champion right on the very first round.
Albert was overflowing with joy as he received his first championship belt. The boxer from Maasin City is undefeated in all his professional and amateur fights. It was a dream come true for the promising young ALA Gym standout.
In the main event, the Jason Pagara-Mario Meraz WBO international lightwelterweight title fight wowed the crowd as they saw a truly exciting action -filled bout.
Meraz's camp complained when referee Danrex Tapdasan stopped the fight with a second remaining in the 4th round after the Mexican got up following his second knockdown. But the referee insisted that Meraz was on wobbly legs and was hurt.
Top photo: Prince Albert Pagara poses with the author.
Jason Pagara poses with the author.
The two Mexicans has impressive pro records prior to the fight card. They were no patsies. Both are dreaded knockout artists.
Partida has 21 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws with 16 KOs. He is also the reigning WBC FECARBOX superbantamweight titlist. He lost twice by KO before Pinoy Pride. But he had a 57% KO victory.
Meraz has 20 wins, 3 losses with 16 KO wins. In all his losses he was knocked out. But his KO win rate was 67%.
ALA Patriatch Antonio L. Aldeguer and ALA CEO Michael Aldeguer thanked me for my presence and I congratulated them for the successful staging of another Pinoy Pride.
They have a plan of sending the fighting siblings for training at the U.S. Jason will have a bright future ahead of him. Albert could be the next Manny Pacquiao. Still in their 20's, the Pagara Brothers are truly the "Fists of the Future."
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