Nietes, Pornsawan both declare victory: May the best man win
As highly esteemed international promoter Sammy Gello-ani best put it, may the best man win.
This after ALA Boxing Gym star Donnie Nietes and undefeated Thai knockout artist Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym both expressed victory, three days before their scheduled 12-round war for the vacant WBO minimumweight championship at the Pacific grand ballroom of Waterfront-Cebu City Hotel in Brgy. Lahug.
“I had been training for a long time for this fight. I’m prepared to go 12 rounds. If I had a chance, I can win by knockout,” said Pornsawan through an interpreter during yesterday’s pre-fight news conference at the
“I know the
Although he enjoys the so-called “homecourt advantage,” Nietes couldn’t underestimate Pornsawan, who boasts of a 10-0 record against Filipino opposition.
In his first defense of his PABA minimumweight title on
Pornsawan’s other Pinoy victims were Fabio Marfa (TKO6), Golden King Atillo (TKO5), Wendell Cajoles (UD12), Nino Suelo (UD12), Carlos Besares (UD12), Sony Boy Jaro (KO5), Jun Arlos (UD12), Tommy Terado (KO5), and Benjie Sorolla (UD12).
But Nietes is determined to put an end to Kratingdaenggym’s Filipino romp. “I think I will win. I can’t say how but if there’s a chance, I’ll try my best to knock him out,” said Nietes (
Gello-ani is hopeful that the country will produce another world champion this Sunday, but felt Pornswan might be able to come up with a stunner.
“I hope this time we will have another Filipino world champion. But knowing the capacity of his opponent, we don’t know what’s going to happen. Definitely on Sunday, there will be a new WBO minimumweight champion. Whether it’s from the
In the co-feature of the P6 million show jointly assembled by Gello-ani’s SGG Sports Promotions, ALA Boxing Gym, and South Korea’s Boxing Plaza (BP) Entertainment,
Two other ALA Boys will show their punching stuff in the five-nation, six-championship fight card - Robert Allanic and Rocky Fuentes. Allanic (17-3, 8KOs) will take on Korean In-Suk Song (8-2, 3KOs) for WBO Asia-Pacific bantamweight title, while Fuentes (
The rest of the championship bouts pit Korean Do Seuk Ooh (3-0, 3KOs) against Indonesian Hero Yauw Katili (
A special bout had been lined up between James Bacon of the ALA Stable and Roldan Sayson of Cagayan de Oro City’s Kaamino Stable.
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