MANILA, Philippines - Sonny Magtibay’s entry, RM Red Cobra Farm, swept its eight matches in impressive fashion to emerge the solo champion in the World Slasher Cup before a banner crowd at the Araneta Coliseum Saturday.
In his championship fight, Magtibay’s Sweater-Juancho Grey cross needed only eight seconds to dispose of Ricki Reyes’ Rian Octagon Oliver Colors in the championship to complete his title romp in the record 240-entry 2010 World Slasher Cup that drew the world’s and the country’s top cockfight breeders.
Magtibay’s WSC victory came on the heels of his recent triumph in the 2,417-entry Bakbakan 10-Stag national derby as the 33-year-old electrical engineer completed a sweep of the country’s premier derby events.
In the opener of the weeklong Slasher Cup, Magtibay’s roosters breezed through the 2-cock elims, lording it over Rhemy Medrano’s Karamba Ilonor entry with a Sweater-Kelso fighter, then winning over Eddie Araneta’s with his Sweater-Yellow-legged Hatch 3/4-1/4 cross.
In the 2-cock semis, Magtibay field in a 2-time winner Sweater crosses which dominated Lahaina Boys-MCF Game Farm of Kali Casco of Hawaii and Thunderbird-II Hatchet of Nene Araneta and Roger Roberts.
In the 4-cock finals, Magtibay unleashed a two-year old Pure Sweater cock against three-time Slasher champ Peping Ricafort’s PTK Country Road, a former winner Pure Sweater against Jorge Torres’ Lover Boy, and a Sweater-Lemon cock versus another Peping Ricafort entry, PTK Yucatan.
A Thunderbird Bexan XP-user, Magtibay later thanked his partners Neil Aguirre and Beng Navarro and supporters for his feat, including team members Enteng Pontero, handler; Itoy Dumaraos, gaffer; and Eddie Pontero, gaffer; wife Precy and three sons Reinhold Harry, Michael Dwayne and Sean Heinrich.
Joint second with seven wins were Tin-Tin of Wilson Agbayani, Alando Mahakam GE of Denny and Nino, Alexander of Frank, Greg, and William Berin, FBJ-2 of Ferdie Buensalida and Thunderbird-4-Stingray of Nene Araneta.
RT-JU Riverside of James Uy and Chelly E. and AS wound up with 6 1/2 points while High Grade of Gov. E. Plaza, Rian Colors Octagon BM of Ricki Reyes, Sagupaan Complexor 3000 of Patrick A., JJTRC Cherokee of Jesry Palmares and Bill Mcnatt, Deep Impact B.C.A. of Cito Alberto, TMP Farm of Tady Palma, JMP Muntinlupa of Lito Cay, GPC Pik Pak Boom Babatngon of RC, WO, and GC, V-Tex of VG Lacson, 3 Bagay Farmville, Scorpion of Ohana and Chris James, Octagon Jared Camsur-ORC of Ontong F., LB Candelaria Apr. 10 Winslet-ORC-2 of DL, EM Summit of Atty. Ed Moreno and CMC Gamefarm of Cesar Calvo scored six points.