Zamboanga pulls it off

MANILA, Philippines — Drex Zamboanga scored a sensational first-round knockout victory over Rahul Raju of India, and made up for countryman Jeremy Pacatiw’s opening-round loss to Fabricio Andrade of Brazil in ONE: Full Circle at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last Friday.

Zamboanga, who climbed three weight classes from flyweight to lightweight, unleashed a thunderous right uppercut to shut the lights out of Raju and seal his 10th victory against five defeats.

It softened the impact of Pacatiw’s 97-second demolition suffered at the hands of Andrade that saw the latter stumbling to an 11-5 mark.