Tapales, Canoy capture WBC International crowns
CEBU, Philippines — In a spectacular night of boxing at Venue 88 in General Santos City, two-time world champion Marlon “Nightmare” Tapales delivered a spectacular performance, stopping Jon Jon Jet in the third round to claim the World Boxing Council (WBC) International Silver super bantamweight belt.
The visiting Indon hard-puncher was unable to continue due to a broken nose, securing Tapales’s smashing victory.
The 33-year-old Tapales thus stretched his record to 40-4 now spiked with 21KOs. Jon Jon Jet fell to 15-2 with 12KOs.
In the supporting main event, Joey “The Babyface” Canoy and his Vietnamese foe Minh Phat Sam engaged in an all-out war from start to finish.
Canoy ultimately stopped Sam in the 10th round to seize the WBC International minimumweight crown.
Minh threw in the towel in the final round following a barrage of punches from Canoy he couldn’t take.
Canoy improved to 24-5-2 with 15KOs, while Minh dropped to 10-6 with 8KOs.
In other results, Christian Pitt Laurente knocked out Alvin Lagumbay in the second round, Kevin Villanueva edged veteran Ramel Antaran by split decision, Cholo Alvarez forced Carlo Romulo into submission in round four, while Christopher Medina scored a third-round stoppage of Raylan Barcenas. — (FREEMAN)
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