MANILA, Philippines – Filipino fighter Milan “El Metodico” Melindo and 3 other Filipino boxers in Pinoy Pride 2 made the country proud by scoring successive victories over their respective opponents in Cebu on Saturday. Melindo dominated and gained more points over the bulkier Carlos Tamara of Colombia in the main header of Pinoy Pride 2 held at the Waterfront Hotel.
According to Philboxing.com, the judges saw the bout 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93, all for the Cagayan de Oro native Melindo.
Tamara, who defeated former champion Brian Viloria early this year, displayed durability and stamina but it was not enough to offset Melindo’s boxing skills.
“El Metodico” improved his perfect record to 23 wins and no loss while Tamara absorbed his 6th loss in 26 fights.
Meanwhile, undercard fighters Rocky Fuentes, Florante Condes and Randy Suico did not disappoint the local spectators.
Fuentes halted Thai boxer Inthanon Sithchamuang with a powerful left cross to end the fight at 2:19 of the 2nd round.
The Thai boxer engaged Fuentes in a tight battle but was caught in the exchange.
Condes also scored a stoppage over Kenichi Horikawa of Japan in the 7th round of their boxing match.
Condes, dubbed as “Little Pacquiao,” chased the Japanese boxer who fought from a distance.
The Marinduque native, however, had Horikawa’s left eye bleeding.
In the 7th round, Condes pummeled the Japanese in the corner, forcing the referee to halt the fight in favor of the Filipino.
Comebacking Suico, for his part, secured a majority decision over fellow Filipino Arnel Tinampay.
Two of the judges scored the bout 78-74 and 77-75 for Suico while the third judge had it 76-76 all.
ABS-CBN Channel 2 will air Pinoy Pride on Sunday starting 10:15 a.m.
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