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PSN Palaro

'Akin pa rin ang korona'

- Ni Russell Cadayona -

Kagaya ng kanyang ipinangako, hindi na umabot pa sa distansyang 12 rounds ang kan­yang South African challenger.

Tinalo ni Nonito “The Fi­lipino Flash” Donaire, Jr. si Moruti Mthalane via sixth-round stoppage upang patuloy na domi­na­hin ang flyweight divi­sion ng International Boxing Federation (IBF) at Inter­national Boxing Organiza­tion (IBO) kahapon sa Man­dalay Bay Resort & Casino sa Las Vegas, Ne­vada.

Ito ang ikalawang su­nod na title defense ng 25-anyos na si Donaire mata­pos umiskor ng isang eight-round TKO kay Me­xican challenger Luis Mal­donado noon pang Dis­yem­bre 1 sa Mashan­tucket, Connecticut.

Tuluyan nang itinigil ni referee Joe Cortez ang na­tu­rang laban pabor kay Donaire, may 20-1 win-loss ring record ngayon kasama ang 13 KOs, sa 1:31 ng sixth round bunga ng putok sa kaliwang ma­ta ni Mthalane (22-2, 15 KOs) mula sa suntok ng tu­bong General Santos City.

Ilang matutulis na jabs at right/left combinations ang naikonekta ni Do­nai­re, nakabase ngayon sa San Leandro, California, kay Mthalane sa fifth round bago itinigil ni Cor­tez ang naturang laban sa sixth round.

“I switched up and threw a left, and boom it hit him,” sabi ni Donaire. “I knew that was it. There was no need to pu­nish him anymore. He couldn’t see me.”

Nasa plano na ni Do­naire na umakyat sa super flyweight class na kinala­lagyan ngayon nina Arme­nian Vic Darchinyan, ang inagawan niya ng IBF at IBO flyweight titles via fifth round TKO noong Hulyo 7 ng 2007, at Mexican Jor­ge Arce.

Samantala, tinalo na­man ng 32-anyos na si Darchinyan (31-1-1, 28 KOs) si Mexican Christian Mijares (36-4-2, 15 KOs) sa kanilang unification fight via ninth-round TKO para angkinin ang IBF, World Boxing Council (WBC) at World Boxing As­so­ciation (WBA) super flyweight titles.

Sa posibleng pagku­krus ng kanilang landas ni Donaire, ang tanging bok­si­ngerong tumalo sa kan­ya, sinabi ni Darchinyan na nasa listahan pa rin ni­ya ang Filipino warrior.

“In the future, maybe I can fight all the cham­pions,” wika ni Darchin­yan. 

BAY RESORT

BOXING ORGANIZA

DARCHINYAN

DONAIRE

GENERAL SANTOS CITY

INTERNATIONAL BOXING FEDERATION

JOE CORTEZ

LAS VEGAS

MTHALANE

SHY

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