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In This Corner

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August 14, 2011 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - An exciting flyweight six-rounder between Michael Escobia and Jesamie Dela Zerna is in store tonight in Rod Nazario’s In This Corner.

Held at the Biñan Town in Biñan City, Laguna, the bout presented by Ginebra San Miguel, San Miguel Beer, Purefoods and Petron ended in a thrilling split draw to be shown over NBN-4 7-8 p.m.

As part of the primer, previous fight by Dela Zerna over Zoren Pama will be shown, along with Escobia’s match-up with Mark Ian Rojas.

Meanwhile, a big boxing card featuring one Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) championship and two Philippine title bouts will be held in Muntinlupa on Sept. 1.

DELA ZERNA

ESCOBIA

GINEBRA SAN MIGUEL

IN THIS CORNER

MARK IAN ROJAS

MICHAEL ESCOBIA AND JESAMIE DELA ZERNA

ORIENTAL PACIFIC BOXING FEDERATION

PUREFOODS AND PETRON

ROD NAZARIO

SAN MIGUEL BEER

ZOREN PAMA
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