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                    [Title] => Jaca bids for 2nd OPBF title today
                    [Summary] => Cebu-honed ring gladiator Jimrex Jaca shoots for his second Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation crown as he takes on  Nobuhito Honmo for the vacant OPBF super featherweight belt today at the historic Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.


This will be the second time Jaca vies for an OPBF plum. He once reigned as the OPBF super bantamweight champion, but relinquished his throne even before climbing up the ring due to weight troubles in his title defense against Japanese Yasuo Kunimi on May 30, 2004 in Kanazawa.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 337354 [Title] => Jaca eyes second OPBF feather title vs Japanese [Summary] => Jimrex Jaca, the cagey Filipino slugger who stopped Mexican Geronimo Hernandez inside the first round of an under card to the Manny Pacquiao-Erik Morales rematch, eyes his second Orient Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) title tomorrow at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The pride of Sibulan, Negros Oriental will be vying for the vacant OPBF super featherweight throne opposite local hero Nobuhito Honmo in a scheduled 12-rounder. He used to rule the OPBF super bantamweight class two years ago. Solar will cover the event starting at 9 p.m. with replay on May 26 at 5 p.m.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312333 [Title] => Jaca to battle Mexican in Pacquiao undercard [Summary] => Another Filipino earns a shot at bigtime boxing as the Cebu-honed Jimrex "The Executioner" Jaca has been booked to fight in the undercard of the hotly-anticipated rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales billed as "The Battle" on January 21 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In his maiden ring appearance in the United States, Jaca is ranged against the equally dangerous Mexican Ivan Valle in a non-title bout scheduled for 10 rounds that will surely fuel up the already brewing Filipino-Mexican rivalry.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309067 [Title] => Jaca TKOs Duran to grab RP crown [Summary] => Jimrex Jaca of RWS Stable stopped former OPBF featherweight champion Samuel Duran in the second round to capture the RP jr lightweight title in the other night's "Handog Para sa Birthday ni Mayor Damian G. Mercado" card at the Maasin City Gym in Leyte.

Jaca flattened the hapless Duran for good at 2:56 of the second round to wrest the throne vacated by ALA standout Czar Amonsot, who is now the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia-Pacific super featherweight titlist.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) ) )
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