THE "FILIPINO CONNECTION” ON “BOOM-BOOM” & MORE
THE "FILIPINO CONNECTION” ON “BOOM-BOOM” & MORE
06 November, 2006 by Reylan Loberternos
BAUTISTA STARTS COMEBACK AGAINST ANDRADE!
Tagbilaran City, RP-After months of inactivity, twenty-year-old Filipino boxing sensation Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista (20-0-0, 15 KOs) finally takes center stage, and once again tests his mettle as he tries to keep his record unblemished against a hard-punching ring veteran in Giovanni “Sugar” Andrade (52-9-0, 43 KOs) of Brazil underneath the Winky Wright-Ike Quartey tussle on December 2, 2006 at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL, USA. It may be recalled that Bautista, the former WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight champion now campaigning in the 122-lb maximum weight class, suffered two successive setbacks due to injuries, causing him to cancel high profile PPV appearances on the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar Larios and Marco Antonio Barrera-Rocky Juarez II showdowns early this year.
“BOOM-BOOM” APPLYING TRADE AT WILD CARD!
Since his arrival last month, Bautista has wasted no time trying to get his groove back under the watchful eyes of celebrated Wild Card Gym’s chief trainer Freddie Roach, ALA Boxing Stable’s head coach Edito “ALA” Villamor, and noted fitness and conditioning expert Justin Fortune. Villamor said that his ward is now in intense training and sparring three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays). Every Tuesday, “Boom-Boom” shadow boxes for four rounds before he takes on the punch mitts for eight rounds, four with Roach and another four with Villamor. Afterwards, he spends two rounds bagging and another two rounds with the speedball. He then does the skipping rope before Justin Fortune takes over the routine stretching and conditioning exercises. Prior to doing all these seemingly tremendous workouts, Bautista jogs every morning for 45 to 50 minutes for non-sparring days and about 35 minutes when he is scheduled for sparring. Once a week, he runs uphill.
BAUTISTA EYES PONCE DE LEON & WBO BELT
Appalled by earlier pronouncements made by WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (30-1-0, 28 KOs) that Bautista has been ducking him thrice already, “Boom-Boom” exudes that nasty grin off his innocent face. He said that he’s not afraid of de Leon and recalled that the Mexican champion wasn’t even able to “touch” his tremendously slick super flyweight stablemate Z “The Dream” Gorres (26-1-1, 14 KOs) when they sparred. Rey is currently rated by the WBO as the #1 contender for the belt held by de Leon. Owing to the fact that they are both under the flagship of Golden Boy Promotions, a battle full of fireworks is inevitable, probably early next year!
WBO ORDERS GORRES-MONTIEL FACE-OFF!
Speaking of Gorres, the WBO #1 super flyweight contender just might fulfill his lifelong dream before Christmas, as the World Boxing Organization, thru its president Paco Valcarcel, reportedly ordered Fernando “Cochulito” Montiel (32-2-1, 24 KOs) to defend his WBO diadem against the super slick Pinoy pug, most probably on December 9, 2006, as earlier scheduled by Golden Boy Promotions. Both are technically proficient fighters who are now in their primes. Montiel may have a slight advantage in punching power, manifested by his 24 whacks out of his 32 wins compared to Z’s measly 14 KOs out of 26 victories. However, Gorres’ excellent defense and southpaw stance might pose a very big problem for the sturdy Mexican. This fight promises to be a war of attrition, with both protagonists sporting both boxing skills and ring smarts.
IS MONTIEL WILLING TO FIGHT GORRES OR NOT?
In a latest development, Eric Gomez of Golden Boy Promotions reportedly said that Montiel’s camp has refused to accept the offer for the WBO super flyweight champion’s title defense against mandatory challenger Gorres. Montiel’s business manager Gary Gittelson, a noted close buddy of Golden Boy Promotions’ archrival Top Rank’s Bob Arum and is very familiar with the way Gorres fights, seems to be maneuvering yet another evasion of a mandatory defense of one of his boys. It maybe recalled that Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria, also managed by Gittelson, successfully avoided facing his #1 mandatory challenger Juanito Rubillar early this year and instead went on to face Mexico’s Omar Niño Romero who took the belt away from the erstwhile champ. Is Montiel’s camp afraid to face Gorres or is it because of Arum? It still remains to be seen.
PHILIPPINE FIGHT SCRAPPED FROM HOLY CARD!
Hard-hitting minimumweight Florante Condes’ (20-3-1, 20 KOs) supposed first assignment abroad, in a clash with Omar Soto (14-3-1, 10 KOs) of Mexico in the undercard of what could be Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield’s (39-8-2, 26 KOs) latest hurrah on the 10th of this month at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas was scrapped for still undisclosed reasons. The Filipino southpaw brags of a perfect knockout ratio in all his twenty victories and hopes to annex a championship belt in the not-so-distant future.
06 November, 2006 by Reylan Loberternos
BAUTISTA STARTS COMEBACK AGAINST ANDRADE!
Tagbilaran City, RP-After months of inactivity, twenty-year-old Filipino boxing sensation Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista (20-0-0, 15 KOs) finally takes center stage, and once again tests his mettle as he tries to keep his record unblemished against a hard-punching ring veteran in Giovanni “Sugar” Andrade (52-9-0, 43 KOs) of Brazil underneath the Winky Wright-Ike Quartey tussle on December 2, 2006 at the St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL, USA. It may be recalled that Bautista, the former WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight champion now campaigning in the 122-lb maximum weight class, suffered two successive setbacks due to injuries, causing him to cancel high profile PPV appearances on the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar Larios and Marco Antonio Barrera-Rocky Juarez II showdowns early this year.
“BOOM-BOOM” APPLYING TRADE AT WILD CARD!
Since his arrival last month, Bautista has wasted no time trying to get his groove back under the watchful eyes of celebrated Wild Card Gym’s chief trainer Freddie Roach, ALA Boxing Stable’s head coach Edito “ALA” Villamor, and noted fitness and conditioning expert Justin Fortune. Villamor said that his ward is now in intense training and sparring three times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays). Every Tuesday, “Boom-Boom” shadow boxes for four rounds before he takes on the punch mitts for eight rounds, four with Roach and another four with Villamor. Afterwards, he spends two rounds bagging and another two rounds with the speedball. He then does the skipping rope before Justin Fortune takes over the routine stretching and conditioning exercises. Prior to doing all these seemingly tremendous workouts, Bautista jogs every morning for 45 to 50 minutes for non-sparring days and about 35 minutes when he is scheduled for sparring. Once a week, he runs uphill.
BAUTISTA EYES PONCE DE LEON & WBO BELT
Appalled by earlier pronouncements made by WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (30-1-0, 28 KOs) that Bautista has been ducking him thrice already, “Boom-Boom” exudes that nasty grin off his innocent face. He said that he’s not afraid of de Leon and recalled that the Mexican champion wasn’t even able to “touch” his tremendously slick super flyweight stablemate Z “The Dream” Gorres (26-1-1, 14 KOs) when they sparred. Rey is currently rated by the WBO as the #1 contender for the belt held by de Leon. Owing to the fact that they are both under the flagship of Golden Boy Promotions, a battle full of fireworks is inevitable, probably early next year!
WBO ORDERS GORRES-MONTIEL FACE-OFF!
Speaking of Gorres, the WBO #1 super flyweight contender just might fulfill his lifelong dream before Christmas, as the World Boxing Organization, thru its president Paco Valcarcel, reportedly ordered Fernando “Cochulito” Montiel (32-2-1, 24 KOs) to defend his WBO diadem against the super slick Pinoy pug, most probably on December 9, 2006, as earlier scheduled by Golden Boy Promotions. Both are technically proficient fighters who are now in their primes. Montiel may have a slight advantage in punching power, manifested by his 24 whacks out of his 32 wins compared to Z’s measly 14 KOs out of 26 victories. However, Gorres’ excellent defense and southpaw stance might pose a very big problem for the sturdy Mexican. This fight promises to be a war of attrition, with both protagonists sporting both boxing skills and ring smarts.
IS MONTIEL WILLING TO FIGHT GORRES OR NOT?
In a latest development, Eric Gomez of Golden Boy Promotions reportedly said that Montiel’s camp has refused to accept the offer for the WBO super flyweight champion’s title defense against mandatory challenger Gorres. Montiel’s business manager Gary Gittelson, a noted close buddy of Golden Boy Promotions’ archrival Top Rank’s Bob Arum and is very familiar with the way Gorres fights, seems to be maneuvering yet another evasion of a mandatory defense of one of his boys. It maybe recalled that Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria, also managed by Gittelson, successfully avoided facing his #1 mandatory challenger Juanito Rubillar early this year and instead went on to face Mexico’s Omar Niño Romero who took the belt away from the erstwhile champ. Is Montiel’s camp afraid to face Gorres or is it because of Arum? It still remains to be seen.
PHILIPPINE FIGHT SCRAPPED FROM HOLY CARD!
Hard-hitting minimumweight Florante Condes’ (20-3-1, 20 KOs) supposed first assignment abroad, in a clash with Omar Soto (14-3-1, 10 KOs) of Mexico in the undercard of what could be Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield’s (39-8-2, 26 KOs) latest hurrah on the 10th of this month at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas was scrapped for still undisclosed reasons. The Filipino southpaw brags of a perfect knockout ratio in all his twenty victories and hopes to annex a championship belt in the not-so-distant future.
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