Former two-division champion Marlon Tapales is again to his profitable methods with a first-round knockout over Nattapong Jankaew of Thailand to seize the WBC Asian Continental tremendous bantamweight title on Friday night on the Midas Lodge and On line casino in Pasay.
Tapales attacked instantly and scored two knockdowns within the early going. Sensing blood, Tapales went for the kill and dropped his foe for the third time, prompting the referee to halt the competition on the 2:15 mark of spherical one.
The win improved Tapales’ skilled boxing document to 38-4 with 20 knockouts whereas Jankaew fell to 12-4 with 8 knockouts.
Within the co-main occasion, former world title challenger Reymart Gaballo suffered defeat by the hands of hard-hitting Mexican Kenbun Torres.
Torres, who improved his document to 14-5 with 10 knockouts, despatched Gaballo crashing to the canvas thrice within the opening stanza. With Gaballo unable to get well from the punches he took, the referee waived the competition on the 2:33 mark of spherical one.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information
