ARANETA CAPS NIGHT OF KO’S IN MANDAUE
By Rene Bonsubre,Jr
MANDAUE CITY,CEBU,PHILIPPINES- World ranked Christian Araneta easily disposed of Arnold Garde in the opening round to end the four bout card billed as “Kumbati 11”
The southpaw Araneta landed a straight left to the top of Garde’s head and sent him crashing down. Referee Romar Embodo reached the count of ten at the 2:25 mark.
Araneta (21-2,17KO's) – who is ranked number 7 by the IBF, 11 by the WBO and 15 by the WBC- scored his second straight knockout win since losing to Sivenathi Nontshinga in South Africa by unanimous decision. Last July,Araneta scored a devastating knockout over Richard Claveras in the opening round in Talisay City,Cebu. Garde drops to 10-11-3,4KO's.
Tomjune Mangubat (15-2-1,12KO's) handed Allan Villanueva (11-2,8KO's) his second career loss in a give and take encounter.Mangubat targeted Villanueva’s body but was deducted a point for excessive low blows in the fifth. In the seventh round however, a series of hooks to the midsection sent Villanueva down for the count.
In another entertaining back and forth encounter, Franco Serafica (7-1,4KO's) stopped a game John Kenan Villaflor (8-8-4,2KO's) on cuts in the seventh round. Serafica was ahead on the three judges’ cards when the fight was halted due to a worsening cut on Villaflor’s left eyelid.
In the opening contest, Benny Canete (4-0 ,3KO's) remained unbeaten and knocked out Mark Jequinto (4-8-1) with hard body shots.
The fights were held at the IPI Compound in Mandaue City and supervised by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB). Covid protocols were in place for this closed door event. Part of the GAB’s new boxing safety protocols was the use of an infrascanner to screen for brain hematomas after the bouts.
Photo- Christian Araneta after his win.
MANDAUE CITY,CEBU,PHILIPPINES- World ranked Christian Araneta easily disposed of Arnold Garde in the opening round to end the four bout card billed as “Kumbati 11”
The southpaw Araneta landed a straight left to the top of Garde’s head and sent him crashing down. Referee Romar Embodo reached the count of ten at the 2:25 mark.
Araneta (21-2,17KO's) – who is ranked number 7 by the IBF, 11 by the WBO and 15 by the WBC- scored his second straight knockout win since losing to Sivenathi Nontshinga in South Africa by unanimous decision. Last July,Araneta scored a devastating knockout over Richard Claveras in the opening round in Talisay City,Cebu. Garde drops to 10-11-3,4KO's.
Tomjune Mangubat (15-2-1,12KO's) handed Allan Villanueva (11-2,8KO's) his second career loss in a give and take encounter.Mangubat targeted Villanueva’s body but was deducted a point for excessive low blows in the fifth. In the seventh round however, a series of hooks to the midsection sent Villanueva down for the count.
In another entertaining back and forth encounter, Franco Serafica (7-1,4KO's) stopped a game John Kenan Villaflor (8-8-4,2KO's) on cuts in the seventh round. Serafica was ahead on the three judges’ cards when the fight was halted due to a worsening cut on Villaflor’s left eyelid.
In the opening contest, Benny Canete (4-0 ,3KO's) remained unbeaten and knocked out Mark Jequinto (4-8-1) with hard body shots.
The fights were held at the IPI Compound in Mandaue City and supervised by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB). Covid protocols were in place for this closed door event. Part of the GAB’s new boxing safety protocols was the use of an infrascanner to screen for brain hematomas after the bouts.
Photo- Christian Araneta after his win.