Former World Boxing Council super flyweight champion Gerry Penalosa scored a second round TKO over Thailand’s 19 year old Samingkao Chutipol in a farcical fight that had angry fans walking out and lambasting both the promoter and the Games and Amusements Board for allowing and sanctioning such a fight which was a terrible disservice to fight fans. According to well-known boxing writer and judge Salven Lagumbay the Thai “didn’t know how to box because he was definitely not a boxer” raising speculations that he was a waiter or gardener masquerading as a pro fighter. [details]
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That's right a another blow to boxing. I understand that Gerry Penalosa needed at tune up match before going back to the main fray of the division but not against a CLOWN. That's simply outrageous . . . the guy made a dive without getting hit by a punch?
The paying public should have lynch the promoters.
And definitely that story should not end there . . . an inquiry should be made and guilty parties should be penalized if not banned from the sports.
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Penalosa was one asian boxer who had, for a time at least, a good future-- not great, but good. He had the kind of style that, although much, much closer to JMMarquez's than to Pacquiao's, was nonetheless exciting because he seldom backed off. He was a counter-puncher who stood his ground, using weaves and side-steps to slip punches before delivering well-timed blows. However, late in his championship reign, he got to developing the nasty habit of looking for picture-perfect counters, and when he did find those fleeting moments, delivered. The problem was that he seemed to pause after each beatiful punch to appreciate his own craftsmanship! His opponents got wise to it and... Oh, well.
I heard that a bigtime businessman in RP funded Gerry's training at the Wild Card Gym in LA, after his second championship loss. But with Gerry, not even Freddie Roach can do much: the more things changed, the more they remained the same.
I never thought I'd ever say this about Gerry Penalosa, but, fat chance he'll get anywhere.
To me, it's no wonder he was made to face a patsy, er, a gardener or a waiter. Sad.Comment
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Originally posted by grayfist
Well I won't argue on Penalosa's chances, my point is it's not doing boxing any good. Reading between the lines here, some unscrupulous people behind the guy is trying to FAKE his comeback to align him for an immediate title fight squeezing hard earned money out of boxing fans. Well it blew back into their faces.Comment
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Right, you are! They should be wiping THEIR OWN ALIMENTARY CANAL PRODUCTS (aka, S____T!) off their faces by now!!! I was not trying to really knock Gerry. He had his time! I enjoyed watching him "live" during the few instances I was in Cebu and Manila in time for some of his fights, especially, when he was coming up the ladder; and had some friends send me tapes of some of his fights I didn't get to see up-close-and-personal, like those in Japan which were beamed to RP TV (or, were those replays?) It's just that I think what Gerry got, he did to himself. He got too enamoured with his own prowess! Some fighters get destroyed by downing drugs and alcohol, others by the inability to deal with off-the-ring situations. Gerry's problem was and is what I describe as pugilistic narcissism. He fell/falls too much in love with his own image.Originally posted by pso_junior
And, it was not a kind of ALI SELF-LOVE! 
And yes, what happened did boxing an injustice. Gross!
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Last edited by grayfist; 10-05-2004, 11:59 PM.Comment
And definitely that story should not end there . . . an inquiry should be made and guilty parties should be penalized if not banned from the sports.
And, it was not a kind of ALI SELF-LOVE! 
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