The Philippines swept Mexico in their Mano-A-Mano fight card at the Araneta Coliseum Sunday with Manny Pacquiao putting the icing on the cake with his smashing twelve round decision over game Oscar Larios.WBO Asia Pacific super featherweight champion began the overall rout with a hard-fought ten round decision over Silverio Ortiz . The southpaw Amonsot staggered Ortiz in rounds eight, nine and ten but couldn't finish him off and showed he still has a lot to learn. [details]
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It saddens me to say this but I am now convinced that Gerry Penalosa's best fights are now in his rearview mirror. He won a close one this time--a fight that could have been a convincing victory had he bandoned what I saw was his tendency to pause (pose?) after delivering combos even in situations that lent him opportunities to continue punching. It was the very same tendency that made him lose by SDs in his world title bids.
I'm not at all inclined to think that this dog can still learn new tricks.
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