It was another Knockout Bonanza of an event as the SanMan main protagonists ended their fights via sensational stoppages. In the main event, WBO world ranked super flyweight KJ Cataraja (12-0) stayed unbeaten as he stopped John Mark Apolinario in the opening round.
In the co-featured bout, former world title contender Jeo Santisima floored Marjun Piencenaves twice in the second before finally ending the fight in the same round.
In another featured bout, WBC number one ranked Melvin Jerusalem dominated Jason Francisco from the opening bell before stopping him in the second round courtesy of a vicious body shot.
On the undercard, Esneth Domingo improved his record to (14-1) as he stopped Gerald Alvarez also in the second round. Meanwhile Regie Manangquil ran short of scoring a KO win but managed to escape a unanimous Decision victory in the sixth round against Rio Golipatan.
The event was held at the SanMan Gym in General Santos City and was broadcast live via FaceBook. Sports analyst Pao Salud served as commentator for the event.
SanMan CEO Jim Claude Manangquil shared his joy and gratitude for the successful bubble event.
“Thank you all for your support. My special thanks to the ZIP, Nobuyuki Matsuura and Mhavic for partnering with us," Manangquil said in closing.
Over in Milan, Italy at the historic Allianz Cloud, Gamal Yafai (18-1 with 10 KOs) boxed his way to a twelve round unanimous decision over Luca Rigoldi (22-2-2 with 8 KOs) to capture the EBU super bantamweight title. The scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 119-109.
In the co-main event, Devis Boschiero (49-6-2 with 22 KOs) was able to overcome late-replacement Samuel Gonzalez (22-8 with 13 KOs) with a ten round split decision win.
IBF World super featherweight champion Maiva Hamadouche (22-1 with 18 KOs) broke down and stopped Nina Pavlovic (6-4-1 with 1 KO) in the seventh round.
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