3 PINOY PUGS BOW IN TOKYO

Pagara after the fight. (Photos by WARREN ELLIOT)

Markquil “Gunz” Salvana (left) and Lester Abutan.

THREE Pinoy boxers suffered separate knockouts against their Japanese rivals last Dec. 19 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
Jason “El Nino” Pagara (40W-3L-1D, 25 KOs)of ALA Stable lost by a 6th round technical knockout to Yuji Fukuchi in their battle for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific Super Lightweight title in the main event.
The 29-year old Pagara, a former WBO International super lightweight champion, had earlier failed to make the weight limit and had already lost his chance to win the title.
Super bantamweight Markquil “Gunz” Salvana (13W-5L-0D, 7 KOs) and flyweight Lester Abutan (12W-7L-3D, 6 KOs) also suffered knockouts in the undercard.
Salvana of Sanman Gym-General Santos City was stopped by Yuta Nakagawa by a 4th round knockout while Abutan of Laguna bowed to Ryota Yamauchi via a 4th round technical knockout.

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