DELA TORRE KNOCKDOWNS NYAMBAYAR BUT STILL SUFFERS 1ST DEFEAT

(Above) Referee Steve Gray and Harmonito dela Torre raising the hands of Tugstsogt Nyamabayar. (Below) Dela Torre knocks down his opponent in Round 2. (Photos courtesy of SANMAN PROMOTIONS)

FILIPINO Harmonito “Hammer” Dela Torre scored a knockdown in Round 2 but still suffered his first defeat of his career against former Olympic silver medalist Tugstsogt Nyambayar on Nov. 18 (Sunday in Manila) at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas.
Dela Torre landed a straight right hand to down Nyambayar in Round 2.
But Nyambayar was able to bounce back to win by a unanimous decision.
“I’m very proud of Harmonito. He put on a great fight and I’m confident he will be back better” said manager Jim Claude “JC” Manangquil, chief executive officer of Sanman Promotions.
“It was a very close fight. The fight was more competitive than the scorecards show but Nyambayar deserves the victory,” said Mananquil.
Two judges both scored 78-73 while the other one had it 79-73.
Dela Torre, who has been training under Cuban trainer Moro Fernandez in Miami, Florida since last year has accepted his first setback.
“Nyambayar is a good fighter. I will train harder and I will be back stronger” said the 23-year old DelaTorre (19W-1L-0D, 12 KOs). (LITO DELOS REYES)

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