Leon upsets Ramonal in Urdaneta

By LITO DELOS REYES

DAVAO CITY – Super bantamweight Jhunriel “Prinsipe Abante” Ramonal of Binan, Laguna suffered a technical decision in the 5th round and lost to Landy Cris Leon by an upset last July 3 at the Urdaneta Cultural Sports Complex in Urdaneta City.

The 32-year-old Ramonal got a big cut on the upper right eye. The blood was constantly bleeding so the referee stopped the fight.

“Puro head butt ang inabot (It’s all head butt),” said Ramonal’s manager-trainer Dino Olivetti.

“Ang tagal na namin di nakaka laban kaya nilaban ko na (We haven’t been able to fight for a long time, so I’ve already fought),” added Olivetti.

Ramonal is now nine losses against 17 wins with 10 knockouts and six draws while Leon improved to 14 wins against 22 loses and five draws.

Ramonal was supposed to go to Japan and fight but it didn’t work out because of the pandemic. He won the vacant WBO Asia Pacific super bantamweight title by knocking out Yusaku Kuga of Japan at the Ota-City General Gym last Dec. 31, 2019.

It was a supporting bout in the “Relentless: Fists of Fire”.

Meanwhile, flyweight Bienvenido Ligas (13W-1L-2D, 9KOs) of Caloocan, on the other hand, settled a majority draw with Miel Fajardo (7W-1L-2D, 6KOs) in the main supporting bout.

Judges Sammy Bernabe Sr. and Nowel Haduca both scored the fight at 76-all while Judge Oliver Garcia saw it 77-75 in favor of Fajardo.

The other bouts: Jon Jon “Wolvarine” Estrada (12W-8L-1D, 11KOs) made an easy job by stopping come backing Rex “Igorot Warrior” Wao (11W-5L-0D, 9KOs) in the 1st round; Lorenz Ladrada (10W-1L-1D, 3KOs) scored a unanimous decision over Claudevan Sese (7W-3L-3D, 1KO); Jino Rodrigo (6W-2L-2D, 4KOs) won by UD over Roberto Gonzales (28W-7L-1D, 17KOs); Arnel Baconaje (13W-4L-0D, 11KOs) stopped Ivor Lastrilla (12W-11L-1D, 7KOs) in the 2nd round; Cris Ganoza (19W-3L-0D, 9KOs) won by a UD over Junuel Lacar (8W-8L-3D, 6KOs); Ranelio Quizo (8W-2L-0D, 1KO) beat Joseph Bayubay (4W-2L-2D, 2KOs); Jonniel Laurente (1W-0L-0D) won over Jeric Wayne Canawil (0W-IL).

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The cut of Jhunriel Ramonal being dress of the wound. (Dino Olivetti)