PLANIA DROPS ARRIAGADA TWICE WINS BY UD

Plania wins by UD
DAVAO CITY — Super bantamweight prospect “Magic” Magic Plania of Gen Santos City twice dropped Matias Agustin Arriagada of Argentina en route to a unanimous decision last Feb. 26 (Feb. 27 in Manila) at the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida, USA.The 22-year old Plania (21W-L1-0D, KO11) started strong and immediately unleashed his relentless attack dropping the Argentinian in the opening round.Sensing danger, Arriagada retreated and survived the round. It was inround six the Plania dropped Arriagada again but the Argentinian was able to last the fight.The rest of the rounds were all Plania aggression and his opponent just trying to stay alive every round. All the judges scored 60-52.Plania expressed his frustration.”I badly wanted to knock him out. I tried to cut him and corner him but he was playing to survive,” said Plania.Plania was expecting Arriagada to go toe to toe and was chasing him the whole time.”I could have stopped him but I am happy with the win. I am praying for a title fight next,” Plania stated.Sanman CEO Jim Claude Manangquil was contented with his ward’s performace.”Mike keeps on improving. You cannot knockout out an opponent who doesn’t want to engage, so I cannot blame my fight,” said Manangquil. (Lito delos Reyes)