ALL SANMAN BOXERS PREVAIL IN BRAWL AT THE MALL: COLLISION COURSE

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — All the six fighters of the Sanman Boxing Club prevailed over their separate rivals in the Brawl at the Mall: Collision Course held Sunday at the Robinson’s Place in General Santos City.
Reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) Youth super flyweight champion Jade Bornea knocked out Nicardo Calamba in 2:25 of the second round to remain unbeaten with 8th straight wins and five knockouts.
Bornea first knocked down Calamba in the early second round with a right hook. Calamba, however, managed to stand up only to be finally knocked out in a few seconds later.
The “Best Fight of the Night”, however, was the 6-rounder bout between bantamweights Ben Mananquil of Sanman and Kim Lindog of Wowie Lalanto Stable from Cagayan de Oro City.
Manangquil, who suffered a cut on his left eye due to an accidental headbutt in the 4th round, landed more telling blows to win by the unanimous decision. Lindog, however, earned the respect and admiration of the huge crowd after showing his brave heart and never-say-die attitude during the exciting brawl.
Manangquil, who launched a non-stop left-right combination in the last 10 seconds of their fight, improved his record to 14 wins with 3 knockouts against only one loss, while Lindog dropped to 5W-5L-1D, 4 KOs card.
“It was not really his (Lindog) fighting weight,” said Lindog’s manager Wowie Lalanto.
In the main event, Engelbert “Aguila” Moralde of Davao City used his quick jabs in scoring a majority decision against Gensan’s Jestoni Makiputin to snap out of a two-fight slump.
Moralde, who is now 9-5-0 with 6 knockouts, previously suffered a technical knockout loss to Keita Kurihara in Tokyo, Japan. Makiputin also bowed to Moralde’s younger brother John Vincent Moralde in 2013 at the Magsaysay Park in Davao City.
In the other bouts, Jerwin Mama made a successful pro debut with a stunning first round stoppage over Roger Salaton in 1:14 of the 1st round. Mama bombarded Salaton with left-right combinations to score his first win as a pro boxer.
His twin brother Jayson Mama first turned pro with Sanman and now has a clean record of 6 wins and 2 knockouts with no loss or draw.
Mark Antonio pummeled to submission Elizer Ambon of Maasim in just 57 seconds of the first round while Dave Apolinario won by a UD over Rio Golipatan in the four rounders.
The boxing event was the inaugural live streaming of Sanman Live on Facebook.
“We will be doing this live streaming in all our boxing promotions,” said promoter Dexter “Wangyu” Tan, chief finance officer of Sanman Boxing Promotions.

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