ALA Promotions’ Raul “Vulcan” Yu is now 100 percent ready to fight Jade Bornea of Sanman-Amoy Stable for their IBF Youth super flyweight championship on February 26 at 5 p.m. at the Lagao Gym in General Santos City.
“Yes, I’m now ready to explode against Bornea,” said Yu in a text message.
Yu and his trainer Robert Eturma will arrived on February 24 according to ALA Stable chief trainer Edito Villamor.
“Amateur style si Jade Bornea. Maayo ug lihok ug stylish boxer. Pero naa siya mga weaknesses nga nakita nila Robert ug Raul nga angay nga maka guba sa iyang pagka-stylish,” (Jade Bornea has an amateur style. Good movement and a stylish boxer. But he has weaknesses which Robert and Raul found out which could break his stylish style.) bared Villamor.
The 10-round title fight is the main event of the “Laban Pinoy 3: Rise of Champions” boxing card by the Sanman Promotions and Solar Sports.
“Nindot ni ang ilang duwa. Makalingaw ni kung si Jade Bornea mohatag ug lingaw sa mga boxing fans sa Gensan,” (This fight is a nice one. It will really be entertaining if Jade Bornea will also entertain the boxing fans of Gensan),” said Villamor.
The 21-year old Bornea, a native of Arakan, North Cotabato is still undefeated with six straight wins and four knockouts while Yu is toting 9 wins, 1 loss, 2 draws and 8 knockouts.
Bornea won the Mindanao Professional Boxing Association (Minproba) super flyweight title by stopping Ronnie Sunido in 2:56 of the first round last April 2 at the Oval Plaza gym in Gensan.
He previously stopped Albert Alcoy via a 2nd round technical knockout last October 21 at the Makati Square Boxing Arena.
Yu, on the other hand, has won his last three fights all by knockouts.
The 22-year old native from Agusan del Norte first scored a 3rd round TKO against Ronnie Campos last Dec. 30, 2015 in Cebu. He then TKO’d Robert Ates in the 2nd round last April 28 in Bacolod.
Yu previously kayoed Paul Varona in the 2nd round last October 22 also in Bacolod.
The “Laban Pinoy 3: Rise of Champions” will also feature three other title fights all in the World Boxing Federation (WBF).
Eden “Sanman” Sonsona (35-6-2, 12 KOs), a former WBC International Silver super featherweight champion, will face Jovany Rota (9-9-0, 6 KOs) for the WBF International super featherweight title.
Ben Mananquil (12-1-2, 3 KOs) fights former WBO Asia bantamweight champion and now current current MinProba bantamweight champion Glenn “The Rock” Porras (29-5-0, 17 KOs) for the WBF International bantamweight crown.
Lolito “Thunder Shot” Sonsona (20-1-4-, 9 KOs) takes on former Philippine light flyweight champion Renren Tesorio (16W-9L-3D-4KOs) of Palawan for the vacant WBF Asia Pacific super flyweight title.
The card, which is part of the Kalilangan Festival, is sponsored by city government of Gensan, Mt. Sabrina Resort, Amoy Promotions and Barberlife. Admission is free to the public.
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