By Rey Danseco
Another Pinoy boxer, who of course fought under the Philippine colors, suffered another shameful loss in a championship bout in Thailand.
Tangled in an overmatched fight, super flyweight Edmundo Nonong Devilleres (9-13-5) was good for only four rounds when he challenged International Boxing Federation (IBF) Pan Pacific super bantamweight champion Fahsan 3K Battery (53-8-1, 30 KOs) over the weekend at Rimping Market in Nakornsawan, Thailand.
It was Fahsan’s sixth defense of the title he captured from erstwhile Filipino champion Joel Escol with second round knockout on July 13, 2005.
Fahsan also made his ninth-win in a row, 8th against mostly patsy Filipinos, after Manny Pacquiao shamed him with fourth round knockout before a mamooth crowd on December 13, 2005 in Taguig City.
Veteran Manila-based matchmaker Jimmy Narvaez described the 24-year old Devilleres “lost command” – narrative for Filipino boxers without manager who should take care of his career. He said, Devilleres fought despite knowing of little chance of winning.
"Junior bantam lang talagang fighting weight ni Devilleres,” said Narvaez. “Lumaban siya sa 122-pound kaya obvious na dehado siya roon.”
It is not yet known if Devilleres had acquired permission of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) to fight overseas. Narvaez couldn’t believe why the IBF approved an apparent overmatch as Devilleres was coming off in strings of defeats.
Devilleres, a talent-limited boxer from Mindanao, previously fought for a local and two international titles and he lost all of them.
He lose to Jun Talape for the Philippine Boxing Federation junior bantamweight (115-lb) title in Jun3 2005 and also faltered in the flyweight and super flyweight title fights under Pan Asian Boxing Association and Asian Boxing Council in 2004.
Thailand is known for cheating import boxers as well as overmatching to pad the fight records or build up boxers for bigger fights.
It is an open-secret that a foreign boxer in Thailand need to knockout the local foe to assure him of victory.
