By Mark Vester
Back in 1996, Filipino boxer Rustico Torrecampo (14-8, 5KOs) knocked out Manny Pacquiao [then 11-0] in three rounds. The fight took place at 111-pounds and it was Pacquiao's first career loss. Torrecampo could have never predicted that one day Pacquiao would rise all the way to junior middleweight and win seven divisional titles along the way.
With Pacquiao being so big, Digital Journal reports that Torrecampo, 38-years-old and inactive since 1997, will be making a comeback before the end of the year. After beating Pacquiao, his career went downhill with a string of personal problems and an incident involving a person getting stabbed in 2008.
He made a license request to the Philippine Games and Amusements Board (GAB). They plan to put him through a variety of medical tests. Torrecampo's potential return has grabbed major headlines in the Philippines, where fans are hoping for a historic hometown rematch where Pacquiao gets his revenge. Reminds many of Buster Douglas' comeback in 1996, when he came out of retirement with the hope of building himself to a big rematch with Mike Tyson.
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