Magale Upsets Fueki, Suzushino Stops Gonzales

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

Filipino featherweight Carlo Magale, who didn’t have a very impressive fight record stunned Japan’s Ryo Fueki, by scoring a 6th round TKO at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

However, countryman Sonny Gonzales, also fighting as a featherweight lost by a 3rd round TKO to Japan No.8 ranked Kota Suzushino on the same card.

With his win over the favored Fueki who had a record of 13-3-1 with 10 knockouts, Magale demonstrated his punching power to improve to 6-4-2 with 4 knockouts.

The hard-hitting Filipino has earlier scored a 1st round TKO over Ryuta Miyagi who had an impressive record of 16-1-4 with 12 knockouts last May 3.

Surprisingly, Gonzales scored a 1st round knockout over Fueki last March 13 but was upset by Suzushino whose record was 16-10-3 with 5 knockouts