Milan Melindo Dominates Carlos Tamara, Condes Wins
By Chris LaBate
At the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines, undefeated Milan Melindo (23-0, 7KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over former champion Carlos Tamara (21-6, 15KOs) in a flyweight contest. The scores were 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93. Melindo landed a lot of damage during the fight, but his lack of punching power was the only reason Tamara wasn't stopped. Once Melinod realized that Tamara was not going anywhere, he continued to outbox him for the win.
On The Undercard
Rocky Fuentes (28-6-2, 18KOs) retained the OPBF flyweight title with a second round knockout of Inthanon Sithchamuang (9-4-0, 4KO). After an exciting first round, a left hand in the second put the fighter from Thailand down and out.
Former champion Florante Condes (25-5-1, 20KOs) continued his march to another title shot. He stopped Kenichi Horikawa (20-9-1, 4KOs) of Japan in seven rounds of action. Condes continued to break Horikawa down until getting him in the corner and began unloading with combinations in the seventh, which forced the referee to step in.
Welterweight Randy Suico (30-6-1, 26KOs) did not get the impressive win he was looking for when he picked up an eight round majority decision over Arnel Tinampay (12-12-1, 4KOs). The scores were 78-74 and 77-75 for Randy Suico and 76-76 for the draw.