By Ronnie Nathanielsz

 

Filipino boxers fighting out of Sydney, Australia continue to get slaughtered in horrendous mismatches in Australia prompting Filipinos residing in Australia to appeal to us to inform the Games and Amusements Board about what is going on.

 

In the latest travesty Jun Geraldino fighting as a lightweight was stopped at 1:42 of the third round by Australian Tyrone “The Cyclone” Tongia at  Club Marconi in Bossley Park, Sydney.

 

It was Geraldino’s sixth straight loss this year including three by knockout and one by TKO. The Filipino has a record of 2 wins against 9 defeats. Tongia on the other hand whose win was described as “impressive” by boxing writer Rey Wheatley has a record of 7 wins compared to only 1 loss with three wins by knockout.

 

In another blatant mismatch outstanding Australian prospect and lightweight champion Lenny Zappavigna who is undefeated in 10 fights with 7 knockouts, scored a TKO at 1:54 of the second round against Filipino southpaw Junmar Dulog . It was Dulog’s fifth straight defeat giving him a record of  4 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw.

 

Wheatley said Zappavigna “looked good in stopping the well-performed Dulog.”

 

Last August 3 sportsnut.com reported that Australian light middleweight champion Ryan Waters 7-2-1 “chopped down Ariel Omongos 3-10 of the Philippines in Sydney to capture the IBF Pan Pacific and IBO junior middleweight crowns” with Omongos referred to as a “Filipino ace” which promoted a Filipino resident in Sydney to ask , “can you really consider Omongos with a record of 10 losses in 13 fights a Filipino ace?” 

 

The only Australia-based fighter who has made a name for himself with some fine performances is IBF Pan Pacific lightweight champion Ranee “KO Kid” Ganoy who counts an eighth round KO over former WBC super featherweight title challenger Robbie Peden who went twelve rounds in a title fight with Marco Antonio Barrera and a seventh round TKO over undefeated  former Commonwealth champion Fatai Onikeke among his six straight wins. Ganoy has a record of 19 knockouts in 23 wins with 10 losses.