Ranee Ganoy Stops Heri Andriyanto in Five in Sydney
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Hard-hitting Filipino Ranee “KO Kid” Ganoy has won by a 5th round TKO over Indonesian Heri Andriyanto in a fight card at the Cube in Campbelltown, west of Sydney.
The 29 year old Ganoy who at one time was being considered a world title prospect and was ranked No.2 lightweight by the IBF staggered Andriyanto in round five forcing referee Anthony Shipley to give the Indonesian a standing eight-count. It didn’t take long for Ganoy to pounce on the hapless Andriyanto giving Shipley no choice but to call a halt at 2:18 of the round.
Ganoy improved to 26-11-2 with 22 knockouts while Andriyanto who lost his third straight fight fell to 14-9-1with 9 knockouts. The Indonesian had previously suffered a 3rd round TKO at the hands of young Jason Pagara in a battle for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific lightweight title on May 31 last year.
Ganoy himself was coming off a seventh month layoff after losing by a 4th round TKO to Fernando Angulo on December 5, 2008.
Filipino featherweight Ernie Gonzalez Jr won what Sports Nut, Australia described as “a crowd pleasing four round bout” over Kane Buckley. With the win Gonzalez who keeps switching between featherweight and super featherweight improved to 5-3-1 with 3 knockouts.
In his last fight Gonzalez lost bya 5th round TKO to Mohammed Elomar in a super featherweight showdown on December 12, 2008.
In the only setback for Filipino boxers, southpaw Rey Anton Olarte dropped to 8-10-2 with no knockouts after losing a unanimous eight round decision to undefeated Australian lightweight Lenny Zappavigna who upped his unbeaten streak to 20-0 with 14 knockouts.
The one-time sparring partner of world pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao won on the scorecards of all three judges , two of whom scored it for the Australian 79-72 while the third judge had it by a 79-73 margin.