By Ronnie Nathanielsz
The litany of mismatches in Thailand continues as three more Filipino boxers were knocked out by superior Thai boxers even as the Games and Amusements Board continues to turn a blind eye to a practice that has been condemned by the Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation as well as the WBC.
The latest Filipino victims were Julius Tarona who suffered a sixth round TKO at the hands of WBC No. 3 Saenghiran Lookbanyai, Roger Galicia who was knocked out in the fourth round by two-time world champion Veerapol Nakomluang and Roberto Dalisay who was also knocked out by Thong Por Chokchai in the fourth round. A report from Bangkok said Thong had a record of 5-3-1 with 3 KO’s while Dalisay had a record of 4-12-1 with 2 KO’s.
Saenghiran successfully defended his Asian Boxing Council super bantamweight title for the sixth time against Tarona who engaged him in a give-and-take battle in the early rounds before the undefeated Thai used a vicious body attack to take control. He nailed Tarona with a vicious body shot that decked the Filipino and then hammered him into submission forcing the referee to call a halt at 2:07 of the sixth round. Saenghiran improved to 15-0 with 12 knockouts while Tarona dropped to 24-22-3 with 11 KO’s.
Veerapol who is currently ranked No. 2 super bantamweight by the WBC landed some ripping body shots that weakened Galicia, the former WBC International title holder, before finishing him off with a hard right hook to the head at 1:46 of round four of a ten round bout. Veerapol improved to 50-2-2 with 35 KO’s while Galicia dropped to 23-6-3 with 8 KO’s.
