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REY “Boom-Boom” Bautista knocked out Indonesian champion
REY “Boom-Boom” Bautista knocked out Indonesian champion Maragin “Dinamita” Marbun in the seventh round and wrested the interim World Boxing Council International featherweight title last night at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino.
It was Bautista’s first fight since a loss to Heriberto Ruiz in Las Vegas last year.
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Bautista stopped Marbun at 1:25 of the seventh round with a devastating left straight after rocking him with another left.
The 23-year-old Bautista was sidelined for 11 months after undergoing surgery and rehabilitation on his left wrist. However, he showed no signs of the injury as he mostly used his left fist.
“He did well. He did according to what we expected. The important thing is that he didn’t feel pain on his left hand. But he still has a long way to go,” ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer told Sun.Star Cebu after the fight.
Bautista used his left jab as his main weapon and occasionally threw left hooks instead of his stronger right hand.
The Boholano fighter patiently stalked Marbun and didn’t rush in for the knockout and it was the Indonesian who was the more aggressive fighter as he threw wild combinations.
But Bautista was unaffected by the flurry of punches from Marbun.
Bautista showed the strength of his reconstructed left wrist as he threw a heavy left punch that knocked down the Marbun in the fourth round.
“I was hesitant at first but there was no pain (on my left hand). I still lack my speed. But someday I’ll retain it,” said Bautista. “He was strong I just endured his punches. I just got lucky.”
Bautista improved to 27-2 with 20 knockouts, while the 24-year-old Marbun fell to 19-6-1 with seven knockouts.
“He was more patient and he read his opponent better but he still had the same aggressiveness. He showed that he can utilize his left hand with his jabs and hooks,” said Aldeguer.
On the other hand, up-and-coming fighter Marjun Yap showed that youth is better than experience as he defeated 39-year-old veteran Pramuansak Posuwan via a 10th-round stoppage due to an injury.
ALA boys Czar Amonsot and Jason Pagara also won by decision.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on October 17, 2009.
It was Bautista’s first fight since a loss to Heriberto Ruiz in Las Vegas last year.
Sun.Star accepts donations for victims of Typhoon Ondoy
Bautista stopped Marbun at 1:25 of the seventh round with a devastating left straight after rocking him with another left.
The 23-year-old Bautista was sidelined for 11 months after undergoing surgery and rehabilitation on his left wrist. However, he showed no signs of the injury as he mostly used his left fist.
“He did well. He did according to what we expected. The important thing is that he didn’t feel pain on his left hand. But he still has a long way to go,” ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer told Sun.Star Cebu after the fight.
Bautista used his left jab as his main weapon and occasionally threw left hooks instead of his stronger right hand.
The Boholano fighter patiently stalked Marbun and didn’t rush in for the knockout and it was the Indonesian who was the more aggressive fighter as he threw wild combinations.
But Bautista was unaffected by the flurry of punches from Marbun.
Bautista showed the strength of his reconstructed left wrist as he threw a heavy left punch that knocked down the Marbun in the fourth round.
“I was hesitant at first but there was no pain (on my left hand). I still lack my speed. But someday I’ll retain it,” said Bautista. “He was strong I just endured his punches. I just got lucky.”
Bautista improved to 27-2 with 20 knockouts, while the 24-year-old Marbun fell to 19-6-1 with seven knockouts.
“He was more patient and he read his opponent better but he still had the same aggressiveness. He showed that he can utilize his left hand with his jabs and hooks,” said Aldeguer.
On the other hand, up-and-coming fighter Marjun Yap showed that youth is better than experience as he defeated 39-year-old veteran Pramuansak Posuwan via a 10th-round stoppage due to an injury.
ALA boys Czar Amonsot and Jason Pagara also won by decision.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on October 17, 2009.
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