Monday, September 8, 2008

Rey Boom Bautista Will Fight in America?

After a successful and impressive defense of the belt he already tucked in for several years, WBO Intercontinental superbantamweight king Rey "BoomBoom" Bautista may see action underneath a scheduled Manny Pacquiao-Oscar de la Hoya fight on December 6, in MGM Grand Hotel in Nevada, USA.

In the "Night of Champions" card at the Waterfront Lahug, Cebu City, Saturday last week, Bautista demolished the ambitious Mexican challenger Eden "Anestecista" Marquez in the second round of the 12-round mainer to retain the title.

In a post fight interview, Bautista said he is looking forward to an undercard fight of the $100 million Pacquiao - Dela Hoya battle.
Bautista, who hails from Candijay, Bohol, hinted that fighting under the hugely popular epic clash of the world's most popular boxers was promised to him by his manager, Michael Aldeguer.

Bautista is now unbeaten in his latest three fights, after his devastating first round loss to Daniel Ponce de Leon in Arco Arena, Sacramento, California last year.

Unlike in most of his previous fights, the 22-year old Bautista who now totes a 26-1, with 19 stoppages, refused to trade blows in the first round with Marquez.

Keeping himself busy to avoid Marquez' strong and powerful punches, Bautista severally used his lateral movements running around the ring that caught some boxing fans by surprise.

The demolition came in the next round, when Bautista started strong and began fighting aggressively throwing wild punches to the face and breadbasket of the Mexican fighter who was already in trouble midway in the second.

Receiving barrage of punches from the Bohol-raised, the Mexican, for the second time around, was sent back to the floor with 1:08 seconds of the said round as international referee Bruce McTavish called it a halt.

In a post-fight interview, Bautista said the opening round was his experimental move and opted not to fight aggressively.
"Ingon man akong trainer nga magbantay lang sa, di lang sa gyud ta mosud og sayo kay wa ta kahibawo sa iyang style. Kusog man gud siya. (Heeding the advice of my trainer, I opted not to fight aggressively in the first round, but we should be careful because he is a powerful puncher,)" according to Bautista. The loss dropped Marquez' record to 16-4-3, with 12 knockouts. 

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