ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 01, 2009) - Zamboanga City’s uprising boxing star Anthony “Rocky” Marcial retained his World Boxing Organization Oriental Super Featherweight crown, knocking out his Thai opponent in the first round of their scheduled 12 rounds title bout held in the boisterous crowd of Cebu City on Saturday night.
Marcial dictated the tempo in the opening round peppered Vacharakit Senayan, with jab straight and powerful uppercuts that rocked the former undefeated Thai fighter several times.
Senayan, who fell to 11 wins, 1 loss, 7 KO’s, tried to contest the barrage of punches unleashed by Marcial, but was outclassed by the Zamboangueño hard-hitter who connected relentless left and right combinations in the face which almost sent him down to the canvass in the remaining 1:51 seconds in the first round.
Sensing that the Thai fighter has nothing to answer, Marcial decided to finish the fight, unloaded heavy bombs to Senayan’s body and face that prompted referee Tony Pezon, to intervene and held back the Zamboangueño’s hotshot from inflicting severe damages on his opponent.
Pezon stopped the fight in 1:30 seconds awarding Marcial the victory. With the win Marcial improves his record to 12 wins, no loss, with 11 KO’s.
Marcial who was a product of Congressman Erbie Fabian’s “Golpe-Golpe na Barangay” displayed a masterful performance showing aggressiveness, maturity, and power during fight night.
Fight commentators led by veteran sportscaster Bill Velasco and ABS-CBN’s Dyann Castillejo, were amazed with the Marcial’s skills as a boxer and cited a bright future for the Zamboangueño fighter in the future.
No less than Lightweight kingpin Michael “The Great” Katsidis, was impressed over Marcial’s performance. Marcial was hired by Katsidis camp to be the Australian sparring partner in preparation for his fight against Spain’s Efren “El Tren” Ramirez last Saturday night, where he emerged victorious via unanimous decision. Ramirez went down four times but managed to finish the 10 rounds scheduled bout.
They both trained in Thailand for the said fight and Katsidis was quoted saying that he learned dome from the Zamboangueño fighter.(Noning Antonio)
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