Quilaton, Salim Win in Manila

Quilaton, Salim Win in Manila

Quezon City - Rodel Quilaton and Reman Salim of the SGG Boxing Stable followed the wrath created by Typhoon Milenyo on Manila by scoring lopsided wins over their Manila counterparts Friday night at Bakbakan Sa Project 6: Pangalawang Hataw, at the Project 6 Gym in Quezon City.

Quilaton scored a clinical unanimous decision win over Gerald Ubatay in a repeat of their 2005 match that ended in a controversial split decision win for Quilaton. The SGG ward, relying on his superior boxing skills, kept the charging Ubatay at bay with a crisp right jab and literally ran circles around his foe to stay away from Ubatay's wild punches.

The southpaw Quilaton then used an array of left straights and right uppercuts to follow up his jabs to please the local crowd and give Ubatay a neat boxing lesson. It was a far better performance compared to their first fight where Quilaton had difficulty with Ubatay's style.

In the other main event, Salim needed only two rounds to defeat Ray Martizano. Salim set the tone for the fight early, relying on his quick jab-straight combination to rock Martizano repeatedly. It was an all-Salim show from the start as Martizano had no answer for the taller Salim. Salim sent Martizano to the seat of his pants around the end of the first round with a classic jab-straight combination.

The second round was pretty much the same. Martizano couldn't defend against Salim's 1-2 combination and went down again. The fight was over in 2:29 of the round when Martizano's corner threw in the towel, prompting referee Eddie Nobleza to stop the fight. At this point, Martizano was in no shape to continue the fight, obviously shell-shocked by the punishment he received.

In the other bouts of the card organized by SGG Promotions and Councilor Joseph Juico of Quezon City, Niño Suelo demolished Wendell Cajoles via TKO in the third round. Danilo Peña won over Daniel Diolan via unanimous decision. Ruther del Castillo and Jason Rotoni fought to a split draw, while the Richard Ignacio-Rey Ramos curtain-raiser ended in a unanimous draw.

Despite the Luzon-wide blackout caused by Typhoon Milenyo, the event pushed through without a hitch as the organizers used a generator to keep generate power in the venue.

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