Visayan wins WBO boxing title
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CEBU CITY Unheralded Negrense Donnie Nietes won by unanimous decision over previously undefeated Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym of Thailand to capture the World Boxing Organization minimumweight crown at the Waterfront Cebu Hotel Oct. 1 and give the Philippines its fourth world title this year. Nietes, from Murcia, Negros Occidental, raised his record to 22 wins and one defeat with 13 knockouts while handing Cebus famed ALA Boxing Gym of Antonio L. Aldeguer its maiden world crown.
The judges saw it 116-110, 115-111 and 114-113, all for Nietes.
Boxing beautifully and showing excellent defensive skills, Nietes sent Porsawan (20-1-0, 15 KOs) to the canvas with a body and head combination, capped by a right straight to the jaw, midway in the fourth round.
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