Pinoy Pride 23 Results: Filipinos Beat Latinos

Filipino boxers emerged victorious against Latin fighters in the "Pinoy Pride XXIII: Filipinos Kontra Latinos," held Saturday, November 30 at the Araneta Coliseum. Pinoys continued the winning streak this year started by Donaire and Pacquiao to bring honor to the country.

Presented by ALA Promotions and ABS-CBN Sports, the double world championship bout featured WBO light flyweight champion Donnie 'Ahas' Nietes and WBO minimumweight titlist Merlito 'Tiger' Sabillo.

Donnie 'Ahas' Nietes successfully defended his WBO World light-flyweight belt against Sammy 'Gutty' Gutierrez of Mexico. Nietes dropped Gutierrez twice in the first round before knocking the Mexican out in the 3rd round.

After 12 rounds of boxing, Merlito 'Tiger' Sabillo battled to a split draw against Nicaraguan Carlos 'Chocorroncito' Buitrago. Both remained undefeated while Sabillo retained his WBO Minimum weight title.

Milan 'El Metodico' Melindo won the WBO International flyweight title against Mexico’s Jose Alfredo 'Torito' Rodriguez via unanimous decision after the 12-round bout.

For the undercard fights, Jason 'El Niño' Pagara retained his WBO International Light-Welterweight title with a unanimous decision win over Vladimir Baez of Dominican Republic. Pagara came to hurt his opponent in the 4th round and scored a knockdown in the 9th round.

AJ 'Bazooka' Banal also won his non-title fight against Lucian Gonzalez of Puerto Rico via unanimous decision. Meanwhile, Jimrex 'The Executioner' Jaca lived up to his pet name by knocking out Wellem Reyk of Indonesia in the 1st round.

The Pinoy Pride 23: Filipinos Kontra Latinos will have a special telecast on Sunday (Dec 1), 10:15 AM, on ABS-CBN and 8 PM on Studio 23.

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Pinoy Pride XXIII: Filipinos Kontra Latinos Live on November 30 at Araneta Coliseum

Five Filipino fighters will come together and represent the country in full force to battle a pack of Latin fighters in the boxing arena this Saturday (Nov 30) in “Pinoy Pride XXIII: Filipinos Kontra Latinos,” 6 PM, at the Araneta Coliseum. Check out the results here.

After Manny Pacquiao’s victory last Sunday against American boxer Brandon Rios in Macau, Donnie “Ahas” Nietes, Merlito “Tiger” Sabillo, Milan “El Metodico” Melindo, AJ “Bazooka” Banal, and Jason “El Nino” Pagara will try to continue the winning streak and fight for their family, honor, and the country.

WBO World Light-Flyweight Champion  Nietes will not let go of his world championship title just yet and will dedicate his victory to his kids once he beats his opponent Sammy “Guty” Gutierrez of Mexico.

Same goes for WBO World Minimum Weight Champion Sebillo who also wants to defend his title and keep his undefeated record clean. He also offers his match against Carlos “Chocorroncito” Buitrago of Nicaragua to his late mother who passed away last year.

Melindo and Banal, on the other hand, are determined to bring back their weight divisions’ championship belts as they compete with Jose Alfredo “Torito” Rodriguez of Mexico and ucian Gonzalez of Puerto Rico respectively.

Meanwhile,  Jason “El Nino” Pagara is eyeing on his first world championship if he will be able to beat Vladimir Baez of Dominican Republic.

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Watch the special telecast of “Pinoy Pride XXIII: Filipinos Kontra Latinos” on Sunday (Dec 1), 10:15 AM, on ABS-CBN and 8 PM on Studio 23.

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Pinoy Pride XX Results: Jason Pagara Wins Via Unanimous Decision

Pinoy boxer Jason Pagara successfully defended his WBO International junior welterweight title against Mexican boxer Aaron Herrera during the "Pinoy Pride XX: Laban Kung Laban" bout held May 25 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Lahug, Cebu City.

The main event was witnessed by thousands as Jason Pagara battled Aaron Herrera in what could be Pagara's toughest fight to date. The Filipino thought he would be able to knock down his Mexican rival on the 6th round but the latter survived all his attacks.

In the end, Pagara won by a unanimous decision after 12 rounds of boxing.

Meanwhile, two other Filipinos fought in the ring. Jimrex Jaca emerged victorious over Jose Emilio Perea of Mexico in the supporting event via unanimous decision to become the newest WBO Oriental junior welterweight title holder.

In the non-title bout, Pinoy boxer Genesis Servania to knocked down his Indonesian opponent, Isaac Junior, in the third round.and win in the super bantamweight division.

ALA Boxing Promotions revealed that the next Pinoy Pride boxing event will be held in Manila this July.  Pinoy Pride XX will be broadcast on ABS-CBN Channel 2 starting 10:15 a.m.

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Pinoy Pride 17 (XVII) Results: AJ Banal Loses to Sor Singyu, Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista and Jason Pagara Win

Pinoy Pride XVII: Philippines vs The World happened on October 20 at the Mall of Asia Arena and all our Pinoy boxers won their respective fights except for AJ "Bazooka" Banal, who fought for the main event of the evening.

AJ "Bazooka" Banal (28-2-1, 20 KO's) suffered his second career loss at the hands of Pungluang Sor Singyu (43-1, 28 KO's) of Thailand via a round 9 TKO. AJ Banal failed to clinch the vacant WBO bantamweight world title. 

Meanwhile, Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista (34-2, 25 KO's) won over Daniel Ruiz (27-6-2, 19 KO's) of Mexico via a split decision for the vacant WBO International featherweight title. 

Jason “El Niño” Pagara successfully defended his WBO international junior welterweight title against  Miguel “Hands of Stone” Antoine (17-1-1, 9 KO's) of Barbados who suffered his first career loss in a first round knock out.

Below are the results of the other undercard bouts on Pinoy Pride XVII:

• Michael “Bruce Lee” Domingo (45-16-2, 24 KO's) stopped Mudde Ntambe Rabison (19-3-1,7 KO's) of Uganda in the second round.

• Marlon “The Nightmare” Tapales (21-1, 7 KO’s) knocked out Indonesia's Rasmanudin (15-3-2, 8 KO's) in round 2.

• Juan Martin "Bai" Elorde won vs Gerry Sismundo via 4th Round TKO

• Randy Bullong knocked out Japanese Kazuma Ijiri in the 4th Round  in their first professional bout.

• Val Falcunaya won over Robert Agcopra via 3rd Round TKO

Pinoy Pride XVII: Banal vs Sor Singyu (Philippines vs The World) will be aired on ABS-CBN at 10:15 am.

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