We
are reprinting here a news item found in the website of Philboxing.com last May
31 worth sharing to our dear readers for this issue. The article was written by
Dong Secuya. Here it goes:
"Up
and coming Boholano boxing superstar Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista has been
conferred as an adopted son of the city of Tagbilaran yesterday.
In
a resolution authored and sponsored by Tagbilaran councilor Danilo A. Bantugan
and unanimously approved by the city's dads, Bautista, a native of Candijay, Bohol,
has been adopted "to formalize ... as he has been considered as one and he
also considers to be an adopted son as manifested in his various homecoming from
various fights both here and abroad."
The
19-year-old Bautista, undefeated in 20 professional fights with 15 wins coming
by way of knockout and holder of the WBO Asia-Pacific bantamweight title, has
recently been making waves in the United States with his electrifying ring victories.
Last May
20, Bautista demolished 31-year-old Columbian veteran Roberto Bonilla in 3 rounds
at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in the undercard of the Barrera-Juarez boxing
event. Bonilla had in his previous fight unsuccessfully challenged for the WBA
super bantam world championship and was a holder of several regional titles.
Bautista's
two other fights in the United States have also ended smashing victories. In his
American debut in September last year, also at the Staples Center in Los Angeles,
Bautista made short work of Felix Flores of Columbia. Also last year in December
23 at the Sycuan Resort and Casino in El Cajon, CA, Bautista came back from a
second round knockdown to win convincingly against power banger Gerardo Espinoza
of Mexico.
Bautista's
manager and benefactor, the highly-respected Antonio L. Aldeguer whose famed ALA
Boxing Club in Cebu is currently making headlines in the world boxing circuit,
has earlier been conferred as an adopted son of the city of Tagbilaran for his
role in molding young Boholano boxers into world class pugilists - including Rey
"Boom Boom" Bautista."
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