Korobov, Melligen, Benavidez Win in Pinoy Power 3

Latin Fury 13/Pinoy Power 3 Boxing Match on Feb. 13, 2010 under card results coming from the BoxingScene.com were:

The first bout, Puerto Rican Hector Marengo (5-0-1) fought to a draw against Edgar Portillo (6-3-1) in their super featherweight match. Scores were 58-56 56-58 and 57-57.

In the second fight Filipino Mark Melligen improved to 17-2 after scoring a TKO to hand Raymond Gatica (11-1) his first professional loss. Referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight at the 2:36 mark of the 6th round.

Jose Benavidez, 17 year old, (2-0) scored a TKO at the 1:07 mark of the 1st round when his opponent John Vega (0-2) quit while being engulfed by a flurry of punches.

Undefeated middleweight prospect Matt Korobov came out of his corner with bad intentions, blitzing Lamar Harris with a two fisted attack until referee Robert Byrd halted the bout at 1:05 of the first round. St. Louis native Harris (6-5-3,4KO) was immediately forced to the ropes and couldn't land the counter-punch he was looking for to hold off the former Russian Olympian Korobov (10-0,8KO), who got the first round knockout that he was clearly looking for.

Top Rank prospect, Diego Magdaleno, remained undefeated with an (80-72,78-74,79-73) unanimous decision victory over Italy's Floriana Pagliara in an eight round Super Featherweight bout.

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Fernando Montiel vs. Ciso Morales WBO Bantamweight Match

Latin Fury 13/Pinoy Power 3 highlight Eric Montiel vs. Ciso Morales for the WBO Bantamweight fight. The fight was firstly draft to Z Gorres but due to unexpected happening, Morales takeover the slot to battle against Monteil.

Montiel vs. Morales

Fernando Montiel (39-2-2, 29 KOs), of Los Mochis, Mexico, is a four-time, three-division world champion. He captured his first world title, knocking out Isidro Garcia in the seventh round, to capture the WBO flyweight title in 2000. After three successful title defenses, two by knockout, he vacated the title to capture the WBO junior bantamweight title, with a sixth-round TKO of Pedro Alcazar in 2002. After losing the title to Mark Johnson the following year he regained it 2005 by knocking out Ivan Hernandez. After two successful defenses of his crown, he vacated it in 2006 to unsuccessfully challenge Jhonny Gonzalez for the WBO bantamweight title, losing a split decision. He regained the WBO junior bantamweight title for a third time, in 2007, winning a split decision over Zcy Gorres. He held the title through 2008, successfully defending the title four times, all by knockout before vacating it to capture the WBO bantamweight title in April, knocking out Diego Silva in the third round in March.

Ciso Morales (14-0, 8 KOs), of Bohol, Philippines, has been making it rough for all his opponents since making his professional debut in 2007. He captured the WBO Oriental junior featherweight title in only his 10th bout, winning a unanimous decision over Marangin Marbun in 2008. He successfully defended the title three times, two by knockout, through this year, elevating his rating to No. 8 in the WBO.

Don't forget to Watch Latin Fury 13/Pinoy Power 3 on March 13 live on Pay-per-View. ABS-CBN in the Philippines will air as well the bout on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 at 10:30 AM.

Eric Morel vs. Gerry Peñalosa WBO World Title Eliminator

Let's get ready to rumble with this featured boxing on the Latin Fury 13/Pinoy Power 3 boxing event. The Eric Morel vs. Jerry Peñalosa WBO World Title Eliminator match.

Eric Morel (41-2, 21 KOs), of San Juan Puerto Rico, captured the WBA flyweight title in 2000, winning a 12-round decision over defending champion Sornpichai Pisnurachank. He dominated for three years, reigning as champion included five successful title defenses. Since losing the title, Morel has won eight of his last night bouts, including two NABO junior bantamweight and one NABO bantamweight title fights, while elevating himself to become the WBO’s No. 1 bantamweight contender.

Gerry Peñalosa (54-7-2, 34 KOs), of Cebu, Philippines, first came to international prominence in 1997, capturing the World Boxing Council super flyweight by dethroning Hiroshi Kawashima via an exciting split decision. He successfully defended the title three times before losing it the following year to In-Joo Cho by decision. Nine years later, Peñalosa became the comeback story of the year, knocking out Jhonny Gonzalez in the seventh round to become the WBO bantamweight champion in 2007. After one successful title defense, Peñalosa tested the waters of a higher weight class where he unsuccessfully challenged WBO junior featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez In April. He is now back fighting in familiar territory fighting as a bantamweight.

This is tonight's bout of "Who's Still Got It?" Morel says he's refreshed, renewed, he's "got it and [he's] got it for a long time." Peñalosa showed massive intestinal fortitude in his loss against Juan Manuel Lopez last year. His corner had to practically hold him back before going out for another round. But while Gerry was taking poundings from the now-featherweight champion, Morel was resting up after a string of 6 wins. 411mania.com Latin Fury 13/Pinoy Power 3 Review

Latin Fury 13 / Pinoy Power 3 produced and distributed Live on Pay-Per-View by Top Rank, in association with PR Best Boxing, ABS-CBN and the Las Vegas Hilton, will take place Saturday, February 13, 2010, at the Las Vegas Hilton. The four-bout pay-per-view broadcast will begin at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.

ABSCBN News - Donaires foe replaced after failing eye exam

ABS-CBN News reported that Donaire's foe was replaced because Gerson Guerrero of Mexico did not passed the eye examination in the Las Vegas. Guerrero failed the examination because of certain retina issue.

Meanwhile, the fight of Donaire will continue with his new challenger, Mexican Manuel Vargas of Mexico as well.

The video above also features the fighters on suit on their press conference before the the fight on Feb. 13, 2010. Let's get ready to rumble and Watch Pinoy Power 3.

Gorres to watch Pinoy Power III for his support

Z "The Dream" Gorrez was supposedly one of the Filipino boxer who will fight on the upcoming Pinoy Power 3 in Las Vegas but due to unexpected happenings on his last fight he was comatose. Mostly of the news portal has reportedly that he will be at the ringside to watch and give his full support to the Filipino boxers.

“Nalulungkot ako na hindi na ako maka-boxing… dahil bata pa ako, boxing na ako,” he told ABS-CBN Correspondent Dyan Castillejo.

Gorres is recovering from 2 major brain surgeries in Las Vegas, said he will especially cheer on Ciso Morales, the fighter who replaced him in the world title fight against Mexican Fernando Montiel.

Morales, for his part, said he hopes to show Montiel’s World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight belt to Gorres after the fight.

“‘Pag may suwerte, yayakap ako sa kanya... ‘Pag hindi naman, yayakapin ko pa rin siya,” noted Morales. He said he hopes to defeat his Mexican opponent with uppercuts and hooks.

Gorres then addressed Morales, Nonito Donaire, Jr., Mark Melligen, Bernabe Concepcion and Gerry Peñalosa: “Good luck nalang sa inyo sana pagbutihan niyo para maiwagayway ang bandila ng Pilipinas.”

World Boxing Association (WBA) interim super flyweight champion Donaire will defend his title against Manuel Vargas of Mexico. Vargas replaced fellow Mexican Gerson Guerrero, who failed his eye exam because of a detached retina.

Peñalosa will fight Puerto Rican Eric Morel while Concepcion will clash with Mario Santiago of Puerto Rico. Melligen will face Raymond Gatica in the undercard.

Pinoy Power 3 will be aired live on ABS-CBN on Sunday, February 14 at 10:30 a.m. Replays will be shown on the same day on Studio 23 at 8 p.m. and ABS-CBN’s “Sunday’s Best” at 10:30 p.m. Pinoy Power 3 replays will also be shown on February 16 at 4 p.m. and February 18 at 9 p.m. on SkyCable TV’s Balls Channel.

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