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Boxing: Former champs Tapales, Tepora score wins

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Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/06/02/20190602-tapales-tepora.jpg"/><figcaption>Marlon Tapales and Jhack Tepora were both triumphant. <em>Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>SAN JACINTO, California – A pair of Filipino fighters put on impressive performances at the Soboba Casino on Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila).</p><p>Marlon Tapales and Jhack Tepora, who both lost their world titles on the scales, headlined the Premier Boxing Champions fight card against a pair of Latino opponents.</p><p>Tapales, a former WBO bantamweight champion, kicked off the telecast against Mexico&#x27;s Robert Castaneda. He immediately scored a knockdown in the first round, and did more damage with his lethal left hand in the third.</p><p>The referee put a stop to the contest, giving Tapales his seventh straight win via stoppage. His record improved to 33 wins and two losses.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Here’s what the Marlon Tapales knock out looked like on <a href="https://twitter.com/PBConFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PBConFOX</a> 👊🏼🇵🇭🥊 <a href="https://t.co/RFJGiCe95C">pic.twitter.com/RFJGiCe95C</a></p>— Steve Angeles (@StevieAngeles) <a href="https://twitter.com/StevieAngeles/status/1134953585253523456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;Medyo na-sense ko na medyo nasasaktan na ang kalaban ko,&quot; said Tapales, who was thrilled to gain a quick win.</p><p>Meanwhile, Tepora returned from a ten-month layoff by defeating Jose Luis Gallegos via decision.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/boxing/news/2019/05/23/boxing-thurman-plans-crucify-pacquiao-inside-ring-57059">READ: Keith Thurman plans to &#x27;crucify&#x27; Manny Pacquiao inside the ring</a></li></ul><p>Tepora had lost his interim WBA featherweight title by failing to make the weight for a showdown against Hugo Ruiz, in a bout that was supposed to be on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Adrien Broner card earlier this year.</p><p>All three judges saw the bout in Tepora&#x27;s favor, with scores of 99-91 across the board. The Cebuano now has a 23-0 win-loss record.</p><p>&quot;Ang ginawa ko, puntos-puntos lang, gamit ng utak,&quot; Tepora said of his game plan.</p><p>For the two young fighters, their road to redemption goes through another Filipino who is also a former world champion.</p><p>For the past year, former light-flyweight champion Rodel Mayol has taken several Filipino fighters under his wing, including Tepora and Tapales.</p><p>&quot;Ipakita lang sa kanila na kayang-kaya mag-lose ng weight, at saka talagang kailangan nila mag-follow sa trainers,&quot; said Mayol.</p><p>Tepora will now continue his training in the United States, while Tapales will look at his next options.</p><p>As for Mayol, who also coached Romero Duno to a victory earlier this month, he is off to Japan to help Aston Palicte prepare for a world title shot against Kazuto Ioka.</p><div><strong>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</strong></div>

<p>A pair of Filipino fighters put on impressive performances at the Soboba Casino on Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila).</p>

A pair of Filipino fighters put on impressive performances at the Soboba Casino on Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila).

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Boxing: Former champs Tapales, Tepora score wins

Steve Angeles,

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

Published June 02, 2019 12:44 PM PHT

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