Filipino slugger retains OPBF title in JapanDAVAO CITY — Filipino slugger Renie “Commander” Dacquel came back strong in the late rounds with a knockdown in the 8th to score a come-from-behind unanimous decision to retain his Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) super flyweight title against Japanese challenger Go Onaga on Sunday night at the Prefectural Budokan in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. But the 25-year old Filipino pug from Team United finally found his range by bombarding the challenger with body shots and combinations. Dacquel, a former WBC Youth world super flyweight champion, improved his record to 18 wins with 6 losses, 1 draw and 6 knockouts while Onaga dropped to 27W-3L-2D with 18 KOs. Two other Filipino boxers, however, bowed to their Japanese rivals on points in the undercard. Super featherweight Jovill Marayan (9W-23L-3D) lost to Masatoshi Kotani (19W-2L-0D) while light flyweight Jeffrey Galero (14W-2L-0D) bowed to Seita Ogido (11W-2L-1D)

Source: Manila Bulletin August 23, 2016 03:45 UTC