A.J Banal tormentor Concepcion beaten by Arce

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ARCE STOPS CONCEPCION IN 9TH

PhilBoxing.com

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican star Jorge Arce used his ring war experience to grab the WBA Interim Super Flyweight Title and stopped the very durable with a heart of a lion warrior from Panama Rafael 'El Torito' Concepcion in the 9th round before thousands of chanting hometown fans and a phletora of Mexican boxing champions past and present during the eve of the Mexican Independence Day celebration at the Arena Mexico here.


A who's who of Mexican stars -- Antonio Margarito, Jose Luis Castillo, Archie Solis, Fernando Montiel, Israel Vazquez, Marco Antonio Barrera and Julio Cesar Chavez came to witness and cheer the highly popular 'El Travieso' Arce in a place considered to be the seat of power of Mexican boxing.

Arce and Concepcion, who are both sluggers, engaged in a phone-booth battle most of the night which kept the thousands in attendance at the edges of their seats.

Arce started out strong in the first round tagging Concepcion with combinations and at one point backing up Concepcion in one corner for an extended period although Concepcion was also able to throw his own counters. Arce had a big second round throwing powerful bombs and tagging Concepcion with lefts and rights to the head which seemed to indicate for an early end of the fight in Arce's favor.

The third round saw a sudden reversal when Concepcion, showing his never say die attitude which earned him a shocking upset win over Banal last July, battled Arce toe to toe and tagged Arce with a powerful left to the head that staggered Arce and silenced the raucous Mexican crowd. Concepcion kept the pressure on Arce throughout the round but failed to finish the war torn Arce.

The fourth and fifth rounds saw a see-saw battle where both fighters threw big bombs on each other that you could almost expect either one of the could go down soon. But the battled-tested Arce and the younger and bull-strong Concepcion stood their grounds until the completion of the rounds.

The sixth round saw the beginning of the end for Concepcion when Arce hit a homerun hook to the body that visibly hurt Concepcion. Arce then followed it up with more hooks that kept Concepcion on the defensive arching very low to defend his body. In the seventh round Arce kept zeroing on in the body of Concepcion who tried to clinched and threw his patented clubbing on the side of Arce's body similar to what he did to Banal.

The eight round saw Concepcion in survival mode by clinching or running away from Arce who never stopped pounding Concepcion's midsection. Concepcion was warned by Referee Steve Smogger for continually hitting Arce on the side everytime he clinched.

The ninth round saw Concepcion badly punished as Arce who now tags the rapidly weakening Concepcion almost at will with head and body shots that turned many in the crowd shouting to the referee to stop the fight. To the credit of Concepcion, he never went down from the punishment and was able to finish the round when the 55-bout veteran Arce literally gave his all to the much younger Concepcion who was fighting for only his 15th professional fight.

When Concepcion returned to his corner, he was examined by the ring physician who recommended to the referee to stop the fight before the start of the 10th round.

PhilBoxing scored it 88-83 for Arce after the night round.

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naluyas concepcion sa mga body shots na gibuhian ni Arce, wa mo epekto ang dirty tactics ni concepcion na clinch & hit.. naa ni video sa youtube, na delete lng nko ang link..

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Banal seeks rematch

EVEN if Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion lost his World Boxing Association interim super flyweight crown, ALA boy AJ “Bazooka” Banal still wants to have a rematch with the Panamanian slugger in the near future.

Banal (17-1-1, 14 KOs) desires to reclaim his lost glory after suffering his first professional defeat to Concepcion (11-3-1, 7 KOs) who stopped him in the 10th round of their championship battle last July 26 at the Cebu Coliseum.

“We are really looking at a rematch with Concepcion. That’s what AJ wants that’s what everybody wants,” ALA Promotions President Michael Aldeguer told Sun.Star Cebu.

Concepcion suffered the same fate as Banal last Sept. 15 in Mexico City because he was beaten by Mexican brawler Jorge “El Travieso” Arce (50-4-1, 38 KOs) via a referee stoppage at the end of the ninth round after the ring physician said that the Panamanian wasn’t fit to continue.

Aldeguer believes they will not rush things for Banal and take it one step at a time before they pit the 19-year-old Cebuano with his tormentor.

“We’re going to give AJ one or two more fights and then assess how prepared he is mentally and physically to fight Concepcion,” said Aldeguer. “We’re going take this little by little. He must win convincingly in his comeback fight. We are still talking with Golden Boy on who we will match up with AJ.”

Talks

ALA Promotions are continuously having talks with Golden Boy Promotions and are planning to have Banal’s return bout in the US, in the Friday Night Boxing fight card on the eve of the much-anticipated Dec. 6 dream battle of two ring icons, Filipino boxing superstar Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and legendary boxer “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya.

“That’s our plan to put Banal in the Dec. 5 fight card but its not confirmed yet. We are still continuing our talks with Golden Boy,” said the ALA Promotions President.

When the time will come when Banal will once again step foot in the ring with Concepcion, Aldeguer assured that the venue of their rematch will still be here in Cebu City.

“If they will have a rematch it would definitely be here in Cebu. AJ wants redemption. He hasn’t fully recovered from his defeat. He feels that he let everybody down and he wants to redeem himself in front of his fellow Cebuanos.” (EKA)

* source: Sun.Star Cebu - Banal seeks rematch

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sus wla ni bawt iyang tikas nga gakus sukmag oi... kulating nu.on arce...

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wala jud bawt c concepcion, pero nakaigo pod bya xa ug mga solid shots kang arce pero mura mag wala dutli c arce. gahi jud ug papangig nis arce.. so unsa kaha mahitabo ani sa? moaway c arce ni mijares or moaway pa xa sa other interim wba champion sa japan?

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naa lgi ko nadunggan nga naay plano c arum contra cla donaire puhon... ambot lng kng tinu.od ba ni

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mao ba idol keboks? diin mn ka kuha ana? naa ky link dha? thanks.. ^^

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newspaper man to pogs... bsta ka bsa lng ko ana...

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OT: ang kontra ni donaire kay taga Africa paman, mandatory defense ni donaire murag undercard ilang pacquaio vs ODLH.

tagak nas ranking c concepcion. mytag modaug napod c banal ug mga bouts pra mobalik ug taas iyang rankings.. GO AJ!!! ^^

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mao btw.. naka basa ko kng ma pildi nla ilng respective opponents naa dakung possibility nga cla ang sunod... ka basa pud ko ang g pili ni Juan Manuel Lopez nga away kay either boom2 daw or conception... pro la pay cguro...