Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista defeats Heriberto Ruiz but gets booed

Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista reportedly got booed by some 3,000 crowd after he was proclaimed the winner by technical decision in his rematch fight with Heriberto Ruiz at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu on June 11.

Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista wins via technical decision against Heriberto Ruiz during their rematch

Sunstar Daily reported that "fans booed Boom Boom loudly as soon as the decision was read and Ruiz, whose camp started celebrating when it was announced the fight would go to the decision because of the cut, was dejected."

Abac Cordero of The Philippine Star said it was probably because the crowd "wanted a clean fight or that they had expected a better performance from Bautista, who held back his punches when he should have thrown them."

The fight dubbed "The Grudge Rematch" went to scorecards after the ringside doctor called a halt to the fight at 0:56 of the seventh round after the two boxers' cuts caused by several headbutts were bleeding profusely.

Judge Bruce McTavish scored 69-65, while Muhammad Rois and Rey Danseco both gave 68-65 points, in favor of Baustita, declaring the "Pinoy Pride" the new IBF international featherweight champion.

Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista lost to Heriberto Ruiz on points during their first boxing encounter in Las Vegas on November 22, 2008.

Denver Cuello knocks out Thai opponent in 9th Round

WBC International minimumweight titlist Filipino boxer Denver "The Excitement" Cuello stunned Thai contender Samat Chaiyong with a 9th-round technical knockout and thus winning the fight held at the Ynares Gym in Angono, Rizal on March 26.

Samat used the entire ring to circle out of harm’s way but Cuello caught up with him in the fourth, landing a series of powerful lefts to the Thai’s head.

The Thai tried everything to stop Cuello’s attack in the fifth to eighth rounds but got trapped in a corner in the ninth and absorbed a hail of punches, forcing referee Bruce McTavish to stop the fight.

Denver Cuello, 24, suffered a loss by disqualification in his fight against Juan Hernandez last year.

Undefeated superbantamweight Ernie Sanchez beat Jog Alim via an eighth round TKO in the main supporting bout.

Alim hit the deck in the opening round but slowly worked his way back into the fight, only to fall anew in the eighth after a series of shots by Sanchez.

source: Malaya.com.ph

Denver Cuello's photo courtesy of Google Images