Pinatunayan ni International Boxing Organization (IBO) junior flyweight champion Rey Loreto na hindi tsamba ang unang panalo niya kay South African boxing hero Nkosinathi Joyi nang patulugin niya ito sa 1st round sa Mdantsane Gymnasium sa East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa kamakalawa ng gabi.

Taglay ang kumpiyansa at pananalig sa Diyos, walang inaksayang sandali si Loreto at kaagad sinalakay ang mas matangkad na South African na bumagsak nang tamaan niya ng matinding kumbinasyon.

“At about one minute and 30 seconds into the fight, Loreto caught Joyi with a crunching right hook followed by a left uppercut which dropped the South Africa for a mandatory count of 8,” ayon sa ulat ng Philboxing.com. “It was obvious though that Joyi was badly hurt and as Nyangiwe motioned the two fighters to resume the action, Loreto stepped forward, measured the distance between him and the South African fighter and unleashed a combination to the head. As Joyi slumped almost motionless in the neutral corner, Nyangiwe did not even bother to count and waved off the fight.”

“The defeat of Joyi was so brutal that it silenced the erstwhile noisy hometown crowd who chanted a Zulu war song to buoy the fighting spirit of the former Olympian and two-time world champion who was also knocked out by Loreto in their first meeting in Monte Carlo Feb. 12 last year,” dagdag sa ulat. “An unbelieving Loreto, who was later joined by his trainer Joven Jorda, cried and shouted ‘Thank you Lord’ after the fight was stopped.