NABIGO si mandatory at No.1 contender Jonathan Taconing na maaagaw ang WBC light flyweight title sa kampeong Hapones na si Ken Shiro na nautakan siya sa hit-and-run tactics bago naputukan ng kilay kaya napatigil sa 4th round ng kanilang sagupaan sa Edion Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan nitong Biyernes ng gabi.
“Fast-moving and quick-punching, unbeaten Japanese Ken Shiro 107.75, successfully made his sixth defense of the WBC light-flyweight belt when he swept the first three rounds with his hit-and-run tactics and scored a fine TKO victory over top-ranked Filipino Jonathan Taconing, 108, at 1:00 into the fourth session on Friday in Osaka, Japan,” ayon sa ulat ng Fightnews.com. “The baby-faced champ, 27, kept whipping the hard-punching but less accurate Filipino from the start as he made best use of his faster footwork that obviously kept Taconing from connecting vaunted solid southpaw lefts.”
“Taconing occasionally tried to connect with his roundhouse lefts to the shifty champ, who, however, continually made himself a moving target. The third saw an accidental butt that produced a gash over the right eyebrow of Taconing with a point deducted from the uncut champ due to the WBC rules,” dagdag sa ulat. “In round four, Ken sharply connected with a vicious right followed by a solid left hook, which badly decked the game Filipino to the deck. Taconing managed to raise himself and attempted to go on, but his legs apparently betrayed his fighting spirit with referee Fran Garza (US) duly calling a halt at a right time.”
Napaganda ni Shiro ang kanyang kartada sa 16 panalo na may 9 pagwawagi sa knockouts samantalng bumagsak ang rekord ni Taconing sa 28-4-1 win-loss-draw na may 22 pagwawagi sa knockouts. - Gilbert Espeña
