Davao’s Balweg Bangoyan lost via technical knockout (TKO) in the 5th round in his title-bid for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-bantamweight crown against Japan’s Toshiski Nishioka in Tokyo last Friday, according to reports received here.
A vicious left by the 33-year-old Japanese southpaw sent down the previously undefeated Bangoyan in the early fifth round.
Dubbed as “The Davao Hitman,†the WBC International super-bantamweight champion and ranked WBC No. 10 contender paid the price for his recklessness.
Although Bangoyan beat the count and tried to fight back, he was still groggy and Nishioka was all over the challenger before Mexican referee Gelacio Perez stepped in and called a halt at 1:14 of the fifth round.
It was the comparatively inexperienced Bangoyan’s first fight abroad and his first loss which once again spotlighted the tendency to rush promising young fighters into title fights when they are not quite ready.
In fact, Bangoyan had struggled in his last two fights, winning a 12-round majority decision over the slow-moving Raymond Sermona to grab the vacant international title on Sept. 12, 2009, after earlier winning a 10-round majority decision over veteran Jaime Barcelona on June 27, 2009.
With the win, Nishioka improved to 36-4-3 with 23 knockouts while Bangoyan dropped to 15-1 with six knockouts.
Bangoyan is a 23-year-old protégé of Jose Abad Santos Mayor Zander Khan, who is running for governor of Davao del Sur. Bangoyan was first trained by the veteran Vicente “Inteng†Adriano of Davao City before he went to Manila to prepare for the world title fight.
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