MANILA, Philippines - As a tribute to the late super-flyweight boxer Karlo Maquinto, the weekly Rod Nazario’s In This Corner will air one of the memorable bouts in the short career of the fallen fighter from Iloilo tonight over PTV-4.
The six-round match, held last November in Tejeros Convention Center, in Rosario, Cavite, will see Maquinto slugging it out with Zoren Pama. It will be aired from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., and presented by Ginebra San Miguel, San Miguel Beer, Purefoods, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), and Petron.
Maquinto, fighting out of Baguio-based Shape Up boxing gym, died last Friday due to cardio-respiratory arrest after lapsing into deep coma following his drawn fight with Mark Joseph Costa just last week.
He was 21, with a ring record of 6-0-1, four by knockouts
The Maquinto-Pama encounter serves as the preliminary to the main bout featuring Vergel Puton against Larry Abarra.
The Puton-Abarra match is set for six rounds in the featherweight class.