Invasion: Philippines vs. The World
April 2nd, 2008The invasion begins at Araneta Coliseum - the home to the classic “Thrilla in Manilla” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975, will once again hold a boxing event, the even is called “Invasion: Philippines vs. The World” an eight-bout event which will be held on April 6, 2008 8am Philippine time (broadcast time is 10am)
The main event will feature Gerry Peñalosa(52-6, 35 KO’s) vs. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin (71-9, 47 KO’s) of Thailand, Peñalosa will defend his title for the first time to Ratanachai Sor Vorapin. They already met in 2000 and Peñalosa won that fight via 6th round TKO.
The other bouts are:
Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista (23-1, 17 KO’s) vs. Mexico’s Genaro Camargo (16-3, 10 KO’s)
AJ “Bazooka” Banal (15-0, 12 KO’s) vs, Uruguay’s Caril Herrera (21-0, 13 KO’s)
Ciso “Kid Terrible” Morales (10-0, 6 KO’s) vs. South Korea’s Yoo Shin Kim (6-1, 4 KO’s)
Michael Domingo vs. Thailand’s Thepnimit Sor Chitpattana
Bert Batawang vs. Indonesia’s Heri Amol.
I will be posting the results of every fight here.