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| Dennis Laurente defeats Holloway by UD |
Laurente opened up Saturday's (Sunday in manila) event with a unanimous decision (UD) win over Rashad Holloway of Raleigh, North Carolina.
All three judges saw the eight-round fight in favor of the Filipino world welterweight title hopeful with scores of 77-75, 79-73 and 78-74 against Holloway, a former sparring partner of Pacquiao.
Laurente improved to 36 wins (18 by knockout), three losses and five draws while Holloway dropped to 11-2-2.
Mepranum followed shortly with a split decision victory against Anthony Villareal of Peris, California in their six-round flyweight match.
Mepranum, a constituent of the fighting congressman of Sarangani province Pacquiao, hiked his ring record to 23 wins (5 KOs), two losses (1 KO) and 1 draw.
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| Mepranum wins by split decision over Villareal |
But a third Pinoy fighter, Elorde, the grandson of Filipino boxing legend Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, lost his debut in the international stage when he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Houston native Angel Rodriguez.
The four-round lightweight fight ended with Rodriguez compiling scores of 40-36, 40-36 and 39-37.
It was Elorde's first loss in 12 matches. He previously won four of his 11 matches by way of KO. Rodrigues improved to 5-4-2.
Pacquiao takes on Margarito for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight title in the main event of a heavy 88-round card.
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