Thursday, November 20, 2014

‘Good Boy’ suffers TKO defeat in US world title fight

PAGADIAN CITY: Pinoy bantamweight Marvin “Good Boy” Mabait virtually is at the crossroad of having more hope of finding his own version of ‘The American Dream.’

This, after the Zamboanga City native suffered a TKO in the hands of WBC world super flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras.

The 26-year-old fighter was knocked down three times by his Mexican foe before referee Eddie Claudio stopped the contest at the 0:36 mark of round six.

Mabait was under the training guidance of Nonito Donaire Sr. since he arrived in the United States last year as a late replacement in the world title bout of another Pinoy fighter Sonny Boy Jaro.

The “Chavacano Disaster,” Mabait’s other boxing alias, possesses a second consecutive stoppage defeat as his record fell to 19-3-2 with 13 knockouts while Cuadras improved to 31-0-1 with 25 knockouts.