By Carlos Costa

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines   --   There were 12 fights and there were 12 explosive knockouts in Sanman's Boxing Show Tuesday Evening at Robinsons Place here in Gensan.   Several of the knockouts were fantastic body shots.  Fans loving every minute. Sanman's "Brawl at the Mall 12" was a thrilling success.  

In the main event, sensational Filipino knockout artist "The Hurricane" Jade Bornea (14-0, 10 KO's) brutalized Zamboangueno Jonathan Francisco (10-11-1, 4 KO's) stopping him in two rounds.  

From the get-go, the Sanman unbeaten bantamweight made perfect use of his superior fighting skills, allowing a heavy rain of leather to pour over the brave Francisco, mercilessly ravaging his mid-section, dropping him to the blue canvas, castigating him till the uneven combat was thankfully halted. 

Way too powerful was Jade Bornea over his opponent, his knock out win satisfying his growing number of fans, and the 23-year-old warrior is ready for more challenging missions.

In the co-feature, Sanman super bantamweight WBC Asian titlist "Magic" Mike Plania (20-1, 11 KO's) vaporized unheralded southpaw Nicardo "The Destroyer" Calamba of Butuan, rocking him four times to the floor in the opening chapter, and one more time in the following stanza en route to a TKO win in chapter two.   

Plania looked sharp and crushing, cruising with easy over his veteran opponent, and the fans want to see more "Magic." The referee for the clash was veteran Alberto Heramil of Polomolok,

VINCE PARAS BACK TO THE WINNING CIRCLE

Former world-title challenger Vince Paras (14-2, 12 KO's) of Gensan, weighing 112 pounds, stopped in seven chapters 24-year-old "Machine Gun" Reymark Taday (9-9-1, 4 KO's) of Binan, Laguna.    Exhusted and hopeless, Taday just did not want to keep on fighting, opted for staying in his corner.

The victory puts Paras back in the winning column after consecutive losses last year to world-class fighters Hiroto Kyoguchi (12-0, 9 KO's) and Jonathan Taconing (28-3-1, 22 KO's).

Paras' knock out triumph is commendable and serves well the purpose of getting him away from defeats, but for some unknown reason, the highly-skilled Paras looked just three quarters the fighter he was in 2017 when he caught the eye of boxing fans in the Philippines.   

Tonight, Paras, 20, looked without his usual good timing and distance, missing a lot of blows that went lost into the air.  He also lacked the usual damaging power in his blows.  

His known mobility was nowhere to be seen and he even took some hands from Taday, a man without a third Paras' credentials.   That is why fans hope that for his next fight, "El Latigo" Paras would regroup, make editions and get back in top form.

The author Carlos Costa is a veteran man of boxing living in the Philppines.   Carlos can be reached at carlos512@hotmail.com and whatsapp/viber/wechat:  +639184538152.