Bautista gets past Sampaga

Roderek Bautista of General Santos City brawled his way to a unanimous points decision victory over Arvin John Sampaga of Masbate for the Philippine Boxing Federation light-flyweight belt during the main event of Sunday night’s Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow at the Ramon Magsaysay Covered Court in Bago Bantay, Quezon City.

It was another successful staging by Blow-By-Blow, the country’s one and only boxing program on television, as Filipino boxers and their handlers were treated to a day of intense ring action presented by Ginebra San Miguel.

In one of the featured bouts of the day, Ar-Ar Andales shocked former world champion Rene Mark Cuarto.

Andales, fighting out of SanMan Boxing of General Santos City and Quibors Boxing, even decked Cuarto en route to earning scores of 97-92 (twice) and 98-91.

Blow-By-Blow, which was revived by Pacquiao himself two years ago, is seen every Sunday at 8:30 p.m. on Cignal’s One Sports channel.

“I am delighted that Philippine boxing became witness to another day of quality fights,” Pacquiao said from Dubai when briefed later on by Blow-By-Blow executives Marife Barrera and Len Tomas.