On his first shot for a world title, Bernabe Concepcion lost the fight by disqualification on his World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight title match against Steven Luevano at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
He was disqualified by Referee Jay Nady when the 21-year-old Pacquiao protege threw two punches after the bell sounded at the end of Round 7. It dropped the Mexican-American into the canvas when the current champion has already lowered his hands and was preparing to touch gloves with the Filipino rising star.
In an interview with Freddie Roach on the post-fight, he said that the punches were never intentional. He called it “Late Punches” but he agreed that the disqualification was justified. Ring side doctors ruled that Luevano cannot continue due to the flagrant punches.
Steven Luevano is a known distance fighter. He controlled the tempo of the match opting to fight outside rather than mixed it up with Concepcion’s brawling style. It must have been the reason why Bernabe grew frustrated for not making a clean shot at the champion. But the “Late Punches” proved that Luevano cannot take Abe’s power punches.
If the fight not for disqualification and the fight had to stop, Luevano still would have won the fight via split decision. The scorecards after two of the three judges ruled in Luevano’s favor with Steve Morrow and CJ Ross scored 67-64 and 68-65 in favor of Luevano while Glenn Trowbridge saw the fight for Concepcion at 67-66.
The championi, who improved his fight record to 37-1-1 with 15 of his wins by way of knockout, said he is open to a rematch with Concepcion later this year. It was also Luevano’s fifth chance to successfully defend his title. With the experience that Concepcion had in this fight, we can look forward for a better match later this year. The rematch is initially scheduled on December.
OK lang yan, Abe. Sana next time, you manalo ka na! Laban ka ulit this coming December kay Steven Luevano!
Go! Go! Go!
Bingi ka, Abe! Bingi ka! Ayusin mo naman!
Abe, OK lang yun ! Huwag ka ma discourage sa nang yari. Rematch nalang, I got faith on you, Stay focus and keep charging. God Bless!
malakas ka mabilis pero kulang ka sa straight punch khit kaya mo ang suntok ng klaban mo hwag kang magpasuntok palagi sa ulo iwasan mo
pagdating ng last round hilo kna
abe maniwala ka huwag ka mawalan ng pag asa ikaw si nonito ang next manny pacman
ABE IDOL KO KAYO TATLO NINA MANNY.NONITO AT ABE HUWAG KA MAWALAN NG PAG ASA MANIWALA KA SA DIYOS IKAW AT SI NONITO ANG NEXT PACMAN.DITO AKO SA LONDON SIKAT KAYO.PERO TAGA CABUYAO LAGUNA AKO.CANSICIO FAMILY SA MARINIG CABUYAO LAGUNA KAMI.IDOL KA NG TATAY KO
abe lost because he was wearing mexican colors (red, white & green). pinoys thought he was being pasaway. so they wished for him to loose. or maybe it was karma because he seemed ashamed to carry philippine colors.
sana wag po kayong manghusga basta-basta.di man po niya dala ang kulay ng bansang Pilipinas e dala naman po niya ang kulay ng kanyang pananampalataya.kaya po iyon ang kulay ng boxing shorts niya kasi po INC siya.
wla p din xa ky pacman
dati idol ko xa pero ngaun nd na, dapat ung kulay ng short nya 2lad sa BANSA ntin
madami na sa kanya nagagalit
oo nga
tsk tsk tsk tsk hindi sya makabayan!
mas itinataas pa nya ung Flag na Mukang EwaN, Dapat RP FLAG ung winawagayway nya(BLUE,RED,YELLOW, 3STAR and the SUN)
Mas my appeal si PACMAN s Kanya, Mas Makabayan si MANNY sa Kanya