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Both parties are looking at a date in November or early December for the fight to happen.
Ortiz said that Castillo is looking for Garcia to make one title defense before facing Condes again. "They want to savor of being a champion for a while before they'll face Condes again because they knew that a second fight with Condes would be more difficult," Ortiz added.
Ortiz and Castillo both agreed that a Garcia-Condes rematch is good for the fans and good for business because even with the short time that Condes was in La Paz, he had captured quite a following among local boxing afficionados. "Condes is now very popular in La Paz," Ortiz said. "After the split decision verdict was announced and while we were walking from the ring to the dugout, which was a long walk, Condes was loudly applauded by the audience chanting 'Florante, Florate' during our entire walk."
"Rayito" Garcia Hirales se convierte de esa manera en el primer peleador sudcaliforniano que logra la máxima gloria en el boxeo de paga, poniendo el nombre de Baja California Sur en el enlistado de los máximos organismos del boxeo mundial, entrando por la puerta grande a la historia del boxeo de BCS.
Filipino boxer Florante Condes lost his International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimum flyweight crown to undefeated and hometown bet, Mexican Raul Garcia, in a unanimous decision in La Paz, Mexico.
Condes, dubbed as "The Little Pacquiao," managed to score a knockdown in the final round with a right hand, but the judges favored the Mexican with 112-115, 110-118, 112-115 scores, a report posted on Philboxing.com said
Garcia reportedly used a lot of lateral movements and kept himself at a safe distance against the heavy hitting Filipino.
Reports from Mexico indicate that Condes had his moments in the fight, but these were few and far in between as Garcia deftl neutralized his power and had a great gameplan to control the Filipino power puncher.
Both fighters' faces were marked after the 12-round encounter, which made Garcia the sixth reigning Mexican world champion today.
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (3)
at 14:09 on June 15th, 2008
patgarcia, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 01:34 on April 9th, 2009
Good story!
at 07:50 on April 9th, 2009
Thanks! Rayito was programmed to fight again this past Saturday but the fight was postponed.