Peñalosa brothers Dodie Boy Jr., Dave remain unbeaten after KO wins

Brothers Dodie Boy Jr. and Dave Peñalosa both impressed and maintained their undefeated records in front of a packed crowd at Mandaluyong City Gym on Saturday.

Dodie Boy Jr. (13-0, 12KOs) started the fight against Indonesia's Dicky Amtiran with agile lateral movements and reaching jabs to the body. His ring generalship allowed him to catch Amtiran by surprise, dropping the visiting opponent in the last 30 seconds of the first round.

Despite hurting Amtiran, Dodie Boy Jr. exercised patience with calculated attacks in round two. The southpaw Dodie Boy Jr. started throwing hard right hooks to the body which were visibly felt by Amtiran.

Dodie Boy Jr. cleanly landed repeated left straights and right hooks both to the top and body in round three. It was getting obvious at this point that Amtiran doesn't stand much of a chance, Dodie Boy Jr. gladly ended the Indonesian's misery with a right hook to the liver that sent him kneeling to the canvass.

Amtiran would not get up from that body shot, earning Dodie Boy Jr. his 12th knockout in 13 professional fights. The official time was 1:14.

Dave Peñalosa (9-0, 6KOs) won his first eight-round bout by knockout against Danilo Gabisay but not without a trip to the canvass for the first time in his promising career.

Dave cautiously gauged his opponent with jabs and movement in round one. As soon as Danilo started letting his hands go, he got caught by a patented Peñalosa right hook counter followed by a left uppercut.

Dave started working the body in round two. Hard hooks from both hands to the mid section made Gabisay look helpless at one point as he asked the referee to call for a low blow when there was none. Gabisay landed a couple of right hands but not without getting countered with right hooks from Dave.

Dave was working the body and even stunned Gabisay with a right hook on top in round three. A brutal exchange in the center of the ring saw Dave getting dropped by a clean straight right.

Gabisay soon found out that Dave meant business in round 4. A hard left straight from Dave sent Gabisay sitting on the ropes and got called for a knockdown. Smelling blood, Dave continued his attack and managed to drop Gabisay again, this time with a right hook in the last 10 seconds of the round.

Gabisay never seemed to have recovered from the last round. Dave's well timed left straight to the stomach reduced Gabisay to a knee and was counted out. The official time was 1:23 of round five.  — JST, GMA News