RP's 'Kid Terrible' beats Mexican foe in Sonsona undercard

Filipino boxer Ciso "Kid Terrible" Morales won by majority decision over Mexican foe Miguel Angel Gonzalez in one of the undercard fights of the Marvin Sonsona-Alejandro Hernandez title bout at the Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada. The three judges scored the fight at 77-75, 76-76 and 78-74 with the third judge giving six of the eight rounds to the Cagayan de Oro-based boxer in his eight-round junior featherweight match against the Guadalajara native Gonzalez.

The 21-year-old Morales, wearing gray and white trunks, remained unbeaten after 14 fights with eight of his wins coming by way of knockout while Gonzalez suffered his second loss in only his 12th match. Gonzalez controlled the match in the early rounds using his height and reach advantage but the Filipino managed to hold his ground, partly using what PhilBoxing.com described as "roughhousing tactics" to neutralize the Mexican’s edge. The Talibon, Bohol-born Morales, who is ranked No. 8 in the super bantamweight division by the WBO, made his first outing on foreign soil. It was also his first time to be handled by trainer Nonito Donaire, Sr., who also tapped his other ward, Sonsona, to be Morales’ training partner in their joint training camp in Cebu for their respective Canada fights. PhilBoxing.com quoted promoter Sammy Gello-Ani sa saying that plans are afoot to give Morales several bouts in Canada in preparation for a possible world title fight in the near future. - GMANews.TV