Fernando Montiel KOs overmatched Filipino foe

Fernando “KOchulito” Montiel made short work of his overmatched Filipino opponent, as he scored a third round knockout Saturday (Sunday, PHL time) at the Hotel Azul Ixtapa in Guerrero, Mexico.

Montiel knocked Jaderes “Mayon’s Lava” Padua down twice in the third round which caused referee Pat Boone to step in and save the young Filipino fighter.

On paper, Padua had no business being anywhere near Montiel's name. The Mexican showed in the fight that Padua did not even belong in the same ring.

Prior to his fight against Montiel, Padua only had eleven fights under his belt. For his first ten fights, none of Jaderes’ opponents had a winning record. He padded his record against questionable opposition, even twice beating a fighter who had a horrible one win, nine loss record.

The official time of the knockout was 1:12 of the third round. Montiel promised to retire from boxing if he lost to Padua, but his career was never in danger throughout the short fight.

Padua’s first career loss came at the hands of Adelino Balongcas back in 2011. Heading into that fight, Balongcas carried an ugly record of four wins, 15 losses, and four draws but he still managed to defeat Padua.

Montiel on the other hand has fought the world’s best fighters in the flyweight and bantamweight divisions including Filipinos Z Gorres and Nonito Donaire. It was no surprise that Montiel knocked out Padua, but the big question is why the fight was even made.

Montiel landed the fight meaningful punch of the fight as he staggered Padua with a left hook in the first minute of the fight. The Mexican connected with more left hooks throughout the first round while Padua did nothing but showboat.

In the second round, it was Padua’s turn to hurt Montiel with a left hook. The Filipino pushed forward connecting with a left hook, right uppercut combination but Montiel weathered the storm quickly.

Padua continued to showboat by dropping his gloves to his side, doing the Ali shuffle, and even turning his back on his opponent. Montiel made him pay with a big overhand right and a double left hook that staggered Padua.

Montiel landed an overhand right that got Padua’s attention but the Filipino continued to showboat by holding on to the ropes and posing. The Mexican made him pay by landing another overhand right that knocked Padua down.

The brash youngster made it back to his feet but Montiel unleashed a brutal combination to score a second knocked down which prompted the referee to call a halt to the bout.

The last time Padua fought in Mexico, he was knocked out in six rounds by Tomas Rojas. As a precaution, fighters who have been knocked out in their last fight take three months off to completely heal. However, Padua and his team saw it fit to fight another former world champion two months after his last loss.

With the win, Montiel raised his record to 50 wins against four losses and two draws with 37 knockouts. Padua on the other hands drops down to eight wins, three losses, and a draw.

This was not the first time Montiel knocked out a young Filipino challenger. Back in 2010, Ciso Morales, who only had 15 fights under his belt at that time, challenged Montiel for the WBO bantamweight title. Montiel knocked out Morales in the first round effectively killing the youngster’s potentially good career. - GMA News