(Photo captions: 1) Ambassador Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. receives WBC flyweight silver champion Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong, who made a courtesy call along with manager Manny Pinol. 2) Ambassador Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr., poses with new WBC flyweight silver champion Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong, boxing manager Manny Pinol and Braveheart Boxing Club chief trainer Noli Pinol. (pr)
Showing his concern for upcoming Filipino boxers, San Miguel Corporation Chairman Amb. Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. on Friday supported the airing July 3 of the sensational 1st round knockout victory of North Cotabato boxer Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong over World No. 1 Jesus "The Destroyer" Jimenez to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) Flyweight Silver Championship.
The fight, staged in Tepic City, Mexico June 19 and described by no less than WBC Secretary General Mauricio Sulaiman as spectacular, will be aired July 3 at 11 a.m. on ABS CBN Studio 23.
The show will be hosted by veteran sportscaster Ronnie Nathanielsz with Manny Pinol and sports journalist Recah Trinidad as panelists. Dapudong and his chief trainer, Noli Pinol, will also be interviewed in the show.
Cojuangco personally shouldered the payment of the airtime and the cost of the production of the one hour television special titled "Tale of Boxing's Barefoot Prince: WBC Flyweight Silver Championship."
"Filipino boxing fans should see this fight," Ambassador Cojuangco told Dapudong's manager, Manny Pinol, who called on him yesterday at his San Miguel Corporation office in Mandaluyong along with the new champion and Braveheart Boxing Club chief trainer Noli Pinol.
Long before Dapudong flew to Mexico to fight for the world title, Ambassador Cojuangco has already pledged his support to Pinol in his quest to produce a new world boxing champion.
It will be remembered and even before boxing icon Manny Pacquiao started earning hundreds of millions in his fights, Cojuangco, through San Miguel Corporation, has given the "Pacman" a lifetime special support fund in 9 digit figures.
Ambassador Cojuangco during the call reminded Dapudong to behave and live like a true champion and a model for the Filipino youth.(pr)
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