CÖCKYBUFFALO: Jong Seon Kang vs. Tomjune Kilaton Mangubat RBR

Round 8

Mangubat is jabbing and sliding his feet backward slowly, then counter hooking off the jab as he quickly breaks into a diagonal when Kang moves in on him, fly-fishing with jabs and rights. Kang not letting up, stepping in and jabbing whenever Mangubat does to disrupt his rhythm, and looking to set up a massive right hand. One gets in, grazing, but has Mangubat scrambling. Kang punching his way in to body and head, persistent. Mangubat lying in wait to ambush, unloading on him and then clinching as needed.

10-9 Mangubat, close

78-73 Mangubat

 

Round 9

Mangubat is pressured into a corner and drops low to grab Kang around the waist, face level with his navel. Kang is ripping into Mangunat with both hands, to body and head. Kang in total control, bullying Mangubat, drowning him in leather. Mangubat doing all he can weather it and tie up when he sees an opening to grab at his tormentor, but not able to rally any meaningful counteroffensive, nor really trying. A couple of feeble jabs are steamrolled through as Kang works at blistering pace, all power shots up close.

10-9 Kang

87-83 Mangubat

 

Round 10

Jabs traded at ring center. Mangubat is up on his toes, having found a second wind and the old bounce in his step, up on his toes, spiraling wide out to his left. Kang wants to pick up where the ninth left off with an inside firefight and bores his way in accordingly. Both letting their hands go. Mangubat rocked by a short overhand right, clinching. Tapdasan in with the break as they careen into the ropes while locked in embrace. Kang is smacking either side of Mangubat's face with hooks pressing in. Mangubat distances himself behind a high backfoot jab, stiff but not discouraging Kang. Lead right on the nose by Kang. Shoeshine up top by Mangubat, then one downstairs. Kang muscles in on Mangubat and the latter falls onto the canvas while attempting to clinch. Tapdasan correctly rules it a slip/bump-down. Kang relentlessly pressures in the final ten seconds, ripping body shots.

10-9 Kang

96-93 Mangubat

 

This was a really, really, really good fight, period - but especially for an obscure Sunday morning card. Shout out to Hock for putting this on the radar.

 

Official cards:

Mae Kinsumon 96-93 Kang
Suran Soitrujan 95-94 Mangubat
Sawen Kawekoo 96-93

SD for Kang

 

Everyone should check it out, two evenly-matched youths at war:

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@Somachenko

 

Go to about three hours and sixteen minutes into that video for the first bell.

 

@PinoyProdigy @BoyBato ..."War Dog" Mangubat wasn't on my radar but he's pretty damn good.

 

^ any relation to Randy Mangubat, who fought Pongsaklek Wonjongkam 4x?