Boxing loving Cebuanos will be in for a treat again tonight, Saturday, February 21, 2009 as veteran boxer Gerry “Fearless” Peñalosa who originally hails from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental (My wife’s birthplace) will take on a young Mexican fighter, German “Panteonero” Meraz in the fight dubbed as “Battle of the Bantam fighters” to be held at the Cebu City Coliseum. People will be searching for the Gerry Peñalosa vs. German Meraz youtube video or the Gerry Peñalosa vs. German Meraz live streaming so I’ve decided to blog about this. Gerry Peñalosa’s 53-6-2 with 36 KOs compared with the 22 year old Meraz’ 20-11-1 with 8 KOs may seem to show that the scale is tilted in favor of Gerry. Gerry Peñalosa is an intelligent fighter, a very good defensive boxer and a counter-puncher and earned the respect of the famous Freddie Roach who calls Penalosa the “best technical boxer that ever came from the Philippines.” He has never been knocked down in his entire career. The “Fearless” is … [Read more...]