Fighting in a neutral crowd, Gabutan scored another unanimous victory to retain his World Boxing Organization oriental bantamweight crown at the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong.
By retaining his regional title, Gabutan now boasts of 15 wins, including six knockouts, a loss and two fights even, after stopping another Thailander in Petch Twins Gym during the main card of the evening.
"Mula first round hanggang sa 12th round, maganda yung kondisyon niya kaya kahit gusto kong patumbahin yung Thailander eh hindi rin bumagsak ng basta basta," Gabutan told Sun.Star Baguio.
Gabutan's second title defense also saw him knocking out Meechai Kiatpracha in the third round of their scheduled 12-round event last April in La Trinidad.
This will be the third successful defense for Gabutan, a native of Ambagiw, Besao in Mt. Province.
"Bumgasak siya ng isang beses pero matindi din yung resistensya kaya hindi rin sumuko," added Gabutan, referring to the 12th round knock down of the Thai fighter but refused to go down without a fight until the last sound of the bell.
Although Gabutan clearly won on points from the three judges, 119-108, 118-109, 119-108, the 22 year old fighter said he had a hard time adjusting during the fight because he was also fighting a lefty, just like him.
"Nung una medyo nahirapan ako kasi first time kong lumaban sa southpaw kaya and ginawa namin eh sinabayan ko na lang siya sa kaniyang mga galaw," added Gabutan, who dealt Petch his seventh loss of his 18 fights.
While Gabutan was laying out his plan on how to put down the Thai fighter early, Petch was also looking for an opening as they try to hit Gabutan's abdomen.
But it did not materialize as Gabutan's superb condition and timely jabs put the Thai in defensive mode.
"Yung game plan ata nila eh sa tiyan ako suntukin kasi mas matangkad ako pero hindi tumalab kasi talagang nasa 100 percent yung condition ko," added Gabutan.
In the undercard, super featherweight Randy Megrino (10-8-2, 6KOs) of Kidapawan City scored a 2nd round knock out against Thailander Lertsila PakdeeGym.
Jujeath Nagaowa also registered a first round TKO victory against Thai fight girl Leokkaew Sithpracha.
Dennis Padua, however, was the unluckiest of the three after suffering a 2nd round knockout loss against Thailand's knockout seeker Ekapol Yothinpanawet. (Roderick Osis)
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on September 30, 2011.
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