Ask Peñalosa and he'll tell you he still feels young.
Despite being a 37-year-old in a punishing sport, Peñalosa doesn't want to hear the word retirement.
"I really love boxing. As long as people want to see me fight, I can give honor to my country. And I always do," he said.
After 63 fights, 57 of which were wins, 3 world titles, Peñalosa is in the last legs of his 20-year career. He wants one more title shot.
At a recent workout at the Wild Card, he still looked every bit like a title contender.
On February 13 at the Hilton in Las Vegas, Peñalosa will have another chance.
Peñalosa fights Eric Morel for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight title eliminator.
He feels confident about his match against Morel.
"Eric Morel is a technician. He has speed and power but you know we're better than him," said Peñalosa.
Also training at the Wild Card is one of the up-and-coming fighters of Pinoy boxing.
Bernabe Concepcion was once thought of as a can't-miss-prospect. But now, he hopes to rebound from an embarrassing disqualification in his last fight, a title fight.
He said his loss to Steven Luevano was because he wasn't aggressive enough
"Now I learned from that fight that I have to fight from the very beginning," he said.
His trainer Buboy Fernandez agrees but added that he wants to make sure Concepcion learns from his previous mistake
"For this fight, we want him to do more head movement and aggressiveness," he said.
On February 13, Concepcion will try to redeem himself when he fights against Mario Santiago while Peñalosa will try to turn back time so he can have another shot at a world title.
Pinoy Power 3, which will be aired by ABS-CBN in the Philippines, also headlines Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire vs Mexico’s Gerson “El Nene” Guerrero for the interim World Boxing Association super flyweight title, and Ciso “Kid Terrible” Morales versus Fernando Montiel for the WBO bantamweight crown.
Source: Author Unknown | abs-cbnnews.com
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