MANILA – Negrense Donnie Nietes made a triumphant boxing return. He scored a unanimous decision win over Miller Alapormina on Thursday night at the Elorde Sports Center in Paranaque City.
The Murcia, Negros Occidental-native fighter relied on his experience to dominate Alapormina in their six-round bout to come out with 59-55, 59-55, 59-55 scores from the three judges.
This served as Nietes’ boxing comeback after he last fought was in June 2022 when he lost a unanimous decision in a world championship bout against Kazuto Ioka in Ota, Japan.
The 42-year-old Nietes previously held world titles in the mini-flyweight, junior flyweight, flyweight and junior bantamweight divisions and has also broken Gabriel “Flash” Elorde’s record of being the longest reigning Filipino boxing champion.
Nietes improved his boxing record to 44 wins, two draws, and si2 x defeats, including 23 stoppage wins, while Alapormina saw his slate dropped to six wins, five losses, and two draws, including four knockout wins.
Meanwhile, Filipino boxer Vincent Astrolabio returned to his winning ways with a first-round knockout victory against veteran Thai boxer Prasitsak Phaprom in the co-main event.
The General Santos City, Cotabato del Sur-native Astrolabio improved his boxing record to 20-5-0, including 15 stoppage wins, while Phaprom dropped to a 41-5-2 mark, including 20 knockout wins.
Jonjon Estrada (18-15-1, 14 KOs), on the other hand, suffered a first round knockout defeat to Japanese fighter Yukinori Oguni (22-3-3, 9 KOs)./PN
