With 15 seconds remaining in the final round of bout nine, minimum weight youth division’s Sher Lorence Peresores of Unit 4, fought the hardest to remain standing as his coach on the sideline pushed him to endure the remaining time of the fight which he dominated in the first two rounds.

He persisted to the very end and was finally declared the winner via split decision by a five-man judge earning him the ticket to the finals.

“Dako kaayo ug potential si Sher Lorence, dako gihapon ako pasalamat na nakadaog siya sa iya dula karon. Medyo nakulangan na sya ug kusog sa Round 3 pero dominante siya sa dula sa Rounds 1 at 2. Si Sher Lorence unta ang atong representative sa DAVRAA 2019 pero wala nadayon tungod sa pandemic. Paningkamutan namo na makadaog siya sa finals ugma. Dako kaayo ni para kay Sher,” said coach Warlito B. Sabado of Marilog National High School.

He is set to fight during the finals for Minimum Weight Youth Division on February 8.

Writers: Rhea P. Nalam and Janice C. Abrea

Photographer: Ireen R. Cañete

Graphics: Karl Jay V. Baquera