Grapevine, Texas -- Dennis Laurente, the old hand from the Elorde Gym at Sucat Paranaque, tonight beat the veteran Ghanian fighter Ben Tackie to complete the double Pinoy victory in last night’s Top Rank “appetizer” promotions leading to the big event tonight at the Cowboys Stadium featuring Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey.
Laurente scored a unanimous decision with the scores as follows: 78-74, 77-75 and 77-75.
With the win, Laurente is now 34-3-5 while Tacki dropped to 29-12-1.
Laurente was aided in his corner by the 2009 Philippine Trainer of the year, Buboy Fernandez and his manager Johnny Elorde. This writer served as his cut-man.
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