Battle of Brisbane: Pacquiao’s cousin drops to Aussie foe via UD

Jonel Dapidran, cousin of Manny Pacquiao. Photo by Roy Luarca

Australian Brent Dames claimed a unanimous decision win over Filipino bet Jonel Dapidran in the first fight in the preliminaries of Battle of Brisbane Sunday at Suncorp Stadium.

Judges scored 58-56, 58-56, 59-55 in favor of Dames, who improved his mediocre record to 6-3, remained in search of his knockout victory in his professional career.

Dapidran, a cousin of WBO World welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, slipped to 8-2 and lost his second fight in three bouts.

This is also Dapidran’s first match outside of Philippine territory.