Tapales gets his groove back
Marlon Nightmare Tapales (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
Former world champion Marlon Tapales waited for more than a year before making his return to the ring.
His comeback fight, however, didn’t last long.
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Tapales needed only one round and one punch to knock out his Tanzanian foe Goodluck Mrema on Sunday at SM North Edsa SkyDome in Quezon City.
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“It feels so good to be back,” Tapales said. “I prepared really well for this.”
Tapales (31-2, 14 KOs) decked Mrema (22-4, 12 KOs) after the Tanzanian walked into a crushing right hook in the temple.
The 26-year-old Tapales fought as a featherweight for the first time after failing to make weight in his last fight in April last year in Japan.
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