Daryl Dela Cruz (proper) might be turning professional instantly after graduating from highschool.—JUNE NAVARRO
Daryl Dela Cruz feels no worry in opposition to any foe, assured that his hand pace and footwork savvy can at all times do the trick.
For the fledgling southpaw from Mandaluyong Metropolis, these are the instruments that might deliver him a fortune in prizefighting.
“It’s a dream to change into knowledgeable boxer. I do know it can take extra coaching and sacrifice to realize my objective,’’ stated Dela Cruz in Filipino after clinching the gold medal in secondary boys boxing on the shut of the 2023 Palarong Pambansa on Saturday.
Cast within the stables of the El Tigre Boxing Fitness center in Mandaluyong Metropolis, Dela Cruz ferociously linked with crisp strikes to the physique of the rangy Bienjemar Codoy of Central Visayas to grab the bantamweight diadem through break up determination.
At one level within the second spherical, the 18-year-old son of a fisherman from the Samar seaside city of Tambongan, Gandara, despatched Codoy to the canvas with a jarring left hook that reverberated throughout the Marikina Metropolis Corridor plaza.
“I attempted to be correct in hitting my opponent as a result of I can’t let him reap the benefits of his longer attain,’’ stated Dela Cruz.
Additionally placing the gold in different weight divisions had been Area 12’s Ian Carl Muyso (flyweight) and Zyvyr John Medecilo (minimal weight), bantamweight Tyron Jay Quillosa of Zamboanga, mild bantam Christian Pador of Area 10 and pinweight Leo Mhar Lobrido of Western Visayas.
It was Dela Cruz, nevertheless, who stole the present.
Huge metropolis triumph
Certainly one of his handlers instructed the Inquirer that the incoming Grade 12 scholar at Andres Bonifacio Built-in College can be ripe for the skilled ranks subsequent yr when he graduates from highschool.
“I wish to be like Manny Pacquiao. He’s one in every of my idols,’’ stated Dela Cruz, whose victory capped one other triumphant marketing campaign by the Huge Metropolis bets, who amassed 85 gold medals, 74 silvers and 55 bronzes to rule the Palaro for 21 consecutive editions.
Western Visayas positioned second total with 60 golds, 45 silvers and 44 bronzes and Calabarzon ended up third with a 52-52-57 tally on the finish of the week-long video games for student-athletes in elementary and highschool.
Basketball title
Sacred Coronary heart College-Ateneo de Cebu’s Jared Bahay of Central Visayas. –JUNE NAVARRO
In secondary boys basketball, Jared Bahay fired 29 factors to hold Central Visayas to the title by yanking the rug from beneath closely favored NCR.
Bahay nailed the pivotal go-ahead basket and Wilhelm Josh Go iced the win, 77-73, earlier than a silenced and surprised pro-Metro Manila crowd on the Marikina Sports activities Advanced.
“That clutch shot was my second. It was my time,’’ stated Bahay after firing 29 factors and making three of his 4 pictures from past the arc within the first interval.
Backing up Bahay, who already dedicated to the UP Preventing Maroons within the collegiate ranks, had been Alden Paul Cainglet and Rezald Joshua Dacalos, who contributed 11 and 10 factors every.
Elijah Yusi and Carl Alfanta scored 16 every and Juancho Palanca added 11 for the Nationwide College-powered NCR squad.
“I knew we had been able to beating them. We had been affected person. They’re means taller than us, so we maximized our pace and pushed the ball up,’’ stated Bahay.
Dethroned NCR managed to avenge the stinging defeat within the boys division by trouncing Central Visayas, 72-53, within the secondary women class.
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