{"id":214576,"date":"2015-11-16T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=214576"},"modified":"2015-11-16T06:00:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T20:00:34","slug":"boom-hopes-familiarity-can-give-him-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/boom-hopes-familiarity-can-give-him-win\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Boom\u2019 hopes familiarity can give him win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roman \u201cSonic Boom\u201d Alvarez is counting on his familiarity on the fighting style of Mark Abelardo when they collide in Pacific Xtreme Combat 50 on Dec. 4 at the University of Guam Calvo Fieldhouse in Mangilao.<\/p>\n

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Roman Alvarez will try to see what will be the result of his four-month long training when he faces Mark Abelardo of New Zealand in the Pacific Xtreme Combat 50 on Dec. 4 at the University of Guam Calvo Fieldhouse. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alvarez, who is undefeated after seven fights with three knockouts, said he and Abelardo of Team Quest Thailand (11-4 with 6KOs) are good friends and even hung out a couple of times when they both foght in PXC events in Manila, Philippines.<\/p>\n

However, their friendship will be set aside in their scheduled three, five-minute rounds in one of the six undercard bouts of the Frank \u201cThe Crank\u201d Camacho-Tyrone \u201cBones\u201d Jones main event for the PXC lightweight belt.<\/p>\n

Josh \u201cChaos\u201d Duenas (4-5) and Shane \u201cPikaboo\u201d Alvarez (10-2), Alvarez\u2019s stablemates at Trench Tech Gym, are also on the fight card facing Kaiwhare Kara-France (10-5) and Japanese pro Kentaro Watanabe (10-7), respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut come fight day in December, we\u2019re just going to set aside our friendship and will get down to business. I have always been ready,\u201d added Alvarez, who had a four-month training camp to prepare for his second fight in 2015.<\/p>\n

Alvarez, the reigning Trench Warz 145-lb champion, said he saw Abelardo fought against Filipino bets Harold Banario and Ernie Braca in separate PXC events in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been watching him and I was sitting at ringside when he defeated Banario last June 13,\u201d said Alvarez, who also won his bout against Braca after the latter was disqualified after kicking a grounded fighter on the head, in the same fight card.<\/p>\n

Abelardo\u2019s wins over Banario and Braca were both by KO through punches. His first win was in the 4:30 mark of the first round and his next was only in 1:30 after the opening bell.<\/p>\n

Alvarez will be climbing the PXC Terrordome on a seven-fight win streak and is fresh from that victory over Braca, while the Filipino-Kiwi Abelardo, who was born in New Zealand to Filipino parents, suffered a unanimous decision loss against Trevin Jones in PXC 49 last Aug. 7 that ended his own seven-bout winning run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know he is a bit of both a ground and stand-up fighter. He can also punch since he has a number of wins by knockout. But I\u2019ve studied him and know how he fights. I\u2019ll just give it my all and will have a different technique against him,\u201d added Alvarez, who did not go into more details on his fight plan against Abelardo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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