CARLO Magali's three-fight win streak goes to a halt and lost his Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) super-featherweight belt recently.
Despite his efforts, Magali, of the La Trindad, Benguet based Highland Boxing Gym fell against unbeaten prospect Hironori Mishiro via split decision at the Differ Ariake, in Tokyo, Japan on June 20.
The undefeated Japanese fighter, kept jabbing the shorter but sturdy Magali to earn a close 115-113, 115-113, 113-115 decision after 12 rounds.
Magali was actually the shorter fighter giving up four inches as he failed to hit his target while the Japanese challenger easily landed some stinging left jabs.
The Talibon, Bohol native kept attacking and almost put the lanky 5'9 Japanese challenger in trouble in the fifth round but was not enough to impress the judges.
Mishiro thus improved to six wins and no loss that includes two knockout wins since debuting as a pro in March 2017 stopping Natthaphon Numnak, also in Japan.
Magali fell to 23-10-3, losing two in his last five fights that include a knockout of Masatoshi Kotani in January this year to defend his OPBF crown after bagging the title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia against Sandeep Balhara.
The rated super featherweight, was supposed to challenge WBC iWorld super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt on February 10 but was not allowed by the Games and Amusement Board.
GAB acted swiftly on the request of Magali's manager Brico Santig of Highland Boxing to shorten the boxer's rest period.
In a letter from GAB furnished to VoxPop Baguio by Santig, the boxing and medical division of the agency did not allow in shortening his boxer's rest period of 45 days from his previous fight which he won by a 10th round technical knockout against Kotani. (Roderick Osis)