Vincent Palicte vs. Carmelo Ballone

Vincent Palicte 117 lbs lost to Carmelo Ballone 118 lbs by TD at 1:10 in round 8 of 12

• Date: 2009-12-19
• Location: Hall des expositions, La Louviere, Hainaut, Belgium
• Referee: Daniel Van de Wiele
• Judge: Juergen Langos 73-78
• Judge: Sergio Silvi 75-76
• Judge: Predrag Aleksic 74-77

Summary

WBC International Bantamweight champion Vincent Palicte (Philippines) lost his belt last December 19th to former European champion Carmelo Ballone (Belgium / now 22-4-1, 10 K0s).

Notes

• Ballone was rated WBC #24 before the fight, Palicte WBC #21

• International referee Daniel Van de Wiele deducted one point in round 4 from champ Palicte due to a nasty cut on Ballone’s eyebrow which was produced by an accidental head butt from Palicte

• The same injury was getting worse in later rounds and , after consulting with the ringside physician, the referee had no alternatives but to stop the fight at 1’10” of round 8

Round by Round Scores

Vincent Palicte is mentioned first

Jurgen Langos (Germany) - 10:9; 9:10; 9:10; 10:9; 9:10; 9:10; 9:10; 9:10 = 73:78

Predrag Aleksic (Montenegro) - 9:10; 9:10; 10:9; 9:10; 10:9; 9:10; 9:10; 10:9 = 74:77

Sergio Silvi (Tunisia) - 10:9; 9:10; 9:10; 9:10; 10:9; 9:10; 10:9; 10:9 = 75:76