Bernabe "Abe" Concepcion (born 1988) is a retired Filipino featherweight boxer. Concepcion resides in Rizal, Viga, Catanduanes, Philippines. Being from a boxing-oriented family, he trained from a young age. He turned professional at the age of 16.
Early life Concepcion has two older brothers who were also professional boxers. They were his inspiration for having taken up boxing himself. He started boxing at an early age, watching his brothers at first and eventually training with them. He then went into amateur boxing but almost immediately turned professional when he turned 16.
Professional career
Oriental bantamweight He capture the vacant WBO Oriental super bantamweight title on July 31, 2015, at the 12,000-seater Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay, Philippines against Tanzanian boxer Juma Fundi.
Super bantamweight Having developed his boxing skill in his early life, by 2005, he was considered to be a promising boxing talents. Today, Concepcion fights mainly in the United States, carving out wins away from his homeland Philippines
He won his first title via KO in China against a Chinese hometown boxer, and gained his two recent belts in the United States against rated opposition. During this first professional bout, he gained his first knockdown, but was able to floor his veteran opponent as well in the early rounds of that fight (Concepcion was 17 years of age at the time). A year later, he won the WBC youth super bantamweight title by scoring a unanimous decision win over a then undefeated opponent, Joksan "El Torito" Hernandez.
Bob Arum immediately signed Concepcion up for Top Rank Boxing following this win.
Featherweight For his first world title shot, Concepcion took on Steven Luevano for the WBO featherweight title on August 15, 2009. Originally, the fight was supposed to be included in the undercard of the May 2, 2009 bout between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton but Luevano pulled out due to an injury. Instead, Concepcion fought Colombian Yogli Herrera that night and managed to eke out a 6-round decision.
Concepcion lost his title bout against Steven Luevano via disqualification. Luevano was ahead on the scorecards when Concepcion landed late blows after the seventh round, resulting in a disqualification.
On February 13, 2010, Concepcion faced Puerto Rican Mario “Principe Ponceño” Santiago at the Las Vegas Hilton in Paradise, Nevada. The Filipino boxer won the 10-round bout by unanimous decision with the scores 98–91, 96–93, 97–92. Concepcion was also able to knock the opponent down in the 6th-round with a powerful right. This win brought Concepcion to a potential fight against Puerto Rican sensation Juan Manuel López.
Bernabe Concepcion fought for the WBO featherweight championship again on July 10, 2010. This time, he took on Juan Manuel Lopez who won the belt from Luevano. In the opening round, Concepcion was floored by Lopez but rose back up to respond with a knockdown of his own. In the next round where the bout concluded, Concepcion was brought down by Lopez twice, prompting the referee to call a halt to the match. This was Concepcion's first defeat by stoppage. In response to the outcome of the match, Manny Pacquiao, who coached him in the days leading to the fight, blamed Concepcion for not taking his (Pacquiao's) advice. Bernabe Concepcion is now going to fight Alejandro Perez 14-2-1 9KOs on the undercard to the showtime super fight between Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rafael Marquez.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes43LossJimmy PaypaSD1212 Mar 201642Win34–6–2Juma FundiTKO2 (12), 31 Jul 201541Win33–6–2RasmanudinKO2 (10), 23 Jan 201540Draw32–6–2Eden SonsonaTD3 (10), 26 Jul 201439Win32–6–1Boido SimanjuntakRTD7 (10), 21 Apr 201338Win31–6–1Richard OlisaKO2 (10), 13 Oct 201237Loss30–6–1Mikey GarciaTKO7 (10), 10 Mar 201236Win30–5–1Aaron GarciaSD1027 Oct 201135Loss29–5–1Juan Carlos MartinezSD86 May 201134Loss29–4–1Juan Manuel LópezTKO2 (12), 10 Jul 201033Win29–3–1Mario SantiagoUD1013 Feb 201032Loss28–3–1Steven LuevanoDQ7 (12), 15 Aug 200931Win28–2–1Yogli HerreraUD62 May 200930Win27–2–1Sande OtienoTD5 (12), 11 Jan 200929Win26–2–1Giovanni CaroKO8 (10), 25 Sep 200828Win25–2–1Adam CarreraTKO3 (10), 26 Jul 200827Win24–2–1Torrence DanielsTKO2 (10), 26 Apr 200826Win23–2–1Juan Ruiz Jr.UD129 Feb 200825Win22–2–1Salvador GarciaTKO9 (10), 4 Oct 200724Win21–2–1Gabriel ElizondoTKO4 (10), 4 Aug 200723Win20–2–1Benjamín FloresUD1014 Apr 200722Win19–2–1Jae Choon MoonTKO4 (10), 25 Feb 200721Win18–2–1Joksan HernandezUD1018 Nov 200620Win17–2–1Sonny GonzalezUD1017 Sep 200619Win16–2–1Ariel DelgadoTD5 (10), 22 Jul 200618Win15–2–1Jojo ArnadoKO1 (10), 26 Jun 200617Win14–2–1Jake VeranoSD1020 May 200616Win13–2–1Rey MartizanoTKO1 (10), 23 Apr 200615Win12–2–1Jiang WeiyangKO7 (10)24 Feb 200614Win11–2–1Rico GenonTKO6 (10)7 Jan 200613Draw10–2–1Alex EscanerSD1210 Dec 200512Win10–2Noel SungahidKO1 (10)27 Aug 200511Win9–2Flash MurilloTKO1 (10), 25 Jun 200510Win8–2Elden Dela CruzKO1 (10), 2 May 20059Loss7–2Mark SalesMD105 Mar 20058Win7–1Sonny GonzalezKO4 (8), 12 Feb 20057Win6–1Danilo LogramonteKO1 (8), 3 Jan 20056Win5–1Edgar GabejanUD821 Oct 20045Win4–1Felix ManalansanUD628 Aug 20044Win3–1Chris DujaliUD64 Jul 20043Loss2–1Richard GarciaMD623 Apr 20042Win2–0Jerry DuasoTKO3 (4), 28 Mar 20041Win1–0George ZerrudoMD414 Feb 2004
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Filipino boxer won vacant WBO Oriental bantamweight title from Rappler