Rolando Pascua (born Rolando Tomongtong; November 19, 1965) is a Filipino former professional boxer. He held the WBC light-flyweight title from 1990 to 1991 and challenged for the IBF super-flyweight title in 1993.

Professional boxing career Pascua debuted as a professional boxer on August 3, 1986, outpointing Eddie Dulay after four rounds in Pasay. Pascua built a record of 14 wins without a loss, with 3 wins by knockout, before facing 18 wins, 1 loss Jum Hwan Choi at Choi's hometown of Seoul, South Korea on January 28, 1988. Despite dropping the local in round six, Pascua lost a ten-round split decision to lose his condition as an undefeated fighter.

Pascua followed that first defeat with three wins in a row, over Triffon Torralba, Romy Austria and Jun Altarejos but then was surprisingly beaten by 0–1 Paul Badilla and by Rolando Protacio; these losses were both on points as Pascua lost to Badilla by ten round unanimous decision and to Protacio by eight rounds unanimous decision. Pascua then won two in a row, against Roger de Rama by ten round majority decision and Joseph Pacling by third-round technical knockout before facing world-ranked Rey Paciones, who was 22–2–3 (3 ties) with 5 knockouts coming into their bout. On August 19, 1989, Paciones defeated Pascua by ten rounds unanimous decision at Tagum City.

Pascua won 5 of his next six bouts, the exception being a loss by ten round unanimous decision at the hands of Napa Kiatwanchai, to become ranked by the WBC. He was matched to challenge WBC world champion Humberto González on December 19, 1990, at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, United States in what also constituted Pascua's first professional bout in the United States. Gonzalez was undefeated and untied in 30 bouts and was being considered for an unification super fight with the equally undefeated International Boxing Federation world champion Michael Carbajal, but Pascua, who only had 8 knockout wins among his 24 victories in 29 fights and was not considered a very hard puncher, caused an upset when he dethroned the world champion by a stirring, sixth-round knockout to win the WBC light-flyweight title.

For his first defense, Pascua returned to the Great Western Forum, this time to meet Melchor Cob Castro, who with 30 wins, 2 losses and 4 draws was challenging for a world title for the first time and beat Pascua by tenth-round technical knockout on March 25, 1991.

After losing to Cob Castro, Pascua's career followed a pattern of highs and lows. He won six in a row right after that defeat, but then was defeated by undefeated (26–0) Yoon-Un Jin on October 23, 1992, at Seoul. Pascua again recuperated by putting another modest winning streak, reaching three wins in a row, which included avenging his early loss to Rey Paciones by 12th-round technical knockout on February 20, 1993, to win the Philippine Games and Amusement Board's national super-flyweight title.

Pascua then challenged Chatchai Sasakul for the WBC's international flyweight title but lost by unanimous 12-round decision at Bangkok on April 28, 1993, but he followed that loss with a win over Dodie Boy Peñalosa, a former world champion, by 10-round unanimous decision at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay on July 17.

After a fight in Japan in which Pascua defeated Hiroshi Kobayashi (an 8 wins, 8 losses and 1 tie boxer not to be confused with an earlier world champion boxer of the same name) by ten rounds unanimous decision on October 15, 1993, in Morioka, Pascua was once again ranked worldwide, this time by the IBF, and allowed to challenge for a world title, this time the IBF super-flyweight title which at the time was held by Mexican Julio Cesar Borboa, 20 wins and 4 losses coming into their fight. Pascua-Borboa, fought on November 26, 1993, at the Coliseo in Hermosillo, Mexico, was a war; Pascua almost became a two-time world champion when he dropped the Mexican boxer in round two but lost the fight when the champion dropped him and knocked him out in the fifth.

Pascua then lost 15 of his next 24 fights, including defeats at the hands of Samson Dutch Boy Gym, Gerry Penalosa (who thus avenged his brother Dodie's earlier loss to Pascua), Raffy Montalban in defense of Pascua's PGAB's national super-flyweight title, and Johnny Bredahl in a challenge for the minority recognized, International Boxing Organization bantamweight title (a first-round knockout loss) on March 29, 1996, at the Brøndby Halle in Brøndby, Denmark. Pascua was also defeated by Veerapol Sahaprom.

Pascua's final fight as a professional came against 7–2 Mapichit Utaiawee, a boxer Pascua had previously defeated, but on September 12, 1999, Utaiawee outpointed Pascua over twelve rounds, causing Pascua to retire afterward and never return to professional boxing.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, TimeDateLocationNotes70Loss45–25Mapichit UttaitaweePTS1212 Sep 199969Loss45–24Rey LlagasTKO5 (10), 5 Mar 199968Loss45–23Tomohito HigashijimaSD1018 Oct 199867Loss45–22Puma ToguchiSD1029 Jun 199866Loss45–21Saen Sor PloenchitUD101 May 199865Win45–20Mapichit UttaitaweeKO6 (6)27 Feb 199864Loss44–20Masahiko NakamuraKO2 (10), 10 Jan 199863Loss44–19Loon PantasiTKO8 (10)21 Nov 199762Win44–18Juanito Boy CumaUD102 Oct 199761Win43–18Archie AnoosSD1030 Aug 199760Loss42–18Anupong Saohin SrisukUD106 Jun 199759Loss42–17Veeraphol SahapromUD107 Apr 199758Win42–16Kasamana SilehuTKO5 (10)10 Mar 199757Loss41–16Loon PantasiTKO8 (10)22 Nov 199656Loss41–15Johnny BredahlKO1 (12)29 Mar 199655Loss41–14Raffy MontalbanTKO10 (12)9 Feb 199654Win41–13Juanito Boy CumaUD1228 Sep 199553Win40–13Suvatchai ChalermsriUD108 Jul 199552Loss39–13Gerry PeñalosaKO8 (10), 8 Apr 199551Loss39–12Samson Dutch Boy GymKO8 (12), 8 Jan 199550Win39–11Anupong Saohin SrisukUD1010 Dec 199449Win38–11Kid RefamonteTKO6 (12)30 Sep 199448Loss37–11Thanomsak SithbaobayTKO4 (10)23 Apr 199447Win37–10Mauro SauceloUD1219 Feb 199446Loss36–10In Shik GoSD1230 Jan 199445Loss36–9Julio César BorboaTKO5 (12), 16 Nov 199344Win36–8Hiroshi KobayashiUD1015 Oct 199343Win35–8Dodie Boy Peñalosa Sr.UD1017 Jul 199342Loss34–8Chatchai SasakulUD1228 Apr 199341Win34–7Rey PacionesTKO12 (12)20 Feb 199340Win33–7Yuiknari OshiroTKO9 (10)10 Dec 199239Win32–7Toshio AikawaTKO9 (10), 14 Nov 199238Loss31–7Yoon Un JinKO7 (10), 23 Aug 199237Win31–6Edwin ProjoUD1018 Jul 199236Win30–6Chang Kyu ChangTD8 (10)18 Jan 199235Win29–6Kaaj ChartbanditUD1026 Oct 199134Win28–6Mario ParconKO2 (10)21 Sep 199133Win27–6Rocky MarcialPTS1020 Jul 199132Win26–6Michael Ebo DanquahTKO3 (10), 15 Jun 199131Loss25–6Melchor Cob CastroTKO10 (12), 25 Mar 199130Win25–5Humberto GonzálezKO6 (12), 19 Dec 199029Win24–5Jaime BanggotUD1021 Jul 199028Win23–5Ernie GullaTKO3 (10)27 Apr 199027Loss22–5Napa KiatwanchaiUD1030 Jan 199026Win22–4Fernando BajaTKO9 (10)30 Dec 198925Win21–4Obet MaamoUD1030 Nov 198924Win20–4Warlito FrancoUD1030 Sep 198923Loss19–4Rey PacionesUD1019 Aug 198922Win19–3Joseph PaclingTKO3 (10)6 May 198921Win18–3Roger de RamaMD101 Mar 198920Loss17–3Rolando ProtacioUD823 Dec 198819Loss17–2Paul BadillaUD1026 Nov 198818Win17–1Jun AltarejosTKO6 (10)30 Sep 198817Win16–1Romy AustriaTKO9 (10)28 Aug 198816Win15–1Triffon TorralbaUD1020 Feb 198815Loss14–1Choi Jum-hwanSD1028 Jan 198814Win14–0Simson TanaUD1016 Dec 198713Win13–0Cris RamosTKO4 (10)24 Oct 198712Win12–0Leopard AriUD105 Sep 198711Win11–0Mario ParconUD1030 Aug 198710Win10–0Emil RomanoUD1027 Jun 19879Win9–0Perez JuniorUD109 Apr 19878Win8–0Ross CanedoUD1021 Feb 19877Win7–0Mario AliguinTKO5 (8)31 Jan 19876Win6–0Mario AliguinUD827 Dec 19865Win5–0Bobby ArcillasMD816 Dec 19864Win4–0Felix BenedictoUD615 Nov 19863Win3–0Roger de RamaMD623 Oct 19862Win2–0Mel PerezTKO2 (4)12 Sep 19861Win1–0Eddie DulayUD43 Aug 1986

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