By Miguel Alejandro Lopez: Many boxing fans in America and Europe are not aware that it was a fellow Filipino who first registered a one-punch KO loss for Manny Pacquiao. This happened in 1996, long before Pacquiao and Marquez fought for the first time. The name of the man who KO’ed the then undefeated Pacquiao was Rustico Torrecampo from the Philippines.
Manny Pacquiao, who had a record of 11-0 at that time, was confidently attacking Torrecampo (a much older fighter), when he suddenly got caught with a sharp counterpunch that landed straight on the chin and ended somewhere near the abdominal area. The Pacman did not get up to beat the bell, and suffered a humiliating defeat.