Patrick Antonio top performer of 2011
Roosterman No. 11; January, 2012
Whether Antonio would be credited with his 5th title will depend on how organizers will threat his participation in the Spartan team. Antonio came in only on the finals after Spartan already score 4 wins.
Antonio, fresh from his solo championship in the 2011 World Slasher Cup( WSC)-1 could tie the record of Jun Santiago.
Since the inception of the modern day-WSC, in 1990, Santiago had won the title 5 times, the first time in 1990, twice in 1992, again in 1994 and the last time in 2005 after a long draught. On the other hand Antonio‘ s wins came more recently. The acknowledged cocking idol won the WSC 2 in 1997, the first to score 8 straight wins in the WSC. Then he repeated in 2000 and 2007 both in WSC 1. His last WSC title was in January 2011 again with 8 points. If Antonio would be credited with a championship in the 2011 WSC 2 then he would not only tie the 5-title record of Santiago but also the sweep scored by Santiago in 1992 and by Peping Ricafort in 2000. Ricafort also won a title in 1993.
Obviously Antonio gave serious try at the records as he fielded 10 entries. But when none of the 10 scored perfect 4, he decided to combine with Briones in the Spartan team in the finals.
In addition to his victories in the WSC, Antonio also scored another remarkable feat in 2011. His entry Sagupaan B50 MP 888 tied with three others for the championship of the 7-cock“ Fight of the Century” derby at San Juan Coliseum with an entry fee of P1.1 million.
With this, despite the questions raised over his win in the June edition of the WSC, Antonio could be rightfully conferred with the title of best performer in year 2011
Patrick Antonio still the cocking idol he is.
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