By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Promising 21 year old Silvester Lopez gets his first big break when he battles undefeated South Korean champion Jong-Nam Park for the vacant WBC International super flyweight title on March 21 in Manila.
Lopez who has a record of 8-2-1 with 5 knockouts had an impressive string of four wins last year, three of them by stoppage while Park hasn’t been beaten in six fights, winning 5 by knockout.
Lopez who is handled by Gabriel “Bebot” Elorde and is training hard at Elorde’s own gym in Sucat, Paranaque is coming off a second round TKO over Nelson Sungahid last December 20.
Prior to that Lopez knocked out Jongjong Gagante in the first round on October 25 and on May 3 scored a second round TKO over Romnick Rapista to emerge as a quiet but promising prospect.
Jong-Nam Park on the other hand won the South Korean flyweight title with a second round knockout over Byung Kwan Lim last May 23.
Elorde told BoxingScene.com, insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports that Lopez was “a good fighter with a bright future if only he is given a break” which is what he is trying to do by promoting the WBC International title fight which is likely to be held at the Elorde Grand Ballroom in the sprawling Elorde Sports Complex in Paranaque.
