Aston Palicte: record, next fight and profile →
Bantamweight contender Aston Palicte is ready for war in Melbourne, Australia. Palicte will collide with local fan favorite Jason Moloney this Sunday (Saturday in America) at the 55,000-seat Marvel Stadium.
Mayhem comes home, as Jason Moloney gets ready for the biggest stage of his career, as he defends his WBC silver and competes for the WBO international bantamweight strap against highly touted Aston Palicte.
Australian two-time bantamweight world title challenger Jason “Mayhem” Moloney and New Zealand-born heavyweight contender Junior Fa hope to showcase their talents for the home region fans at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on the undercard of the George Kambosos Jr.-Devin Haney undisputed lightweight world title showdown. The Kambosos-Haney world championship event is projected to be one of the biggest boxing events ever on Australian soil.
World Cup Boxing Series (WCBS), co-founded by CEO Terry Hollan and matchmaker Guy Taylor, has announced it has signed 2-time world title challenger “Mighty” Aston Palicte (28-4-1, 24 KOs) to a multi-year promotional contract.
German super middleweight, 22-year old Leon Bauer (17-0-1) is the new co-challenger for the vacant EBU title. The other co-challenger, for a long time, is former WBA champ Giovanni De Carolis (28-9-1), who was first to take on then champ Tyron Zeuge (24-1-1). However Zeuge was forced to relinquish the title due to an injury. Ukrainian Maksym Bursak stepped in to fight De Carolis for the vacant title but he is now also out due to an injury.
Filipino lightweight contender Romero “Ruthless” Duno improved his record to (W22 KO17 L2) after his first round demolition of Angelito Merin in the main event of “Redemption” at the Lagao Gymnasium, General Santos City.
Kazuto Ioka may have potentially punched his ticket to Canastota. For now, the 30-year old made history for his native Japan following a 10th round stoppage of Philippines' Aston Palicte in their vacant super flyweight title fight Wednesday evening at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan. Ioka now stands alone as the nation's first-ever male boxer to become a four-division titlist amidst a career filled with watershed moments.
Kazuto Ioka looks for a second shot at history, while Aston Palicte takes his second swing at a first title reign. Both boxers enjoyed an important step towards their respective goals, making weight for their vacant super flyweight title fight Wednesday evening in Chiba, Japan. Japan’s Ioka tipped the scales at a trim and ready 114¾ pounds, while the equally fighting fit Palicte who weighed right at the 115-pound divisional limit for his fourth straight fight away from his native Philippines.
Kazuto Ioka admittedly doesn’t know how much longer he will stick around as a pro. Then again, he didn’t even realize more than a year ago that he’d be at the doorstep of making history—or even anywhere near a boxing ring. The former three-division titiist looks to become the first-ever male boxer from Japan to claim a major strap in four weight divisions heading into Wednesday’s clash with Philippines’ Aston Palicte. The two will contend for a vacant 115-pound title, one which Ioka was denied in a controversial 12-round loss to Donnie Nietes last New Year’s Eve in Macao, China.
World Boxing Organization (WBO) No. 1-ranked contender "Mighty" Aston Palicte (25-2-1, 21 KOs)is currently training in Baguio, Philippines, for his June 19th showdown with three-division world champion Kazuto Ioka (23-2, 13 KOs) for the vacant WBO Junior Bantamweight World Championship, at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Chiba, Japan.