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Marlon “Marex” Alta’s shot at the WBC Youth Intercontinental middleweight title against New Zealand--based Samoan Afakasi Pele Faumuina has been approved by Rex Walker who heads the Youth Championships committee of the World Boxing Council.
The trainer and co-manager of undefeated Filipino southpaw Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta says a fight against four-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez on July 14 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas is a possibility.
WBC international light flyweight champion Jonathan Taconing (13-1-1, 10KO's) gets a shot at the world title held by Thailand’s WBC champion Kompayak Porpramook (44-3, 30KO's) in a bout that Taconing’s manager Johnny Elorde told the Manila Standard will take place in a venue which is a four-hour drive from Bangkok on May 5..
Pan Asia Boxing Association light flyweight champion Randy Petalcorin (16-1, 13 KO’s) looked sharp in his final sparring session prior to his title defense against Thailand’s Samartlek Chaiyong Gym at the Mandaluying City gymnasium on April 21.
American trainer Richard “Rick” Staheli who handled Manny Pacquiao’s preparation when he won his first world title – the WBC flyweight championship scoring a stunning 8th round knockout of Thai hero Chatchai Sasakul in December 1998, says PABA light flyweight champion Randy Petalcorin could be a world champion at minimum weight.
Undefeated Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta is looking “at the world, anybody out there” for a world title fight following what his co-manager and trainer Vince Parra expects will be an explosive performance against Colombia’s Oscar Cuero at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino on April 14.
Newly crowned WBC flyweight champion Sonny Boy Jaro will make the first defense of the title he won with a devastating 6th round TKO of veteran Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, the WBC’s “Fighter of the Decade” whom he dropped four times en route to a stunning upset will make his first defense against Japan’s Toshiyuki Igarashi in mid-July in Japan.
Undefeated Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta who takes on Colombia’s Oscar Cuero at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino on April 14 will be “aggressive and sharp” in a fight that is expected to be a stepping stone to a world title fight later this year..
MANNY Pacquiao’s physical conditioning in preparation for his World Boxing Organization welterweight title defense against undefeated light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9, is causing some concern for strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza.
Former world WBO super flyweight champion “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona (16-1-1, 13 KO’s) is in line for a regional title shot later this year.