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PETALCORIN?S OPPONENT LOOKS DETERMINED TO CAPTURE THE FILIPINO?S WORLD TITLE By Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com Fri, 24 Apr 2015  The Chinese challenger of WBA light flyweight champion Randy ?Razor? Petalcorin looked dangerous at the official weigh-in yesterday according to Petalcorin?s co-manager Peter Maniatis, the multi-titled Australian promoter who earlier said Petalcorin is in for ?the fight of his life? against China?s Ma Yi Ming in his first title defense on Friday. Maniatis who said Chinese challenger Yi Ming ?looks fit and very determined? and is in ?terrific shape.? Petalcorin tipped the scales at 106.7 pounds while Yi Ming came in at 107. 4 pounds. Maniatis said Petalcorin would have some ?light training? on Wednesday as he prepares for what Maniatis said would be ?a coming out party for the talented southpaw? although he warned the talented Filipino ?he can?t take Yi Ming lightly.? Maniatis described 34 year old southpaw Yi Ming who has a record of 12-5 with 7 knockouts as a ?hard guy to beat? and said he looks ripped and ready with a grim look in his eyes. The title fight will be on Free TV BTV CCTV 5 in China at 9:30 p.m. There will also be live streaming on Tencere and LeTV websites. The 23 year old Petalcorin who is also a southpaw has a record of 22-2-2 with 17 knockouts and won the WBA Interim title with a spectacular 7th round TKO of Panama?s Walter Tello last August 28, 2014. Trainer Renie Gabawa said he is ?very happy? and pointed out ?randy is 100 percent fit.? Co-manager Manangquil picked the sparring partners of Petalcorin and mapped out his training program. By all accounts Ma Yi Ming has had a very good training camp in the mountains of Dalian, China and worked with some tough sparring partners with Maniatis indicating that Petalcorin ?will be on his toes ready for anything Ma Ying throws at him on Friday night.? A regular visitor to the Philippines who hosts the popular ?Ringside? show on SEN Radio in Australia believes ?this will be a statement fight for Randy and I know how good he can be and really believe he can be the next star of world boxing in the lighter weights.? Maniatis also thanked Top Rank and the SECA Group as well as Ultratune CEO Sean Buckley, the sponsor of Petalcorin. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ronnie Nathanielsz.  |
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