World Boxing Organization Minimum Weight World Champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes of the Philippines is scheduled to do an appearance in ABS-CBN’s mid day program Showtime.
The Filipino world champion and the second longest reigning Filipino world champion in history is in the Philippines capital Manila for the 11th Gabriel “Flash” Elorde Banquet of Champions where he will be presented with the Boxer of the Year award.
Nietes has been in Manila since the 21st of March of this month and have guested in various television and radio shows at network partner ABS-CBN as well as sports forums in the city.
The “Ahas”, with the help of ABS-CBN is busy promoting his upcoming and homecoming fight in Bacolod City on April 9, 2011 at the St. La Salle Coliseum. The event dubbed as PINOY PRIDE 5: BATTLE OF CHAMPIONS will feature Donnie Nietes against Mexico’s Armando Vasquez. This will be the first fight Nietes will be doing in his new Junior Flyweight division and a win over Vasquez will seal a deal for a crack at his second division world championship at the said weight class.
