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IBO JR. FLYWEIGHT CHAMP LORETO DEFENDS TITLE IN SOUTH AFRICA
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 17 Mar 2015
Journeyman turned world boxing champion Rey Loreto of Davao City defends his International Boxing Organization (IBO) World Junior Flyweight title when he meets former Olympian and two time world champion Nkosinathi Joyi in a rematch in East London, South Africa on March 22.
Loreto, 23, a southpaw with an atrocious boxing record before he was taken in by Baguio City-based boxing manager Brico Santig, will be making his first defense of the title he won in a brutal knockout of Joyi in Monaco in February last year.
The return bout against Joyi was supposed to be held in December last year but was postponed to Feb. 28 this year. It was again moved to March 22 after Loreto underwent appendectomy.
Loreto, a native of Barangay Tamayong, Davao City, is under a promotional contract with Sonshine Sports Management, a sports management group supported by religious leader Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, who himself is from Tamayong.
Before he was taken in by Santig, Loreto was a journeyman who fought at any given weight between miniflyweight to bantamweight just to earn little money.
Mismanaged, he had an unenviable record of 17 wins and 13 losses. He, however, had a very high KO percentage stopping 10 of the 17 boxers he fought before the Joyi fight.
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