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Petalcorin confident of win over Kimweri in WBC world silver titlefight PhilBoxing.com Tue, 05 Apr 2016  THIS YEAR?S Gabriel Elorde Boxer of the Year awardee Randy ?Razor? Petalcorin is confident of beating Omar ?Lion Boy? Kimweri of Tanzania in their 12-round championship fight for the World Boxing Council (WBC) World Silver flyweight title on April 15 at the Melbourne Pavillion in Victoria, Australia. ?I?m not scared of Kimweri. We sparred already before in Melbourne two years ago and I don?t find any problems in beating him,? said Petalcorin in a text message. His young manager Jim Claude Manangquil, chief executive officer of the Sanman Promotions said that Petalcorin have trained hard for this fight. ?Randy hopes to get another belt for the country,? said Manangquil, whose co-manager is Peter Maniatis of Australia. Petalcorin, who has a record of 23 win, 18 by knockouts with one loss and one draw, is currently the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) light flyweight champion. Manangquil said that they are ?just testing one fight for Petalcorin in the flyweight division.? ?He is really a light flyweight. We will see if he look good in 112 lbs. But the original plan was really to be at 108 lbs. only,? Manangquil said. The 24-year old Petalcorin captured the interim WBA world light flyweight title by stopping Walter Tello last August 26, 2014 in Shanghai, China. He defended it successfully via a TKO win against Yi Ming Ma last April 24, 2015 in Beijing, China. Kimweri (15W-3L-0D, 6 KOs) reportedly said that the fight will not go the distance. The 33-year old orthodox fighter is currently the WBA Pan African light flyweight title-holder after he previously scored a unanimous decision against Michael Camelion last February 26 in Victoria, Australia. He fought but lost for the vacant OPBF light flyweight title by a split decision to Shin Ono last January 12, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. But Kimweri bounced back with back-to-back wins before annexing his present title. Kimweri is also a former WBO Oriental light flyweight and Australian flyweight champion.  |
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