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BORNEA ARRIVES IN LONDON PhilBoxing.com Wed, 16 Nov 2016  WBO Asia Pacific Youth flyweight champion Jake Bornea of General Santos City arrived today (Nov. 15) in London Heathrow, United Kingdom for his championship fight for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Inter-Continental flyweight title against London Olympian Andrew Selby on November 18 at the Wembly Arena in London. Bornea arrived together with his twin brother Jade, who will be at his corner during the 12-round title fight. Jade is an undefeated professional and is a two time Asian youth gold medalist. The Bornea twins boarded the Philippine Airlines PR 0720 flight from Manila. ?His condition is very good. Jake has prepared six weeks for this fight with Dexter Benatero at the Sanman Boxing Gym in Gensan,? said Jim Claude Manangquil, CEO of Sanman Promotions. The 21-year old Bornea said that he will do everything just to bring home the belt. Bornea is toting 11 wins with five knockouts against only one loss. He recently defended his title via a unanimous decision against Renerio Arizala last April 2 at the Oval Plaza gym in Gensan. His only loss was a unanimous decision to Raymond Tabugon for the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental flyweight title last May 24, 2014 in Gensan. Bornea bounced back by scoring five straight wins including a 4th round knockout victory against Richard Rosales on August 11, 2015 to capture the WBO Asia Pacific Youth flyweight crown. Jake Bornea is managed by by Alex Amoy of Amoy boxing gym and promoted by sanman promotions. His 27-year old British rival Andrew Selby, however, is also unbeaten with six wins and four knockouts. The 5-foot-6 Selby won the vacant British Boxing Board of Control British flyweight title via a UD win over Louis Norman last May 14 at the Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Selby previously stopped Felix Moncada of Nicaragua by a 5th round technical knockout last October 21 at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. His other past knockout victims were Brett Fidoe, Jozsef Ajtai and Haji Juma. Selby lost to Cuba?s Robeisy Ramirez, 11-16 in the quarter-finals of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He won a silver medal in the 2011 World Amateur Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and a bronze in 2013 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is a two-time European champion in 2011 and 2013. Selby, however, bowed to Filipino Violito Payla by a RSC-OS 3 in 2007 in Chicago, USA. The Selby-Bornea title-fight is one of the triple championships to be presented by the Cyclone Promotions of Blain MgGuigan. It will be shown on United Kingdom Channel 5. The two other championships will feature Conrad ?Dynamite? Cummings (10-0-1-4KOs) of Northern Ireland against Ronny Mittag(28-2-1-14KOs) of Germany for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental Middleweight title and George ?Saint George? Groves (24-3-0-18KOs) of London to defend his WBA International Super Middleweight crown against challenger Eduard ?Energy Eddy? Gutknetcht (30-4-1-13KOs) of Germany.  |
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