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MELINDO-BUDLER OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED

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ALA Promotions? Pinoy Pride 42: Clash for Glory, which features the IBF world light flyweight bout between defending champion Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo and IBO light flyweight champion Hekkie ?The Hexecutioner? Budler, formally announces the fight?s officials assigned by the International boxing Federation (IBF).

Referee Wesley Melton from Arizona, USA will join judges Takeo Harada (Japan), Glenn Trowbridge (Las Vegas, USA), and Carl Zappia from Perth, Western Australia while Filipino Fritz Gaston will be flying to Cebu to supervise the fight on September 16 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.

Also featured in this triple-header is a catchweight match between WBO world light welterweight ranked #3 Jason ?El Ni?o? Pagara against former African welterweight champion Richmond Djarbeng from Ghana.

For the third main bout in the rare all-Filipino IBF world bantamweight eliminator, current IBF Intercontinental champion ?Zorro? Sultan will face two-division world champion John Riel ?Quadro Alas? Casimero. The Sultan-Casimero fight will be officiated by the same IBF supervisor and judges, with referee Allen Huggins from New Jersey, USA.

Completing this blockbuster card are WBC ranked #10 super fly contender ?King? Arthur Villanueva, amateur standout KJ Cataraja, Virgil ?Valiente? Vitor from Tagbilaran, Bohol, Kenneth Gentallan from Tagbilaran, Bohol, and Cebuano Jeno Macapobre.

Tickets are available at the venue, selected RD Pawnshops, ALA Fitness Gyms Parkmall, BTC, and Paseo, Ayala Center Cebu Concierge, First 5 Sports Lounge and Cafe and the ALA Promotions Talamban Office. Ticket prices start at PHP 5, 000.00, Php 4, 000.00, Php 3, 000.00, Php 2, 000.00 to Php 1, 000.00 for VIP?s 1st-5th row. Gold seats are priced at Php 700.00, while Ballroom and Balcony tickets are sold at Php 500.00 and Php 300.00 respectively.

Reservations and inquiries may be made through calling the numbers 505-9513, 0999 155 1803, and 0995 960 8017.




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