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JHACK TEPORA ARRIVES IN S. AFRICA FOR KOMANISI WBO REGIONAL TITLE FIGHT PhilBoxing.com Wed, 20 Sep 2017  Jhack Tepora. After weeks of intensive training in Baguio City, undefeated Jhack Tepora is now in East London, South Africa for the biggest test of his career against Lusanda Komanisi for the WBO interntional featherweight title on Sept. 22 at the Oriental Theatre. Tepora, who is undefeated in 20 fights with 15 KOs, is fighting outside the country for the first time. He arrived in South Africa with Omega head trainer Jinggoy Junco and his brother Jellyper "Jing-jing" Tepora. The 24-year-old El Capitan last saw action against Yon Armed, dismissing the Indonesia fighter in just 76 seconds and has since been raring to meet stiffer challenges as he continues his quest for a world title crown. No test is bigger for the former national team member in Lusando Komanisi, the 27-year-old school boy who owns a 21-3 record with an impressive 18 knockouts. In fact, Komanisi has stopped eight of his nine foes with only Roli Gasca going the distance when they met for the IBO featherweight title on Dec. 15, 2014. However, in their rematch immediately after that fight, Komanisi stopped the Filipino to retain his belt. He was inactive for almost two years but earned another knockout win over Tello Dithebe on July 2, 2017 in his return to the ring. "This fight will be a stepping stone for his career. We want him to be in a word title fight if he is successful in this one," said Omega Pro Sports International president Pio Paulo Castillo. Omega Pro sports has been grooming Tepora for years and has made him their headliner in their signature boxing series, Who's Next. However, his career got stalled when Omega was forced to cancel their Who's Next event in Bohol due to an injury to Christian Araneta, who was supposed to be in the co-main event. Tepora was supposed to face the dangerous Emmanuel Dominguez in that fight to defend his WBO Oriental super bantamweight belt. But the cancellation has turned out to be a blessing in disguise as Tepora will now test the featherweight division in his first oversees fight.  |
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