Former two division titleholder Marlon Tapales returns to motion on September 7 when he faces as soon as overwhelmed Indian boxer Saurabh Kumar at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Tapales (38-4, 20 knockouts) can be combating for the second time since dropping by tenth spherical knockout final December to Naoya Inoue in a junior featherweight undisputed unification bout. The 32-year-old Tapales of Lanao del Norte province within the Philippines had a quick return to the ring in Could, knocking out overmatched Mattapong Jankaew within the first spherical in Manila.
Kumar (11-1, 6 KOs) is taking a large step-up within the ten spherical bout, having fought simply as soon as earlier than outdoors of his native India. In that bout, towards Zhong Liu in China a yr in the past, Kumar was stopped in seven rounds for a WBO regional belt. Since then, the 28-year-old Kumar was held to a break up draw towards a boxer with a 2-1 report and stopped Shivam Sharma, who entered with a report of 0-1, within the fourth spherical.
“I’m glad to be combating within the nice nation of Cambodia and excited to provide them a great present,” mentioned Tapales, who’s promoted by Sanman Boxing and MP Promotions, in a launch.
“Will probably be a great expertise and exercise struggle for him. The plan for him is to be energetic, possibly another [fight] earlier than the yr ends. Hopefully by 2025 we get a title shot once more and turn into a three-time world champion,” mentioned Jim Claude Manangquil of Sanman Boxing.
The occasion can be promoted by KKIF and Wurkz Power Drink.
