TWO-TIME world title challenger “King” Arthur Villanueva of the ALA Boxing Gym will add spice to the already sizzling stacked fight card of the Pinoy Pride 45: Triple WBO Championships on November 24 at the International Eucharistic Center Convention Center (IEC) in Cebu City.
The 29-year-old Bago City, Negros Occidental native will face Carlo Demecillo, the ace boxer of Big Yellow Boxing Gym, in a ten-rounder non-title showdown in the super flyweight division.
Villanueva, who holds a record of 32-3-0 (win-loss-draw) with 18 knockout wins, is best remembered for fighting for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world super flyweight title last 2015 against McJoe Arroyo. He lost in a close technical decision.
His second shot for a world title also came up short when he was outperformed by South African Zolani Tete for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim world bantamweight title via a 12-round unanimous decision loss.
Villanueva’s most previous fight was last June, where he won against Renren Tesorio via technical knockout (TKO) in the undercard of Pinoy Pride 44 in Maasin City.
The Cebuano Demecillo, meanwhile, is coming off a TKO victory against fellow Filipino Margarito Moya in Candijay, Bohol last May. He holds a record of 11-5-0 with five wins by knockouts.
Headlining the fight card will be WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight champion Jeo “Santino” Santisima defending his title against Mexican Victor Uriel “Yuca” Lopez. The co-main event will feature “Prince” Albert Pagara, who will defend his WBO Inter-Continental Super Bantamweight title against Ghanaian George Krampah.
Kevin Jake “KJ” Cataraja will also get his first shot at a regional title when he faces Mexican Victor Hugo “Scarface” Reyes for the vacant WBO World Youth Super Flyweight title in the undercard.
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