Cebu Metropolis Administrator Atty. Kristine Joyce Batucan (heart) is flanked by the protagonists of tomorrow’s boxing occasion, Package Ceron Garces (second from left) and Kier Clenton Espere (second from proper), in an occasion co-promoted by the Cebu Metropolis LGU and Prime Stags Sports activities. | Contributed photograph
CEBU CITY, Philippines— Package Ceron Garces of Prime Combat Gymnasium is ready to face Kier Clenton Espere in the primary occasion of a struggle card co-promoted by Prime Stags Sports activities and the Cebu Metropolis Authorities.
The occasion will happen on the Cebu Metropolis Sports activities Institute gymnasium in Barangay Sawang Calero on Wednesday, December 18.
This struggle card is one in every of 5 boxing occasions occurring in Cebu Metropolis inside a span of lower than two weeks, marking a major resurgence of the game in a area as soon as hailed because the “Mecca of Boxing” in Asia.
The occasion will function three skilled bouts alongside a sequence of newbie matches within the preliminaries.
It comes only a day after the WBO Youth minimumweight championship showdown between Cebuano John Kevien Jimenez of Chao Sy Boxing Secure and Joseph Sumabong of Black Snake Boxing Gymnasium in Naga Metropolis, southern Cebu.
Garces and Espere confronted off in the course of the weigh-in at Cebu Metropolis Corridor on Tuesday, confirming their 10-round essential occasion bout.
Garces, a local of Talisay Metropolis, holds a document of 8 wins (5 by knockout) and 1 loss. His most up-to-date victory got here in July at SM Seaside Metropolis Cebu, the place he defeated veteran world title challenger Robert Paradero by unanimous resolution, extending his profitable streak to 3.
Espere, from Surigao Metropolis, has a document of 8 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw, with 2 knockouts. He enters the struggle on a two-bout profitable streak, having defeated Jessie Bell Goltiano and Michael Bravo earlier this 12 months.
The undercard features a non-title minimumweight conflict between Jimmybie Cais (4-2) and Steven Lagrama (2-3), in addition to a match between Neel Jacamos (2-0) and Jhonmark Hechanova (0-4).
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