CASIMERO DETERMINED TO CATCH RUENROENG, KNOCK HIM OUT AND WIN IBF FLYWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 08 Jun 2015
Former IBF light flyweight champion Johnreil Casimero, the mandatory challenger to IBF flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng has a straightforward game plan to win the title, his second world crown when he faces Thai world champion Amnat Ruenroeng at the Indoor Stadium in Bangkok on June 27.
In an overseas telephone conversation with the New Standard/boxingmirror.com, Casimero said that ?if he runs (as he did in his title defense against Zou Shiming) I will chase him, catch him and knock him out.?
Casimero who is used to fighting before hostile crowds won the IBF light flyweight Interim title with a 10th round TKO victory over Luis Alberto Lazarte in Buenos Aires in a fight that was marred by a riot after the decision was announced with Casimero and his co-promoter Sammy Gello-ani hit by flying debris.
The 25 year old Casimero who has a record of 21-2 with 13 knockouts, lost his title on the scales when he failed to make the weight against Mauricio Fuentes but proceeded to knock the Mexican out in the very first round in Makati City before he stunned Armando Santos with a 2nd round TKO in a title eliminator on December 13, 2014 to set up the title clash with Ruenroeng.
The Thai champion is 35 years old and is undefeated with a record of 15-0 with 5 knockouts and is a former Olympian.
He won the vacant title with a unanimous twelve round decision over then OPBF champion Rocky Fuentes of the ALA Gym in January 22, 2014 before scoring back-to-back split decisions in title defenses against Kazuto Ioka on May 7, 2014 in Osaka and McWilliams Arroyo of Puerto Rico on September 10, 2014 in Thailand.
In his last title defense against popular two-time Olympic gold medalist Zouy Shiming of China, Ruenroeng won a twelve round unanimous decision in a fight where the champion used hit and run tactics effectively.
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