MARLON TAPALES FACES SHOHEI OMORI IN WBO BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE ELIMINATOR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 25 Oct 2015
Tapales.
Promising 23 year old Marlon Tapales who is ranked No. 1 by the WBO will face Japan?s Shohei Omori who is rated No. 3 in a bantamweight title eliminator in Kyoto, Japan on December 16.
Tapales is a southpaw like Omori and has a record of 27-2 with 10 knockouts. He is a boxer from the stable of Rex ?Wakee? Salud and is training under Brix Flores in Salud?s gym in Mandaue.
In his last fight on January 31, Tapales scored a 2nd round knockout over Jeker Buhawe.
The reigning WBO Asia Pacific champion Tapales won the vacant title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Fredirex Rodriguez and then successfully defended it with another twelve round unanimous decision over Fadhili Majiha of Tanzania after dropping him once in round six on June 28, 2014.
One of the best performances of Tapales was when he dropped a majority decision to David Sanchez in a clash for the World Boxing Council Interim Silver super flyweight title on February 23, 2013.
He also has a 2nd round TKO victory over current WBA light flyweight Interim champion early in Petlcorin?s career.
Salud told the New Standard that Tapales is training hard and he is hoping to win and get a crack at the world title held by Thailand?s Pungluang Sor Singyu.
Omori is undefeated in 15 fights with 10 knockouts to his name and is regarded as a heavy-handed fighter.
He won the Japanese bantamweight title with a 3rd round TKO over Kentaro Masuda on April 13 this year and successfully defended his title with a 6th round TKO over Hirofumi Mukai on September 16.
The only Filipino Omori faced was Albert Alcoy who he knocked out in round one of a scheduled six round bout on November 29, 2013.
The Asian Fight Scene reported that the ?highly regarded Omori scored his most notable victory on July 26, 2013 when he took out Kiron Omura (11-3, 9 KO?s) in just 92 seconds.?
The internet site referred to Omori as ?a fast rising prospect.?
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