CONDES DEAD SET ON REGAINING WORLD TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 25 Feb 2016
Former IBF minimumweight champion Florante "Little Pacquiao" Condes is dead set on regaining his world title and plans to begin with an impressive showing against promising Melvin "Gringo" Jersusalem in an eight round bout on an exciting undercard on "Pinoy Pride 35" at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu on Saturday.
Condes who is now trained by former fighter turned trainer, manager and promoter Aljoe Jaro, told us he is determined to fight his way back to the top under Aljoe Jaro who has a way
of turning fighters into warriors in the ring and believes that Condes is perfectly capable of regaining a world title.
He said Condes is in great shape and is hitting harder than ever and invited fight fans to see the change in "The Little Pacquiao" who has a record on 27-9-1 with 23 knockouts against the unbeaten Jerusalem whose record is 8-0 with 7 knockouts.
Ring announcer Rico Navarro said the undercard may well overshadow the main events and predicted they will be action-packed.
"Gringo" Jerusalem is rated No. 1 by the Games andAmusements Board and defeated Philippine minimumweight champion Crison Omayao by a 2nd round TKO and although far less experienced than Condes says he has no problems in facing the former world champion.
Another all-out war is expected when Jeo "Santino" Santisima battles Marco "Singwancha" Demecillio in an eight round
bout at 123 pounds with both fighters known for their aggressive style.
Demecillo, the former Philippine super flyweight champion has a record of 21-4-1 with 16 knockouts while Santisima has a record of 8-2 with 7 knockouts.
With the headliners between unbeaten unbeatn super bantamweight Prince Albert Pagara vs Nicarguan bantamweight champion Yesner Talavera and unbeaten stablemate Mark "Magnifico" Magsayo promising to knockout Mexican Eduardo Montoya, the ALA Promotions fight card titled "Stars of the Future" may well turn out to be a "Night of Knockouts."
Photo: Former world champion Florante Condes (R) and Melvin Jerusalem (L) are all smiles during the final presscon Thursday before they will try to knock each other out on Saturday on 'Pinoy Pride 35: Stars of the Future'. Photo by Levi Deresas.
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