WBC PRESIDENT MAURICIO SULAIMAN SPECIAL GUEST AT ELORDE ANNUAL AWARDS AND OPBF CONVENTION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
Sulaiman.
World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman will undertake a whirlwind trip to the Philippines late March to be special guest at the Gabriel ?Flash? Elorde Annual Awards at the Sofitel Hotel on March 29 and will also attend the Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation Annual Convention which opens in Bacolod City the following day.
Sulaiman will be able to watch newly-crowned WBC international champion Giemel Magramo who will face John Najawa in a supporting bout at the Elorde awards while top WBC junior fly contender and OPBF champion Jonathan Taconing will also see action in an exhibition bout as he prepares for a world title fight against Ganigan Lopez of Mexico.
The event will also honor Boxers of the Year in light flyweight champions Rey Singwancha Loreto (IBO) and Randy Petalcorin (WBA).
Another highlight of the prestigious event will be the ?Casting of Fists? where the first batch of all-time Philippine greats will have their fists cast in stone. The first batch will include eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao, light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes, super bantamweight king Nonito Donaire Jr, former two division world champion Gerry Penalosa, former would junior lightweight champions Rene Barrientos and Rolando Navarette and world flyweight champion ERbito Salavarria.
The two grandsons of ?Flash? Elorde, lightweight Juan Martin Elorde and featherweight Juan Miguel Elorde will see action on the card and are expected to overcome their Indonesian opponents.
Juan Martin, the 31 year old southpaw with a record of 19-1-1, 8 KO?s will clash for the vacant WBO Oriental lightweight title against 28 year old Musa Letding who has a record of 10-4 with 6 knockouts and Juan Miguel, 29 with a record of 20-1 with 11 knockouts faces Waldo Sabu, 7-3, 2 KO?s in a WBO Asia Pacific super bantamweight title fight.
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