METUDA FIGHT IN RUSSIA CANCELED AFTER OPPONENT IS DEHYDRATED
By Lito delos Reyes
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 06 May 2016
THE championship fight for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercontinental Youth featherweight title of undefeated Filipino boxer Rimar Metuda (10W-5KOs) in Russia this Saturday (May 6) was cancelled after his opponent Mark Urvanov (6W-1L-0D-3KOs) was hospitalized due to dehydration.
?Metuda fight is canceled due to the opponent?s dehydration. He has been hospitalized yesterday in Ekaterinburg. The fight is off for Metuda for now,? said in a text message by Dexter ?Wangyu? Tan, chief finance officer of Sanman Promotions.
Tan is accompanying Metuda and another undefeated boxer from Sanman ? Romero ?Ruthless? Duno (9W-8KOs), who will also face undefeated Russian Mikhail Alexeev (7W-0L-0D-3KOs) for the WBO Intercontinental super featherweight crown in the same card promoted by German Titov.
Duno and Alexeev both made their weights yesterday at 129.1 and 129.6 lbs., respectively.
?I?m now ready and excited to fight,? said the 20-year old Duno, who recently captured the Philippine Boxing Federation (PBF) super featherweight crown by stopping Jason Egera in the 8th round last February 13 at the Gaisano Mall Gensan.
His Russian foe Alexeev, on the other hand, stopped Evgeny Tarabukin in the 3rd round last March 5 at the Sports Palace in Beloyarsky.
Metuda, 22, had previously won by a 2nd round knockout against Joel Hecotibo last March 8 in T'Boli, South Cotabato. He also earlier took the vacant WBF Asia Pacific featherweight title via a 5th round TKO win over Jason Tinampay last September 26, 2015 in Gensan.
Metuda?s opponent Urvanov last won by a unanimous decision over Alexey Shorokhov to pocket the vacant Russia featherweight title last February 27 at the Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia. ? LITO DELOS REYES
Photo: Undefeated Romero "Ruthless" Romero (middle) tips the scales at 129.1 lbs. as Sanman Promotions Chief Finance Officer and manager Dexter "Wangyu" Tan (left) looks on.
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