NIETES TRAINER LAUGHS AT MEXICAN CHALLENGER ?RAYITO? GARCIA?S BOAST HE WILL LOOK FOR A KNOCKOUT OF NIETES IN FIVE ROUNDS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 25 May 2016
The trainer of WBO light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes, the longest reigning Filipino world champion, has laughed off the claim by Mexican challenger Raul ?Rayito? Garcia that he is looking to knock out Nietes in five rounds when they clash at the St. De La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City on May 28.
When informed that the former IBF minimum weight champion with a record of 22 knockouts in 36 wins with 3 losses and 1 draw told a press conference he will try to knock out defending champion Nietes who boasts of a record of 37-1-4 with 21 knockouts and has been a tormentor of Mexican fighters, Nietes? trainer Edmund Villamor let out a hearty laugh and told The Standard ?they think they are strong but Donnie is in one hundred percent condition and ready to fight?.
Villamor noted that unlike his identical twin brother Raul Garcia Hirales from whom Nietes won the title in the same venue who was always going backwards defensively, ?Rayito? Garcia ?comes forward aggressively and this is good for Donnie. He will knock him out? most probably with his vicious right straight.
The 33 year old Garcia told the local media that he had prepared well for the title shot at Nietes and was eager to avenge the loss of his brother some five years ago at the same venue.
?Rayito? Garcia who won the IBF minimum weight title from Filipino southpaw Florante Condes in his hometown of La Paz, Mexico on June 14, 2008 has beaten several Filipino fighters including Michael Landero and Romel Asenjo both of whom he stopped in three rounds and said ?I?m looking at a knockout in the first five rounds against Nietes. If it won?t happen, I?m ready to go as far as 12 rounds.?
The fights will highlight the celebrated ?Pinoy Pride 36: A Legend in the Making? before a hometown crowd of Nietes who had requested ALA Promotions President Michael Aldeguer to stage the fight in Bacolod City which is not far from Nietes? hometown of Murcia.
Rayito said ?All I want is to bring the championship title back to Mexico. That?s the reason I?m here ? to take it back.?
Garcia conceded that Nietes ?is strong, fast, and moves excellently around the ring.
But, if he (Nietes) fights like a man and won?t run around, I will knock him out? although he admitted ?this fight will be tough.?
WBC International Super flyweight champion ?King? Arthur Villanueva battles Mexican Juan ?El Pe?ita? Jimenez for the WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight championship while Milan ?Milenyo? Melindo clashes with Maximino Flores of Mexico in a ten round 113 lbs. clash with promising young Kevin Jake ?KJ? Cataraja will face off with Chatchai Or Benjamas of Thailand in a 112 lbs-8 round duel.
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