Zanfer Wins Purse Bid for Apolinario-Ayala IBF Fight
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 17 May 2024
The fight for the vacant IBF flyweight championship between Dave Apolinario and Angel Ayala Lardizabal will most likely be held in Mexico.
This after Zanfer Promotion of Fernando Beltran won the purse bidding called by the IBF recently at the bid of $255,000 that trumped the $215,000 submitted by the Ohashi Promotion which represented Apolinario as his co promoter.
Last March, the IBF ordered the camps of #1 rated contender Ayala Lardizabal and #3 Apolinario to come to terms for the fight to fill up the IBF flyweight title vacated recently by Bam Rodriguez of the USA.
Rodriguez gave up the IBF crown to focus on his challenge of Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico for his WBC super flyweight belt.
The period given for the two camps to reach agreement has lapsed last April 28 therefore the IBF held the purse bidding.
Fighting for the IBF crown anywhere is not much of a concern for Apolinario who has an unblemished record of 20 wins including 14 by knockout.
Apolinario is the former IBO world flyweight titlist, the distinction he earned in 2022 via first round knockout of veteran South African Gideon Buthelezi in East London, South Africa.
He has also fought in Japan but against non-Japanese opponents, winning by unanimous decision over Mexican Brian Mosimos in August 2023 and via fourth round knockout over Thai Tanes Ongjunta just this February. But both fights were set for just 8 rounds.
His foe, Ayala, is also unbeaten with a record of 17 wins, 7 by knockout. Ayala last fought in Mexico in November yet where he closely outpointed ex IBF junior flyweight titlist Felix Alvarado of Nicaragua. But Ayala has never fought outside of Mexico.
The author Teodoro Medina Reynoso is a veteran boxing radio talk show host living in the Philippines. He can be reached at teddyreynoso@yahoo.com and by phone 09215309477.
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