Kenneth “Lover Boy” Llover and Luis “Nica” Concepcion Face Off, Ready for Exciting Action Sunday at Winford Resort Manila
By Carlos Costa
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 16 Aug 2025
World ranked Filipino Bantamweight Kenneth Llover and former Flyweight Champ Luis “Nica” Concepcion of Panama faced off, behaving very friendly and respectful ahead of their exciting incoming rumble!
Llover, 22, and Concepcion 39, will collide in a 10-round non-title main event battle on Sunday. August 17, at the Winford Resort and Casino in Santa Cruz, Metro Manila.
The rising-star Llover, who is 14-0 with 9 KOs, is taking on the veteran former world champion Luis “Nica” Concepcion, who is 40-11 with 29 KOs.
Billed as "Mano A Mano" the match-up, which features a young gun versus a former king, is expected to be an exciting clash, and fans can’t wait to hearing the first bell!
Gerry Peñalosa, head of Gerrypens Promotions, thinks that this fight will show how ready Llover is for a world title fight.
Good luck to both, May The Best Man Win!!
Kenneth and Luis were nice towards each other during press conference Friday at the Winford.
Mrs. Goody Peñalosa and her daughter pose with Panamanians Luis Concepción and his handler Héctor Villarreal Friday in Manila.
The author is veteran boxing reporter Carlos Costa of Cebu, carlos@philboxing.com
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