DELADA VIES FOR WBC INTL TITLE TITLE TODAY IN SOUTH AFRICA
By Salven L. Lagumbay
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 28 May 2006
Camiguin fighter Dexter 'Dinamita' Delada aims to join Manny Pacquiao and Gabriel Pumar in the list of the country's WBC International title-holders as he vies today for the vacant WBC International 135-lb crown against South African Ali Funeka in East London, SA.
Delada (14-2, 10 KO's), who is a southpaw like Pacquiao, is currently the country's no. 1 lightweight, and a win today catapults him into the elite top 15 of the WBC rankings.
A protege of Cebu's Rex 'Wakee' Salud, Delada will be up against a tough fighter in Funeka, who has lost only once in 27 ring battles.
Funeka holds the South African super-featherweight title, which he has defended five times in racking up a 24-1-2 win-loss-draw record with 20 KO's.
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