FARENAS IN IBF JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT ELIMINATOR FOR NO. 2 SPOT IN RANKINGS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 06 May 2014
Hard-hitting southpaw Michael Farenas will face American Mark Davis in an IBF junior lightweight eliminator for the No.2 spot
in the rankings in a fight card at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut on July 2.
Farenas, a protege of former world super flyweight champion Gerry Penalosa is currently ranked No. 4 by the IBF while Davis is at No. 11.
Penalosa told the Manila Standard that Farenas "is always training and is in good condition." He will begin sparring on Monday against Junel Alivio and Edgar Gabejan at Penalosa's Gym in Eastwood.
The 29 year old Farenas who has a record of 38-4-4 with 30 knockouts is a strong puncher and is best remembered for his twelve round unanimous decision loss to former Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa on December 8, 2012 in which he dropped Gamboa in an WBA super featherweight/junior lightweight Interim title fight.
Davis was an outstanding amateur with some 200 bouts and his boxrec.com biography states he won a gold medal at the 2002 US Junior Olympics at 42kg beating Cesar Seda Jr. before winning a gold medal at the 2002 US National Silver Gloves at 100lbs, a gold medal at the 2002 US Junior Olympics at 95lbs and a gold medal as a Junior at the 2002 Police Athletic League (PAL) tournament at 106lbs.
Davis also won a silver medal at the 2003 PAL at 112lbs beating Charles Huerta but losing to Ron Siler before he grabbed a gold medal for the USA at the 2003 Under-19 Sweden Cup at 112lbs.
Davis competed at the 2003 World Cadet championships as a flyweight as well as the US Olympic Trials for the 2004 Olympics beating Charles Huerta but losing to Ron Siler and then on a walk over to Aaron Alafa. He was a gold medalist at the 2005 US National championships at featherweight beating Richard Baltazar and Ray Robinson. He also won two contests for USA at 2005 World Cup also fighting as a featherweight and competed at the 2005 World Championships at 57kg.
Davis also won two bouts when representing USA vs Belarus in 2006 as a f eatherweight and won the gold medal at the 2006 US championships and later won the Eastern Olympic trials for 2008 Olympics.
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