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Ifugao boxing whiz guns for WBO youth title

- Roderick Osis

UNDEFEATED Ifugao boxing sensation Carl Jammes Martin gets another acid test as he vies for one more title on August 6 in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.

Martin will gun for the World Boxing Organizati­on youth bantamweig­ht title against fellow 19 year - old Huerban Qiatehe from China.

Having won eight of his nine wins via knock out, Martin recently bagged the vacant World Boxing Associatio­n Asia bantamweig­ht title against Indonesian George Lumoly in a third round knockout on June 21 in front of his hometown in Lagawe.

Qiatehe meanwhile boast of seven wins with one defeat and two draws including one knock out coming from his last bout earlier in May against Wansheng Wang.

Aside from the WBA belt, Martin alos holds the interim World Boxing Council Asian Boxing Council continenta­l bantamweig­ht title he won against Artid Bumrungaue­a in December 2017.

Five fights will also be in the undercard of the boxing event approved by the Games and Amusement Board.

Roy Nagulman, another up and coming boxer from Ifugao will defend his LuzProBa super flyweight title against Jerry mae Villagraci­a.

A flyweight match between John Magagmoc and Micheal Mendoza is expected to thrill fight fans while light flyweight Joshua Philipi Tuguinay takes on Paolo Sy as Evander Dogwe squares off with Alex Isidro in a lightweigh­t contest while Eufemio Gamangan and Ryan Pollero raise the curtains in another light flyweight match.

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 ?? Photo by Roderick Osis ?? IFUGAO pride. current three time boxing champion Carl Jammes Martin joins Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan and boxing promoter Raffy Panagan during a recent event in the city.
Photo by Roderick Osis IFUGAO pride. current three time boxing champion Carl Jammes Martin joins Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan and boxing promoter Raffy Panagan during a recent event in the city.

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