Amit guns for belt in OPBF convention

After losing in his last fight to veteran Froilan Saludar, Salatiel Amit will try to get his career back on track as he takes on Carlo Caesar Peñalosa for the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council silver flyweight title on Nov. 10 at the Puerto Princesa Coliseum.

The fight, which is Amit’s first since losing in the ninth round to veteran Froilan Saludar last June, is part of the Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation Convention, giving the four-year pro of Omega stable a chance to showcase his skills in front of boxing stakeholders in the region.

Amit is 10-3-2 with seven knockout wins, while Peñalosa is 9-1 and is on a two-fight win streak.

Aside from boosting his career, an impressive win could get Amit lucrative offers from abroad as the OPBF convention will have representatives from Australia, Fiji, Guam, Hawaii, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, China, Samoa, Taiwan, Thailand and Tonga.

The workhorse Amit has a slight edge in experience over Peñalosa, having fought for the WBC international light flyweight title last year. He faced Jonathan Taconing for the belt but lost in 10 rounds.

With two losses in his last three fights, Amit needs a morale-boosting win to get noticed by the stakeholders and he may get that against the 24-year-old Peñalosa.

Though he has an impressive 9-1 record, Peñalosa hasn’t faced a fighter of Amit’s caliber yet as he has fought mostly in small cards against boxers with losing records. His lone loss came against Reymark Taday, who was 5-2 when they faced last Feb. 25.

Incidentally, among Peñalosa’s foes, Taday was the only boxer with a winning record. After that loss, Peñalosa bounced back with wins over Jayar Diama (7-9-7) and Vincent Bautista (5-8-4).

In contrast, Amit’s last three opponents were Saludar (24-2-1), Renerio Arizala (13-5-1) and Taconing (22-3-1). /