BOXING
Peñalosa battles Cardenas
Two-division world champion Gerry Penalosa aims to take an even more active and dominant role in promoting fast-rising fighters and tried and tested campaigners with his
Feb. 16 show at the Skydome of SM North in the Philippines.
Penalosa, formerly the WBC super-flyweight and WBO super-bantam king, is lining up his nephew, unbeaten feather prospect Dave Penalosa (14-0 with ten KOs) against Marcos Cardenas (19-6-1 with 15 KOs) of Mexico.
Ex-world fly titlist Johnreil Casimero (25-4-1 with 16 KOs) returns against Kenya Yamashita (13-4 with ten KOs) of Japan while another nephew of Penalosa, Carl Penalosa faces Wattana Phembaan (18-5-0 with 11 KOs).
ESPN5 is throwing its all-out support to Penalosa’s Gerrypens Promotions in their quest not only to discover future world champions but for the Philippines to rally behind them.
TV5 chief Chot Reyes is pushing for the staging of regular boxing shows in line with the mission of tapping fresh talent.