UNDEFEATED Jade Bornea faces Raul Yu for the vacant International Boxing Federation Youth super-flyweight title in the main event of the Sanman Boxing’s “Laban Pinoy 3: Rise of Champions” on Sunday at the Lagao Gym in General Santos City.
Bornea (six wins with four knockouts) of Sanman-Amoy Stable takes on Yu (9-1, 8 KOs) of Ala Promotions in the mainer of the card that features other championship bouts.
In the comain event, seasoned brawler Glenn Porras (29-5, 17 KOs) of North Cotabato clashes with Sanman’s Ben Manangquil (12-1, 3 KOs) for the the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) International bantamweight crown.
“All of them are prepared to fight and we will try to upset the local fighters,” Sanman CEO Jim Claude Manangquil said.
In the other featured bouts, Jovany Rota (9-9, 6 KOs) battles former world title contender Eden Sonsona (35-6-2, 12 KOs) for the vacant WBF international super-featherweight crown.
Renren Tesorio (15-9-3-4 KOs), a former Philippine light-flyweight titleholder with a record, will have his hands full against Eden’s younger brother Lolito Sonsona (20-1-4-9 KOs) for the vacant WBF Asia super-flyweight title.
“Sanman boxers are also in top shape and I’m sure we will have a great night of championship boxing,” Manangquil added.
The Laban Pinoy 3: Rise of the Champions is the official boxing event of this year’s Kalilangan Festival.