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MANILA, Philippines – Filipino fighter Bernabe Concepcion will square off with Tanzanian boxer Juma Fundi for the vacant WBO Oriental super bantamweight championship on July 31 at the 12,000-seater Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City.
Concepcion (33-6-2, 19 knockouts) was last seen in action when he made quick work of Caem Rasmanudin by knocking out the Indonesian journeyman in two rounds this past January.
Known for his heavy right hand, the 27-year-old native of Viga, Catanduanes was once a highly-touted prospect in Philippine boxing, having received two world title shots.
However, Concepcion failed to become a world champion, losing to Steven Luevano via seventh-round disqualification in August 2009 before suffering a second-round stoppage at the hands of Juan Manuel Lopez in July 2010.
Concepcion has not competed overseas since yielding to two-division titleholder Mikey Garcia in March 2012 at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The biggest highlight of Concepcion’s 11-year prizefighting career was when he captured the WBC Youth super bantamweight title via ten-round verdict against Joksan Hernandez on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Erik Morales III in November 2006.
Concepcion will host an open workout on July 29 at Elorde Boxing Gym’s Starmall branch in Mandaluyong City.
On the other hand, Fundi (27-12-3, 11 KOs) has fought most of his bouts in his home-country of Tanzania and is 4-2-2 in his last eight outings.
It will be the second visit of the 28-year-old pugilist in the country as Fundi faced and bowed down to Sarangani’s Mepranum by way of 12-round unanimous decision in June 2008.
The boxing card dubbed “Mandirigmang Pinoy” is promoted by Ryan Gabriel’s Arci Promotions in partnership with Elmer Anuran’s Saved By The Bell and is set to feature two more title fights.
Renren Tesorio (14-6-3, 4 KOs) defends the Philippine light flyweight belt against Bonjun Loperez (9-3-1, 5 KOs), while Tiger City Boxing Gym’s Warren Manbuanag (7-5-2, 3 KOs) battles Recky Dulay (8-1, 5 KOs) for the available PBF featherweight championship. – Rappler.com
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