A local boxer may play undercard in the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey in March. Promoters are considering rising star Jhunriel “Quadro Alas†Casimero as one of the featured attractions of the much awaited bout in Dallas , Texas after he won a major title last month.
This was bared by Councilor Ruben Capahi, chairman of the committee on sports when Casimero went home recently and received a hero’s welcome from Ormocanons led by Mayor Eric C. Codilla.
He was taken on a motorcade around downtown, and shook hands and signed autographs at the public market and police station.
The 19-year-old native of Can-untog, here beat by TKO former world champion César Canchila of Colombia for the WBA Interim Light Flyweight championship at the national stadium in Nicaragua last December 19.
His performance was so impressive by dropping the Colombian on the canvass on the third, sixth and ninth rounds and then twice on the 11th round, prompting the referee to stop the fight.
Casimero’s latest win boosts his 28 win-2 loss 22 KOs record. Other international matches of Casimero are his eigth round knockout win over Ardin Diale May 28, 2009 in Cebu and the Worl Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific light flyweight title wherein he beat Thailand ’s Lempetch Sor Veerapol in the fifth round on Oct. 3, 2008.
He is now ranked no. 4 by WBO.
Before turning professional, Casimero started at small boxing matches held during fiestas and Charter Day at the city plaza of Ormoc.
His promising talent was first noticed when he won gold at the Eastern Visayas Regional Athletic Association (EVIRAA) meet in Ormoc in April 1996. He further shone at the Palarong Pambansa by winning gold that same year.
Casimero is now in Cebu training for the Pacquiao-Clottey event. (PNA)
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