BALDONADO, ZODA MAKE WEIGHT IN CHINA

TITLE-DEFENSE. Ronnie Baldonado (left) and challenger Iwan Zoda pose after the official weigh-in today in China. (Photo courtesy of VANESSA NERI/MP DAVAO GYM)

FILIPINO Interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental flyweight champion Ronnie “Jong-Jong” Baldonado and his Indonesian challenger Iwan “Sniper” Zoda both made their weights today for their championship fight slated tomorrow in Beijing.
Both of them tipped the scales at identical 112 lbs.
It will be Baldonado’s first title-defense of the interim WBO Oriental flyweight crown he won by stopping Yiming Ma by a first round technical knockout last April 27 at the National Olympic Sports Center Gym in Beijing.
Baldonado is still unbeaten with 9 wins and one draw with six knockouts while Zoda, a former IBF Youth flyweight champion Iwan “Sniper” Zoda has a record of 14 wins, 2 losses, one draw and 13 KOs.
The fight is co-promoted by Sen. Manny Pacquiao of MP Promotions and Wen Xin Zhou of Ding Xin Sports.
Zoda, however, bounced back by stopping Sonatu Waleruu via a 2nd round TKO in his previous fight held August 20 in Jakarta.
“Dili puede kumpiyansahan ang kalaban kay dating IBF Youth champion ug knockout artist sad (We can’t take the opponent lightly because he is a former IBF Youth champion and a knockout artist also),” said Neri.
Four other boxers from MP Davao Gym are also seeing action in the undercard.
WBO Asia Pacific welterweight champion Jayar “Hitman” Inson (13W-1L-0D, 9 KOs) faces Yangcheng Jin (5W-1L-2D, 1 KO) while MinProBA flyweight champion Genesis “Cobra” Libranza (12W-1L-0D, 9 KOs) takes on Yujie Zeng (6W-6L-1D).
Light flyweight Rene Mark Cuarto (12W-1L-1D, 7 KOs) collides with Guangxiong Li (4W-2L-1D) while unbeaten MinProBA bantamweight king Vincent Astrolabio (9W-0L, 7 KOs) fights Ayati Sailike (3W-4L-2D, 1 KO).