Carlos Cañizales WBA 108-Lbs World Title Defence Cancelled

By Carlos Costa

Unbeaten  Venezuelan WBA Light Flyweight World Champion Carlos CCC” Cañizales (22-0-1, 17 KO’s), will not defend belt today in  Colombia because of weight excess problems for his Mexican challenger former champ  Jesús “Negrito” Silvestre (37-7, 26 KO’s), for which their clash had to be cancelled.

“Today I will not fight because my rival (Silvestre) did not give the weight. I hope soon I will return to the ring,” said the disappointed Cañizales to BoxingScene.

He was wanting to make the 3rd defense of the black and golden crown that he claimed by defeating Reiya Konshi (17-2, 7 KO’s) nearly 3 years ago in Kobe, Japan.

The heavy-handed 27-year-old Venezuelan – whose last battle was a win by points over Japanese former titlist Sho Kimura (19-3-2, 12 KO’s) in May of 2019 in China, – has been interested in going back to Japan to unify the WBA 108-pound belts against undefeated Japanese WBA “Super Champion” Hiroto Kyoguchi (14-0, 9 KO’s).

Will that fight ever happen in 2021? Boxing fans hope so as the war would pit 2 of the top-5 toughest men in the division.

The other 3 most dangerous fighters in the weight-class are unbeaten Japanese WBC king  Kenshiro Teraji (17-0, 10 KO’s), Nicaraguan IBF Champion  Félix “El Gemelo” Alvarado 35-2, 30 KO’s), and Mexican WBO world Champion  “La Pulga” Elwin Soto Castro (18-1, 12 KO’s).

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