DACQUEL TO DEFEND OPBF TITLE IN JAPAN

TITLE FIGHT. OPBF super flyweight champion Renie “Commander” Dacquel (left) vs. challenger Go Onaga of Japan.

By LITO DELOS REYES

ORIENTAL and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) super flyweight champion Renie Dasalla Commander” Dacquel will make his first title-defense against Go Onaga on August 21 at the Prefectural Budokan in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

The 25-year old Dacquel, a native of Manabo, Abra won the interim OPBF super flyweight crown via a 9^th round technical knockout win against then undefeated Rathaphol Suwaonsoda last April 1 at the Negros Occidental Multi-Purpose Gym in Bacolod City.

Dacquel currently has a record of 17 wins with 6 losses, 1 draw and 6 knockouts. In his first bid for the OPBF, Dacquel bowed to undefeated Japanese Takuma Inoue (5-0-0) last December 29 at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan.

Inoue is now slated to fight WBO Inter-Continental Flyweight champion Froilan Saludar on September 4 at the Sky Arena in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Onaga, on the other hand, has 27 wins with 18 Kos and only two losses and two draws. The 36-year old southpaw has won all his last 10 fights with six of them by knockouts.

In his last fight, Onaga defeated Filipino Renoel Pael of Cebu by a unanimous decision last March 13 at the City Gym of Tomigusuku in Okinawa.

Onaga’s last taste of defeat was when he dropped a split decision to fellow countryman Teiru Kinoshita in their title-fight for the vacant Japanese super flyweight crown last March 27, 2012 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The 12-round Dacquel-Onaga championship match will be graced by OPBF president Juan Ramon Guanzon and international promoter Brico Santig.