EVERYTHING IS SET NOW FOR CLASH OF CHAMPIONS 3 IN HONG KONG

HONG KONG (Oct. 5) – Everything is set now for the much-awaited sold-out “Clash of Champions 3” boxing event slated on October 7 at the Hong Kong Convention and Entertainment Centre here.
Promoter Jay Lau of DEF Promotions said that the fighters and ring officials from the different countries have already arrived today for the official weigh-in tomorrow (Oct. 6) at 1 p.m. at the Olympian City in Kowloon.
The physicals and commissioning paperwork, however, will be held at the Pacific Room, second floor of the Island Pacific Hotel starting at 8:30 a.m.
The visiting boxers and ring officials are also all billeted at the Island Pacific Hotel including WBO representative Leon Panuncillo, who will be conducting the weigh-in and rules meeting today.
The first fight on Saturday starts at 5 p.m.The CC3 card, which is co-promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank Promotions, is presented by TFI Digital Media.
It is sponsored by Tai Hing Catering Group, NIKE, CMGE, Huawei, Mass Mutual, Olympian City and Hong Kong Broadband.
The main event is the championship fight between defending WBO International super flyweight champion Rex “The Wonder Kid” Tso (21-0-0) of Hong Kong and Japanese challenger Kohei “Tough Boy” Kono (33-10-1) for 12 rounds.
The co-main event is the championship fight for the vacant WBO Oriental super featherweight crown between Takuya Watanabe (32-7-1) and Leshan Li (13-2-1) for 10 rounds.
Pitted in the undercard are:
10 rds. – super bantamweight Ayumi Goto (7-0) vs. Kirti (3-0)
8 rds. – light flyweight Raymond Poon Kaiching (3-1-0) vs. Frengky Rohi (5-0-1)
6 rds. – welterweight Nick Frese (6-0) vs. Prabhjot Singh (7-1-1)
6 rds. – middleweight Tom Taw (3-1-0) vs. Osidsorn Kesornsombat (9-3-0)
4 rds. – super lightweight Nibesh Ghale (0-1-0) vs. Prell Tupas (10-32-5)
4 rds. – light flyweight Sandy Lam (1-1-0) vs. Nadya Nakhoir (0-2-0)

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