Laurel to fight Jardeliza for vacant LuzProba featherweight title Aug. 3

DAVAO CITY — Southpaw Alie “Demolition Man” Laurel of Gen. Santos City will fight Lloyd Jardeliza of Marikina City for the vacant Luzon Professional Boxing Association (LuProba) featherweight title on Aug. 3 at Brgy. Vergara, Mandaluyong City.The 27-year old Laurel (15W-4L-1D, 10KO), who is now a resident of Sampaloc, Manila TKO’d Visut Tamkhuntod of Thailand in the 3rd round last Jan. 26.However, the fight for vacant World Boxing Council International super bantamweight against Joe Noynay of Cebu ended up in a split draw last 2016.Laurel did now fight for two years in 2017 and 2018. It was a comeback fight in Thailand.Jardeliza (8W-9L-4D, 6KO), on the other hand, lost to Juanito Paradez of Iloilo by a TKO in the 1st round last Dec. 28 in in Muntinlupa.He won against Jimmy Aducal of Samar by a majority decision in 2017.The 24-year old Jardeliza lost again to Jelbirt Gomera of Sultan Kudarat by unanimous decision last Nov. 26, 2018 in a battle for the vacant LuzProba featherweight title.The “Showdown in Madaluyong” is promoted by Brico Santig of the Highland International Boxing Promotion. (Lito delos Reyes)