Jerusalem depensahan ang titulo sa Setyembre

NAKATAKDANG depensahan ni World Boxing Council (WBC) minimum weight champion Melvin Jerusalem ang kanyang titulo laban sa undefeated Mexican Luis Castillo sa Setyembre.

Aayusin ng Manny Pacquiao’s MP Promotions ang quality fight card para sa unang depensa ni Jerusalem maaring ganapin sa Manila, Masbate or General Santos City.

“Quality world boxing titles will be coming soon to the Philippines, and Melvin Jerusalem, our present world champion, will be a main part of it. It’s great timing that he is holding one of the most prestigious world boxing titles — the WBC,” Wika ni Pacquiao, na eight-division world champion, Martes.

Castillo, 26, ay southpaw na may 21 wins,1 draw at 13 knockouts.

Sinabi ni MP Prpmotions president Sean Gibbsons na tama ang timing at napagkasunduan sa WBC nang pumunta sa Manila si Mauricio Sulaiman nakaraang Marso.

Jerusalem ay dating World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimum weight champion. Nasungkit nya ang WBC belt mtapos ang split decision victory laban sa Japanese Yudai Shigeoka sa Tokyo, Japan nakaraang Marso 31.

Sinabi ng Sanman promotions chief JC Mananquil,handler ni Jerusalem, na handa siyang magtrabaho sa MP Promotions na co-promoter ng laban sa ilalim ng patnubay ni Pacquiao at Gibbons.