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With
the way he sounded, Mexican boxer Antonio Meza is bent
upon further ruining the career of young Filipino prospect
Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista.
Interviewed
by Mexican website notifight.com, the 25-year-old Meza
guaranteed his countrymen that he will bring home the
World Boxing Organization (WBO) Intercon-tinental superbantamweight
belt at stake in his 12-round encounter with Bautista.
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Meza
will conclude his training on Nov. 26 and I will immediately
fly to Manila. This will be Meza's first fight outside of
Mexico.
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Meza
has a record of 23-3 with 16 knockouts while Bautista
carries a 23-1 record with 17 KOs.
"I've
been preparing for this kind of opportunity. I know
how he fights. But I am a fighter and I do not rely
on video tapes alone. What is important is I know what
to do inside the ring to win," said Meza.
"It
is a challenge that I can surpass. I'm ready to fight
in the Philippines and will bring the title back home
with me," said Meza.
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Meza,
meanwhile, won a vacant regional title during his last outing,
the WBC Fecombox super bantamweight crown by stopping compatriot
Romel Aguilar in the third round June of this year at the
Palenquel del Fex in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
Meza
expressed his awareness about the way their bout is being
hyped in the Philippines.
"I
am going to show them that I have the technical and physical
capacity to win in front of his home crowd," said Meza.
Bautista
is hard-pressed to win this bout, hoping that a victory will
regain for him the adulation he lost when he bowed to world
super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon of Mexico
via a crushing first round technical knockout loss.
Bautista's
loss in some ways spoiled what many Filipinos thought was
a scintillating 5-1 win scored by Team Philippines over Mexico
during the second staging of the fledgling World Cup of Boxing
held last Aug. 11 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California.
The
Meza-Bautista bout will topbill a thrilling year-end boxing
extravaganza scheduled on the morning of Dec. 2 at the Araneta
Coliseum. The event is presented by Third Force Promotions
led by Noli Eala.
Serving
as the supporting main event is 18-year-old sensation AJ "Bazooka"
Banal (15-0-1, 12 KOs) who will go up against another Mexican
fighter Jovanny Soto (25-7-1, 20 KOs) in a 10-round clash.
Also
seeing action is reigning Philippine bantamweight champion,
Michael Domingo, one of the five World Cup winners last August,
who will be challenged this time by Tanzanian Anthony Mathias
in another 10-rounder.
Newly-crowned
World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia-Pacific minimum weight
champion Milan Melindo is also set to strut his wares in the
undercard. (Manny B.)
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