Boxing champ Marlon Tapales heads to Australia against Thai veteran

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former two-division world champion Marlon “Nightmare” Tapales begins a new chapter in his career as he moves up to the featherweight division for a showdown against Thailand’s Sukpraserd Ponpitak on Aug. 29 in Victoria, Australia. Tapales will see action in a boxing card at the Mercure Ballarat Hotel. This will mark his first fight at 126 pounds after spending most of his career campaigning in the bantamweight and super bantamweight divisions. The 34-year-old Filipino is looking to bounce back from a unanimous decision loss to Japan’s Yukinori Oguni in a non-title bout last April in Tokyo. […]...

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