Villanueva faces WBC French champ July 6home/Sports/Top Sports/Villanueva faces WBC French champ July 6Filipino boxer Arthur Villanueva will get his third world title shot when he fights World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight champion Nordine Oubaali on July 6 at the Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan. Villanueva’s last attempt to win a world title ended with a unanimous decision loss to South African Zolani Tete for the World Boxing Organization bantamweight belt last April 22, 2017 in London. I’m also confident that I can last until the 12th round,” said Villanueva. He is coming off a unanimous decision win over American Rau’shee Warren last January 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada for the vacant WBC belt. Villanueva and trainer coach Edito Villamor is due to fly to Kazakhstan anytime next week.

Source: Manila Times June 23, 2019 16:18 UTC