Randy Petalcorin
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Randy Petalcorin | |
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Real name | Randy Formentera Petalcorin |
Nickname(s) | Razor |
Weight(s) |
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Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) |
Reach | 67 in (170 cm) |
Nationality | Filipino |
Born | Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines | 31 December 1991
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 36 |
Wins | 31 |
Wins by KO | 23 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 1 |
Randy Formemtera Petalcorin (born 31 December 1991) is a Filipino professional boxer who held the WBA interim light-flyweight title from 2014 to 2015. He has challenged twice for light-flyweight world championships; the IBF title in 2018 and the WBC title in 2019.
Professional career[]
Petalcorin fights in the light-flyweight division and has the nickname "Ultra Tune" which comes from the Australian car service franchise[1] that sponsor him and fought in Melbourne, Australia on Peter Maniatis events between 2013 and 2017, training at the Boxingfit Gym in Port Melbourne.[citation needed]
He won the WBA interim light-flyweight title against Walter Tello via seventh-round technical knockout in Shanghai, China, in front of 15,000 strong crowd on a Top Rank promoted card with Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum ringside.[citation needed] Also in attendance cheering on Petalcorin was fellow Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao who jumped into the ring once Petalcorin Won the WBA interim title to congratulate him.[citation needed]
Petalcorin is now training in Melbourne using a high altitude training scheme with his co-sponsors Altitude Services, led by Rod Cedaro.[2]
On 24 April 2015 in Beijing, he won his title fight against Ma Yi Ming by first-round knockout at 1 minute and 45 seconds.[3]
On 10 November 2017 Randy won his fight in the first round by knockout against Oscar Raknafa at Malvern Town Hall in Melbourne.[4]
Professional boxing record[]
See also[]
- List of Filipino boxing world champions
- List of WBA world champions
- List of light-flyweight boxing champions
References[]
- ^ "Randy Petalcorin named Ultra Tune". Ultratune.com.au. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Altitude Services". 31 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ Buckley, Sean. "Randy Petalcorin defeats Ma Yi Ming in first round!". www.seanbuckleyultratune.com.au. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Boxing, Phil (11 November 2017). "PETALCORIN STOPS RAKNAFA IN ONE". www.philboxing.com.
- ^ Randy Petalcorin's Professional Boxing Record. BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2014-08-31.
External links[]
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Davao City
- Boxers from Davao del Sur
- Filipino male boxers
- Flyweight boxers