Alejandro barrios boxer8/12/2023 The WBC has done that before but in the higher weights when it sanctioned a fight between middleweight titlist Sugar Ray Leonard and light heavyweight champion Donnie Lalonde for the newly created WBC super middleweight crown at a catchweight of 168 lbs. However, the WBC can once again make history by sanctioning a clash between Donaire and Juan Francisco Estrada for Estrada's WBC super flyweight title and the vacant WBC bantamweight crown in a catchweight title fight at 116 lbs. He has since been undefeated in his succeeding fights the most recent was the stoppage of former world title challenger Antonio Nieves. Barrios gained prominence some years back when he held then Filipino long reigning IBF world super flyweight titlist Jerwin Ancajas to a fighting draw. The WBC hence is now reviewing other fighters in its ranking to pit against Donaire which is not easy to do as other top ranking bantamweights as Vincent Astrolabio and Reymart Gaballo who are both Filipinos like Donaire and Puerto Rican Emmanuel Rodriguez are more likely to vie for the other titles left vacant by Inoue in other world boxing bodies as IBF, WBO and WBA which is the route Moloney will now also take.īoxingScene said that Mexican Alejandro Barrios is being considered as Donaire's opponent. The reason given is that Bob Arum does not have anything to do with Probellum which he said is owned by a suspected criminal. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman himself confirmed that Moloney is no longer pursuing a fight against Donaire to fill up the WBC championship. This after original foe Jason Moloney through his promoter Top Rank broke off talks with Probellum which is handling Donaire in the WBC ordered negotiation for the fight. Nonito Donaire is left without an opponent to fight for the WBC bantamweight crown left vacant by erstwhile undisputed world champion Naoya Inoue. Donaire Versus Estrada for WBC Dual Titles Possible?
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