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Thai boxer Amnat Ruenroeng battles Johnriel Casimero in rematch

Ruenroeng is unbeaten in 17 pro fights and is coming off a unanimous decision win against Myung Ho Lee to retain his IBF flyweight title.

Casimero (24-3-0, 13 KOs) has been inactive for almost a year since his controversial loss to Ruenroeng in June last year, while Ruenroeng defended his title once before he faces Casimero in a rematch tonight in Beijing.

Ruenroeng and Casimero figured in a controversial decision fight last year when Ruenroeng outpointed Casimero in a fight that was marred by foul shots from both sides, but mostly coming from Ruenroeng from the early rounds until the end of the 12-round title fight. Although a point was deducted from Ruenroeng for a foul call in the seventh round. it was obvious the referee was too lenient in his officiating.

Ruenroeng scored two knockdowns in the course of the 12-round encounter. The first knockdown happened in round two while the second followed in the seventh round.

The fight looked like a wrestling event characterized by too much holding and shoving by the Thai fighter forcing Casimero to hit the canvas at one point in the later rounds without being penalized by the referee.

“I’m in great condition because I trained here in the Philippines and since the fight is in Beijing, China there won’t be a hometown decision or cheating similar to what happened in our first fight in Thailand.” Casimero told Boxing Scene.

“We are preparing to bring the title back home. My weight is eight pounds over but it won’t be a problem,” Casimero said during his training.

Both fighters have reportedly made the 112 weight limit for the fight during the weigh in at the hotel. There were reports that Casimero was over four pounds overweight prior to the weigh-in but made it to the limit as reported in Philboxing.com.

A late report on Bangkok Post though indicate that both fighters failed to make the weight but the sanctioning body reportedly gave the go ahead signal for the bout to proceed as a title fight.

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