Welcome to Adrian Curiel vs. Sivenathi Nontshinga II fight week

Source: Matchroom

12/02/2024

Welcome to Adrian Curiel vs. Sivenathi Nontshinga II fight week

This week, Matchroom and DAZN will be in Oaxaca, Mexico for the  world title rematch between Adrian Curiel and Sivenathi Nontshinga. The venue for Friday’s fight will be Guelaguetza Auditorium. Nontshinga, from South Africa, will be jumping back into an immediate rematch with the Mexican Curiel after losing the IBF light flyweight title. In the first fight, Crueil entered as a vitrual unknown but changed his life with a single punch in Monte Carlo. Curiel is generaly thought of as a light puncher but he landed a single overhand right in round two that knocked out the South African.  Curiel, from Mexico, is now 24-4-1 and that was just his fourth win by knockout. Nontshinga suffered his first career loss in his thirteenth pro fight.

PRIOR BOXINGTALK JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT COVERAGE

WBA/WBC / NOV. 1, 2022: At the Saitama Super Arena in Japan, Kenshiro Teraji unified the WBC and WBA light flyweight championships by stopping fellow Japanese Hiroto Kyoguchi in seven rounds. Teraji, sometimes listed as Ken Shiro, displayed speed and accuracy that was decisive in overcoming and overwhelming Kyoguchi, a strong and previously undefeated rival. As the rounds wore on, Kyoguchi began to look further out of his depth, due to the wear and tear. A right hand from Teraji dropped Kyoguchi in the fifth, but Kyoguchi managed to recover, fight back with gusto and land some hard shots in the last minute that pushed Kenshiro back. The sixth round was calmer, but Teraji did not lose his concentration and managed to nullify the combinations thrown by Kyoguchi. In the seventh round, the end came. Kenshiro’s right hands were the danger factor, and he first threw one that pushed his opponent back. He immediately released another one that practically finished Kyoguchi, but the ropes stopped his fall, and as Teraji was moving in to finish it, the referee intervened to stop the fight. Teraji, now the WBC and WBA champion, improved his record to 20-1 with 12 knockouts, while Kyoguchi is now 16-1 with 11 knockouts.

IBF / SEPT. 4, 2022: In an extremely rare occurrence, a South African boxer won a world title in a foreign country. In Hermosillo, Mexico, little-known Sivenathi  Nontshinga defeated Mexico's Héctor Flores (20-2-4) by split decision to become the new IBF light flyweight champion. Nontshinga knocked down the Mexican in the second round, but Flores put up a fight and won several rounds until the ninth. After that Nontshinga rallied and earned IBF 108-pound world honors by split decision, 116-11 and 114-113 in his favor and 115-112-against. Nontshinga, age 23, fights only once a year due to the economically deprived boxing scene in his country. Now 11-0, he certainly made the most of his opportunity, grabbing the belt vacated by Nicaragua's Felix Alvarado.

WBC / MARCH 19, 2022: Kenshiro Teraji a/k/a Ken Shiro regained his WBC 108-pound championship by knocking out cinderella man Masamichi Yabuki in round three in Japan. Teraji landed a long right hand that put Yabuki down. Yabuki beat the count but the referee deemed him unable to continue and immediately stopped the fight. The win is sweet revenge for Teraji (19-1) as it came in an immediate rematch against Yabuki, his upset conqueror. Yabuchi is just 13-4 but shocked Teraji with a tenth-round stoppage last September to become a lightly regarded champion. Teraji contracted the coronavirus in the weeks before the first fight, and may not have been fully recovered during his loss. Yabuki is expected to retire.

WBO / OCT. 17, 2021: Puerto Rico's Jonathan “Bomba” González is the new WBO junior flyweight champion on Saturday after defeating Mexico's Elwin Soto by split decision on the DAZN card in Fresno, California. After twelve rounds, two judges scored it 116-112 for Gonzalez, overruling one judge who saw it for Soto by the same score. González, age 30, was a gold medalist at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Mayaguez 2010, but was not expected to leave the ring as a champion. He failed in a 2019 flyweight title bid vs. Kosei Tanaka. He's now 25-3-1. Soto drops to 18-2.

WBC / SEPT. 22, 2021:  There is shocking news coming out of Japan as unheralded Masamichi Yabuki upset previously undefeated Kenshiro Teraji a/k/a Ken Shiro to win the WBC 108-pound championship. Yabuki, whose record is a very modest 13-3, stopped his better-known compatriot in round ten to claim the title. Teraji was recently diagnosed with the the coronavirus and postponed the original fight date for twelve days. Going into the fight, Yabuki said he would retire win or lose, but now Kyodo News says the new champion is reconsidering. Teraji is now 18-1.
 
WBO / JUNE 22, 2019:  The WBO 108-pound championship changed hands on what seemd to be a premature stoppage at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Mexico's Elwin Soto, a sizable underdog was losing to Puerto Rico's Angel Acosta, behind on points going into the twelfth round. Soto hurt Acosta with an uppercut then landed two body shots on Acosta when referee Thomas Taylor jumped in too quickly to give Soto the championship. Acosta had been knocked down once earlier in the fight but overall was ahead in punches landed, 230-162. Soto is now 15-1 but he had only one quality win coming into this fight, and had never fought past round six prior to Friday. The hard punching Acosta has room for improvement on defense. He's 20-2 but deserves an improvement.



 






 

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