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    Cuarto stakes IBF belt against Taduran in all-Filipino title rematch

    IBF mini-flyweight title bout: Pedro Taduran vs Rene Cuarto
    Feb 6, 2022
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    Rene Mark Cuarto and Pedro Taduran clash anew.

    ONE year after, Pedro Taduran gets a shot at reclaiming his world crown.

    Taduran challenges tormentor and reigning champion Rene Mark Cuarto in a rematch for the IBF world mini-flyweight championship on Sunday at the Digos City gymnasium in Davao.

    In the latest all-Filipino showdown for a world title, the 25-year-old Taduran will seek to regain the 105-pound belt which he lost to Cuarto last year in General Santos City.

    Cuarto, 25, won the 12-round bout by unanimous decision, all by the score of 115-113, despite a late charge made by Taduran, whose camp believed they should have won the fight.

    Taduran now gets a chance to avenge the loss in Cuarto’s first title defense.

    Pedro Taduran, Rene Mark Cuarto

    Pedro Taduran and Rene Mark Cuarto easily make weight

    During the official weigh-in Saturday, Cuarto checked in at 102 lbs. while Taduran came in at exactly 105 lbs.

    The champion, fighting out of MP Promotions, sports a 19-2-2 record with 11 KOs and is trained by Nonoy Neri, one of the Filipino trainers of the legendary Manny Pacquiao.

    Taduran meanwhile, has a record of 14-3-1 with 11 KOs. He’s handle by former world champion Tacy Macalos and fights under Art Monis of Hardstone Monis Promotions.

    A native of Libon, Albay, Taduran initially won the crown with a fourth round stoppage of compatriot Samuel Salva three years ago in Taguig, before retaining his crown behind a technical draw against Mexican challenger Jardin Cerveza in Guadalupe, Mexico just before the outbreak of the global pandemic in 2020.

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