World ranked Filipino featherweight Dave Penalosa gets the break and world-wide exposure , He challenges South African Lerato Dlamini for the latter’s World Boxing Council (WBC) International featherweight belt in the main features of a boxing show in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 12, 2019.
Dave, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental featherweight titleholder, is rated 12th in the WBO and 15th in the IBF. Dlamini, in the meantime, is rated 11th in the WBC and 14th in the IBF.
Dave is unbeaten with a record of 15-0 with 11 knockouts, while Dlamini is 12-1 with six knockouts.
Dlamini won his WBC International belt with a split decision over Sydney Maluleka in April 2018. Six months later, he captured the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Continental Africa featherweight belt with a points victory over Haidari Mchanjo. He also owns a win over former world champion Simpiwe Vetyeka, who he beat by majority decision in 2017.
It's the golden chance for Dave Penalosa (15-0, 11 KO's) to showcase his skills, power and boxing talent before an amazing audience that includes Prime Ministers and Saudi royalty.