Marlon Tapales is set to take on Nattapong Jankaew on Friday 10th May 2024 at Midas Hotel and Casino in Manila.

The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which means the weight limit will be 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).

Tapales (37-4, 19 knockouts), a former two-division champion, will begin his road back to junior featherweight contention in a ten-round bout, with a minor WBC title at stake. Against Jankaew (12-3, 8 KOs), a 27-year-old from Bangkok, he faces an opponent who is coming off a first round knockout of a debuting fighter on March 30. Jankaew won his first ten fights after turning pro in 2019, but has lost three of his last five, including two by stoppage.

Tapales, 32, of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte in the Philippines, had previously held the WBO bantamweight title from 2016 until 2017, and then won the IBF/WBA junior featherweight titles last April with an upset win over Murodjon Akhmadaliev before losing them last December in an undisputed unification bout in Japan against Inoue.

Marlon Tapales vs Nattapong Jankaew Fight Card:

Marlon Tapales vs Nattapong Jankaew
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