Frenchman Nordine Oubaali will defend the WBC bantamweight title for the first time, on July 6 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, against the Filipino Arthur Villanueva (32-3-1, 18 KO), and it`ll be broadcast live on ESPN +.
Oubaali (15-0, 11 KO) is determined to underlines his status as the best bantamweight in the world with a convincing victory over Villanueva. Nordine defeated Rau’shee Warren to win the vacant WBC belt on January 19 in Las Vegas. That fight was a rematch, since Oubaali also defeated Warren at the 2012 Olympics.
Villanueva aged thirty, has been a professional since 2008, and he trusts that his experience will lead him to conquer the Green and Gold Belt.
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