{"id":180814,"date":"2026-04-15T14:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/revancha-en-territorio-hostil-jerusalem-expone-el-titulo-wbc-ante-kuse\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:49:27","slug":"jerusalem-defends-wbc-title-against-kuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/jerusalem-defends-wbc-title-against-kuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem defends WBC title against Kuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jerusalem defends WBC title against Kuse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WBC straw weight champion Melvin Jerusalem will defend his title on May 16 against South Africa\u2019s Siyakholwa Kuse in South Africa, in a bout that goes beyond a routine defenses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their first encounter, Jerusalem earned a unanimous decision victory in Manila in a competitive fight where his championship-round experience ultimately made the difference. However, the result left divided opinions, as many felt Kuse had done enough to close the gap on the scorecards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the setting shifts completely. Kuse will fight at home, backed by his crowd. The fight also carries strategic significance, as the winner could move toward a unification bout against names such as Oscar Collazo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem, meanwhile, takes on a considerable challenge by traveling into hostile territory, even adapting to conditions such as altitude to ensure peak performance. In a division where pace, endurance, and precision are critical, this rematch promises to be tighter, more physical, and more consequential for the global minimumweight landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jerusalem defends WBC title against Kuse WBC straw weight champion Melvin Jerusalem will defend his title on May 16 against South Africa\u2019s Siyakholwa Kuse in South<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":180812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}