Alex Winwood and Joey Canoy will meet in a WBC strawweight title eliminator at Hordern Pavillion, Sydney, Australia, on June 12.
The enticing matchup is a modification of the beforehand ordered WBC elimination bout.
Winwood initially tried to achieve phrases with present WBC No. 1 contender Luis Castillo, No. 10 at 105 by The Ring. When that fell by means of, they as an alternative brokered a cope with the skilled Canoy (20-5-2, 12 KOs).
WBC World #3 Joey Canoy(20-5) is about to sq. off in opposition to WBC World #2 Alex Winwood(4-0) in a WBC Minimumweight World Title Eliminator on June 12 in Sydney, Australia pic.twitter.com/WKfo5LmuZo
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The bout nonetheless represents a gathering between the very best rated accessible WBC strawweights. Australia’s Winwood (4-0, 2 knockouts) is rated No. 2 by the sanctioning physique; the Philippines’ Canoy is No. 3.
Winwood represented Australia on the 2017 and 2019 World Championships, and the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He additionally participated within the 2022 Commonwealth Video games earlier than he turned professional later that yr.
It has been a brisk and aggressive transfer from newcomer to contender. The 26-year-old from Mandurah has earned notable wins over Tibo Monabesa and then-unbeaten Reyneris Gutierrez.
Canoy turned skilled in 2012. The Filipino southpaw misplaced his unbeaten file by the hands of Jerry Tomogdan through choice of their January 2015 nationwide title battle. He was subsequently stopped by Jesse Espinas and former two-division champ Hekkie Budler in South Africa.
The setbacks had been adopted by a July 2017 win over countryman Melvin Jerusalem, The Ring’s No. 3-rated strawweight and the present WBC titlist. The momentum was short-lived; he fell quick to former titlist Nkosinathi Joyi and Nhlanhla Tyirha in South Africa.
A five-fight unbeaten streak has adopted, together with an April 2022 majority draw with countryman ArAr Andales.
The winner of the Winwood-Canoy title eliminator will turn into the WBC necessary challenger. Jerusalem (22-3, 12 KOs) dethroned then-unbeaten WBC titlist Yudai Shigeoka through unanimous choice on March 31 in Nagoya, Japan.
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