SINGAPORE, CMC – Guyana’s world-rated Leon Moore has declared his readiness for next month’s pivotal title fight against Indonesia’s Marangin Marbun for the Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) super bantamweight belt.
Moore and Marbun are booked to clash on January 16 at the 2,400 capacity Sun-Tec Ballroom for the vacant PABA 122-pound belt.
“I’m looking forward to the fight and giving the people of Singapore something to remember,” said Moore, the highest rated boxer based in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Ranked No.6 in the world by the World Boxing Council (WBC), Moore takes a solid record for 25 wins (22 knockouts) against two losses into the contest and Marbun comes in with a log of 19 wins (seven knockouts) against six defeats and one draw. In his last fight, Marbun suffered a seventh-round loss to the Philippines’ Rey Bautista, a former World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Inter-Continental champion. “Marbun is a strong boxer and this will be one of the toughest challenges of my career, but I’m confident that I have the skills, speed and power to beat him inside the distance,” Moore said. The highly anticipated event will be the first professional card at this level in Singapore in three years. A win for Moore would propel him firmly toward a world title opportunity and he aims to become the fifth Guyanese man to win a world boxing title — after Andrew Lewis, Wayne Braithwaite, Vivian Harris and Gairy St Clair.