Marlon Tapales (born March 23, 1992) is a Filipino

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

. He has held world championships in two

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, including the unified

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and

IBF The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Counci ...

super-bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to . There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...

titles since April 2023 and previously the WBO

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title from 2016 to 2017.

Professional career

He has lost to future world titlist David Sánchez. In 2016, Tapales won the

World Boxing Organization The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing ...

world title over

Pungluang Sor Singyu Pungluang Sor Singyu ( th, ผึ้งหลวง ส.สิงห์อยู่, born September 8, 1988) is a Thai professional boxer in the bantamweight division and he is a former two-time World Boxing Organization (WBO) Bantamweight World ...

Tapales vs. Iwasa

On 7 December 2019, Tapales fought Ryosuke Iwasa for the vacant IBF super bantamweight title. Iwasa won via an eleventh-round TKO.

Tapales vs. Teshigawara

On 11 December 2021, Tapales fought Teshigawara, ranked #3 by the IBF at super bantamweight. Tapales managed to stop Teshigawara within two rounds.

Tapales vs. Akhmadaliev

On 8 April 2023, Tapales beat Murodjon Akhmadaliev via split decision to win the WBA (Super) and IBF super-bantamweight world titles.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Marlon Tapales - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tapales, Marlon 1992 births Living people Filipino male boxers Sportspeople from Lanao del Norte Southpaw boxers World Boxing Organization champions World Boxing Association champions International Boxing Federation champions World bantamweight boxing champions World super-bantamweight boxing champions