JUGGERNAUT RETURNS TO RING 14 MONTHS AFTER EXPLOSIVE WIN

March 16, 2024 Community Billboard

BAGUIO CITY

Next month, 14 months after an electrifying performance that earned him a US$50,000 bonus, “The Juggernaut” will be back and he will have two world champions and the former longest reigning bantamweight king in all platforms will be backing him. Rising bantamweight star Jeremy Pacatiw is set to return on April against Wang Shuo
at ONE Fight Night 21: Eersel vs. Nicolas at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Pacatiw returns to the ring after beating “The Dragon Leg” Tial Thang in December 3, 2022 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Pacatiw, who has moved to the Lions MMA will have former ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion Kevin Belingon and no. 2 ranked bantamweight contender Stephen Loman at his side. His camp also includes former ONE Lightweight MMA World Champion Eduard Folayang when he faces the dangerous Wang who has moved up from the flyweight ranks.

The bulked up Wang is coming in with eight of his 16 wins coming from either knockouts or technical knockouts, and this makes him a dangerous opponent against anyone who is to challenge him. The bout is part of the stacked card that headlines twosport World Champion Regian ‘The Immortal’ Eersel defending his ONE Lightweight Kickboxing World Championship against Alexis ‘Barboza’ Nicolas in the main event of the evening. The card includes Tye Ruotolo is scheduled to defend his ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Championship for the first time against Australian challenger Izaak Michell.

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