Jonas Sultan, Carlos Caraballo make weight for vacant WBO Intercontinental title fight | Inquirer Sports

Jonas Sultan, Carlos Caraballo make weight for vacant WBO Intercontinental title fight

By: - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ
/ 03:04 PM October 30, 2021

Jonas Sultan Carlos Caraballo

Carlos Caraballo (L) and Jonas Sultan (R) face-off during the weigh-in prior to their fight at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on October 29, 2021 in New York City.(Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)

MANILA, Philippines—Filipino pugilist Jonas Sultan made weight for his 10-round bantamweight tussle against Puerto Rico’s Carlos Caraballo on Sunday (Manila time) at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Sultan (17-5, 11 KOs) and Caraballo (14-0, 14 KOs) both tipped the scales at 117.6 pounds for their WBO Intercontinental title fight.

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Sultan, who wasn’t able to see action in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has won his last two fights–first stopping Salatiel Amit in seven rounds then knocking out Sharone Carter also in the seventh.

This will be Sultan’s first crack at a title since losing to Athenkosi Dumezweni of South Africa in 2019 via unanimous decision.

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Sultan has been training with Joven Jimenez and former opponent Jerwin Ancajas, a man he lost to in 2018 when he challenged for the IBF super flyweight belt.

Caraballo, meanwhile, is coming off a fourth round stoppage of Leonardo Baez in March 2021.

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