Regie Suganob Explained

Regie Suganob
Nickname:Filipino Phenom
Weight:Light flyweight
Height:1.65 m
Nationality:Filipino
Birth Date:1997 11, df=y
Birth Place:Dauis, Bohol, Philippines
Style:Orthodox
Total:16
Wins:15
Ko:5
Losses:1

Regie "Filipino Phenom" Suganob (born 24 November 1997) is a Filipino professional boxer who challenged for the IBF junior flyweight title in 2023.

Professional career

Early years

Suganob would make his debut against fellow debutant, Mark Torella, where his prevails with a second-round technical knockout, he would later compose a record of 11–0 with wins against prospects like John Paul Gabunilas and Jake Amparo before fighting with undefeated
(19–0–1) world-ranked Indonesian Andika D'Golden Boy whom he would defeat via unanimous decision.[1] [2]

Suganob vs. Vicelles

After 12 consecutive victories, Suganob was faced against Mark Vicelles in an IBF World light flyweight title eliminator on February 25, 2023. In the fourth round, Vicelles goes down once, in the sixth round an accidental headbutt occurred causing a huge cut on Vicelles' right eyebrow, in the 8th round, the referee, Danrex Tapdasan looked for the doctor due to Vicelles' cut getting worse as time goes by, making this go to the scorecards (Technical decision), where the judges scored:80-71, 78-73 and 77-74 all in favor of Regie Suganob.[3]

Suganob vs. Nontshinga

Suganob was initially booked to fight the IBF light flyweight champion, Sivenathi Nontshinga, at East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa in June 16, 2023,[4] but later it was postponed and moved to July 2, 2023.[5] It was set as a 12 rounder match for the IBF light flyweight title, in the 1st Round, Suganob was downed in the late goings of the round, after 12 rounds, Nontshinga won the fight via unanimous decision, with the scores of 116-111(x2) and 117-110.[6]

Five months after the bout against Nontshinga, Suganob faced World-rated Venezuelan boxer, Ronald Chacon for the vacant WBO Global light flyweight title in Tagbilaran, Philippines,[7] Suganob won the bout via lop-sided unanimous decision, even getting to knock Chacon down in the fourth round.

Suganob vs. Ishizawa

In March 8, 2024, the duel between Suganob and world-ranked Kai Ishizawa is set in April 30, 2024, taking place at Tagbilaran City as the main event of the Kumong Bol-anon XV event for Suganob's WBO Global title, Ishizawa who recently came from a loss from fellow high-ranked and compatriot of Suganob, Vince Paras, is determined to take revenge against the Filipinos and bows to stop Suganob, Suganob, seeing his compatriots bow down many times to Japanese boxers on Japanese soil wants to change the narrative as he fights Ishizawa in Philippine soil, determined to prevail.[8] [9] [10]
A bloodied Suganob put on a masterful performance in front of his Bohol fans as he knocks Ishizawa down two times en route to an eight-round technical knockout despite suffering a cut on his forehead since round one, due to the severity of the punches received from Suganob, Ishizawa was carried on a stretcher for further medical attention.[11]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
16Win15–1Kai IshizawaTKO8 (12), 30 Apr 2024
15Win14–1Ronald ChaconUD124 Nov 2023
14Loss13–1Sivenathi NontshingaUD122 Jul 2023
13Win13–0Mark Vicelles8 (12), 25 Feb 2023
12Win12–0Andika D'Golden BoyUD109 Sep 2022
11Win11–0Asyer Aluman1 (10), 23 Jul 2022
10Win10–0Ricardo SuenoUD107 Mar 2022
9Win9–0Jerome BaloroUD1010 Dec 2021
8Win8–0Jake AmparoUD827 Sep 2021
7Win7–0MJ Bo1 (8), 3 Jul 2021
6Win6–0Paolo SyTKO3 (8)27 Mar 2021
5Win5–0Robert AtesUD618 Dec 2020
4Win4–0Rolly Dorong UD614 Dec 2019
3Win3–0John Paul GabunilasUD623 Sep 2019
2Win2–0 Kier Torregosa426 Jul 2019
1Win1–0Mark Torella2 (4), 24 Nov 2018

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wainwright. Anson. NEW FACES – REGIE SUGANOB. 5 Sep 2022. 30 April 2024.
  2. Web site: delos Reyes. Lito. Vitor wins WBO Oriental super featherweight title. 11 September 2022. 30 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Sunnexdesk. Regie Suganob wins via TD against Mark Vicelles in an IBF Light flyweight title Eliminator match. 26 February 2023. 4 November 2023. sunstar.com.ph.
  4. Web site: Stumberg. Patrick. Sivenathi Nontshinga vs Regie Suganob title fight set for June 16th in South Africa. 11 April 2023. 4 November 2023. badlefthook.com.
  5. Web site: Rosal. Glendale. World title showdown between Suganob and Nontshinga rescheduled to a later date. 11 June 2023. 4 November 2023. cebudailynews.inquirer.net.
  6. Web site: Jackson. Ron. Sivenathi Nontshinga retains IBF light flyweight title. 2 July 2023. 4 November 2023. supersport.com.
  7. Web site: Rosal. Glendale. Suganob faces World-rated Venezuelan in comeback fight. 17 August 2023. 4 November 2023. cebudailynews.inquirer.net.
  8. Web site: Cordova. Calvin. Suganob-Ishizawa duel set April 30. 8 March 2024. 30 April 2024. mb.com.ph.
  9. Web site: Ramos. Gerry. Suganob faces Ishizawa in battle of former world title challengers. 29 April 2024. 30 April 2024. spin.ph.
  10. Web site: Aznar. Edri. Ishizawa bows to stop Suganob in Bohol. 29 April 2024. 30 April 2024. sunstar.com.ph.
  11. Web site: Rosal. Glendale. Suganob destroys Ishizawa to defend WBO Global title. 30 April 2024. 30 April 2024. cebudailynews.inquirer.net.