Dennis Laurente

Dennis Laurente
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Real name	Dennis Laurente
Rated at	Welterweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Filipino
Born	29 July 1977 (1977-07-29) (age 34) Palompon, Leyte, Philippines
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	44
Wins	36
Wins by KO	18
Losses	3
Draws	5

Dennis Laurente (born July 29, 1977 in Palompon, Leyte, Philippines) is a Filipino professional boxer.

He fights under the care of Johnny S. Elorde, President of the Johnny Elorde Management International, and his wife, Liza Elorde, a boxing care manager.^[1]

Professional career

Laurente started as a professional boxer on April 23, 1994, against Alberto Sososco. He won the bout via technical knockout in round 4.

He won his first title, the Philippines Games & Amusement Board (GAB) lightweight championship, on August 9, 2000, against veteran fighter Francis Velasquez. The bout was held in Manila and ended by unanimous decision, all in favor of Laurente. On May 4, 2001, he took on Thai boxer Prawet Singwancha but suffered his first ever loss by unanimous decision. The fight was for the PABA lightweight title. Despite the loss, Laurente won the vacant OPBF lightweight title against Yosuke Otsuka in his next bout on November 23, 2001. He defended the title a total of 7 times, but fell short to Chicashi Inada on March 5, 2005. After 3 more fights, Laurente moved to the light welterweight division.

References

1. ^ Granville Ampong (03-20-2010). "REEXAMINE LAURENTE'S BOXING CAREER, TOP RANK URGED". PhilBoxing.com. http://philboxing.com/news/story-36405.html. 

External links

• Professional boxing record for Dennis Laurente from BoxRec

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Name	Laurente, Dennis
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Date of birth	July 29, 1977
Place of birth	Palompon, Leyte, Philippines
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