{"id":88189,"date":"2025-08-22T19:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/88189\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:10:10","slug":"melvin-jerusalem-to-defend-his-world-title-against-siyakholwa-kuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/88189\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin Jerusalem to Defend His World Title Against Siyakholwa Kuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Melvin Jerusalem to Defend His World Title Against Siyakholwa Kuse<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WBC Strawweight World Champion Melvin \u201cEl Gringo\u201d Jerusalem is preparing for his third title defense in October.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, Jerusalem was set to face Mexican Daniel Valladares, but due to logistical changes, South African Siyakholwa Kuse has been confirmed as his new opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Kuse, ranked #2 by the WBC, is a 22-year-old southpaw with a professional record of 9 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw, and 4 KOs. In his most recent fight, held in May 2025, he defeated Filipino Sammy Salva. This will be his first opportunity to fight for a world title.<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem, 31, has been training in Nagoya, Japan since early August to strengthen his physical and technical preparation. With a record of 24 wins, 3 losses, and 12 KOs, the Filipino aims to maintain his world champion status and continue his path toward unifying the major world titles.<\/p>\n<p>The bout between Jerusalem and Kuse will take place in Manila, Philippines, on a date to be confirmed. This matchup promises to be an exciting battle, with both fighters aiming to make their mark in boxing history.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_161852\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"161852\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melvin Jerusalem to Defend His World Title Against Siyakholwa Kuse \u00a0 WBC Strawweight World Champion Melvin \u201cEl Gringo\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-88189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}