Wednesday, 19 August 2026 · Philippines
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REYMOND "ROBOCOP" YANONG, SORA TANAKA TIMBANG NA! TOKYO WARRIORS READY FOR AUG. 19 CLASH

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Timbang na at handang-handa nang makipag-digmaan!

Pinoy welterweight warrior Reymond Yanong successfully cleared the scales today, set to lock horns with Japan’s rising hitman Sora Tanaka (5-1, 5 KOs) this Wednesday, August 19, on the high-octane Ohashi Promotions fight card.

⚖️ Official Weights & Fight Records:

🇵🇭 Reymond Yanong — 66.36 kg (146.3 lbs) | Record: 19-11-1, 13 KOs

🇯🇵 Sora Tanaka — 66.30 kg (146.1 lbs) | Record: 5-1, 5 KOs

💥 High Stakes in the Land of the Rising Sun!

The 32-year-old "Robocop" Reymond Yanong of Escalante, Negros Occidental, enters the ring filled with puso and inspiration because of the explosive knockout wins of fellow Pinoys Kenneth Albino and Alex Santisima Jr. Sunday in Japan.

"Galing sa puso ang saya nung nakita ko silang manalo," shared a determined Yanong. "Ngayon, ako naman ang isasabak. Ibibigay ko ang lahat para sa bayan!"

Both, Yanong and Tanaka, are coming off bitter losses, needing so bad to score the win. Who will succeed?

Siyempre, the slugger Tanaka, 25, born in Kawasaki, holds the hometown advantage —pero Yanong of the Highland Boxing Gym brings the unyielding Laban Pinoy spirit to Japanese soil!!

👉 MAIN EVENT: 🇵🇭 ERSON TRINIDAD FIGHTS 🇯🇵 TAKERO KITANO FOR OPBF 105 LBS.

In the show's main event, tough Erson Trinidad (10-5-1, 5 KOs) of beautiful Puerto Princesa, Palawan, battles 22-year-old Nippon southpaw Takero Kitano (10-1-1, 4 KOs) of Yokohama in an exciting ten round rumble for the vacant OPBF Minimumweight title.

Kitano's one and only defeat was at the hands of Boholano Joseph "The Hunter" Sumabong (11-1, 5 KOs) last October in Tokyo. Can Trinidad defeat Kitano too?

Best of luck to Yanong and Trinidad, Laban Pinoy! 🇵🇭🥊

The author is veteran boxing writer Carlos Costa in Cebu 🇵🇭 carlos@philboxing.com

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