Carlos Canizales vs Panya Pradabsri Preview August 1st, 2025
Former WBA Light Flyweight Champion Carlos Canizales will be battling current former WBC Mimimumweight (105 lbs strawweight) and current WBC Light Flyweight beltholder Panya PradabsriI this Friday, August 1st. The two met on December 26th for the vacant WBC Light Flyweight Belt in PradabsriI’s hometown of Bangkok, Thailand and he definitely got a Christmas gift in his majority decision victory. This time Canizales will be fighting at home as the bout takes place in Caracas, Venezuela and can be seen live in Latin America on ESPN Knockout. In their previous bouts, Canizales edged Ivan Garcia Balderas by a 12-round majority decision for the WBC Silver Light Flyweight Title last July and beore that he dropped a majority decision to Kenshiro Teraji in Japan in a shot at the WBA Super, and the WBC Light Flyweight Titles. Pradabsril also fought last July when he stopped Mehran Sadeghi in the fifth round.
Canizales vs Pradabsri Betting Odds
Here are the betting odds from online sportsbook BetOnline.ag (full review here).
- Panya Pradabsri +275
- Carlos Canizales -375
My Pick
The 32-year-old Canizales has a record of 27-3-1 with 19 Ko’s. He won the vacant WBA Light Flyweight Title in 2018 with a unanimous decision over Reiya Konishi and defended it against Bin Lu by 12th-round stoppage and Sho Kimura by unanimous decision before losing the belt to Esteban Bermudez when he was stopped in the sixth round in May, 2021. Before losing to Bermudez the only blemish on his record was a 12-round split decision draw with Ryoichi Taguchi on New Year’s Eve, 2016 in an attempt to win Taguchi’s WBA Light Flyweight Crown.
Canizales turned pro in 2014 and has 181 rounds of experience under his belt since. He possesses good power as 70.4 per cent of his victories have come by way of stoppage but has halted just three of his past 11 opponents. The former champion measures 5-feet-3-inches tall with a reach of 64.5 inches. Canizales also won the WBA Fedelatin Light Flyweight Title in October, 2015 with an 11-round split decision over Rober Barrera and also has wins over Ganigan Lopez and Daniel Matellon.
Pradabsri is 34 years old and is also known as Petchmanee CP Freshmart. He makes the ring walk with a fine mark of 44-2 with 27 Ko’s and has boxed 290 rounds since turning pro in 2014. he measures 5-feet-2-inches tall with a 64-inch reach, so gives up an inch in height to Canizales and a minimal half-inch in reach. As far as power goes, he’s above average as 62.8 per cent of his victories have come by stoppage including four of his past five. The first pro loss for Pradabsri came at the hands of Chaozhong Xiong back in 2017 when he dropped a 12-round majority decision.
His second defeat came to Yudai Shigeoka by unanimous decision in October, 2023 to put an end to his reign as the WBC Minimumweight Champion. He won the Title in September, 2020 when he beat Chayaphon Moonsri via a unanimous decision and defended it four times before losing it to Shigeoka. He has wins over Norihito Tanaka (twice) and two over Moonsri. As a pro, Pradabsri has also captured the vacant OPBF Silver Flyweight, Light Flyweight and Silver Minimumweight Belts, the vacant Asian Minimumweight Crown and the WBC Asian Continental, Oriental,and Pan Asian Minimumweight Titles.
Prediction…
Like a lot of Thai boxers, Pradabsri likes to keep busy against opponents of any level and just 20 of his 46 opponents entered the ring with a winning record. This means he hasn’t exactly been facing the cream of the crop in the lighter weight divisions. However he wins when it counts and he certainly got a hometown decision in his battle with Canizales as the Venezuelan took the fight to him. I know you can’t judge a fight by the punch stats but Canizales landed almost 100 more punches over the 12 rounds and averaged 85 thrown per round to 70 for Pradabsri. He also outlanded the hometown fighter in 10 of 12 rounds. Canizales still has fine boxing skills but his power has more or less gone missing in action lately and going to the scorecards in December unfortunately did him in. This time around he may push for a stoppage. Both are fan-friendly boxers who are at their best when they throw punches in volume but considering how he performed in the first fight I’m expecting Canizales to leave the ring with another belt.
Canizales’ experience against tougher opposition, overall skills and competent judging should lead to a win.
Play: Canizales -375 @ BetOnline.ag
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