Reymart Grande Gaballo (born 24 August 1996) is a Filipino professional boxer. He held the WBC interim bantamweight title from 2020 to 2021 and previously held the WBA interim bantamweight title in 2018. He also challenged for the WBC bantamweight title in 2021.

Professional career

Gaballo turned professional in 2014 and won 18 consecutive fights before challenging and beating Stephon Young for the WBA interim bantamweight title.

Gaballo vs. Rodríguez On 19 December 2020, Gaballo fought Emmanuel Rodríguez for the vacant WBC interim bantamweight title. Rodríguez was ranked #1 by the WBC and by The Ring at bantamweight. Despite being outclassed, outboxed and outpunched by Rodríguez in a lopsided contest, the judges gave Gaballo a split-decision win, which was seen as a robbery. One judge saw Rodríguez as the clear winner, scoring it 118–110 in his favor, while the other two judges scored it 116-112 and 115–112 in favor of Gaballo. The fans also found Rodríguez as the clear winner, with 30 scorers on BoxRec averaging a score of 116.57–111.63 in favor of Rodríguez.

Gaballo vs. Donaire In his next bout, Gaballo challenged Nonito Donaire for the WBC bantamweight title. Donaire started the fight strong, and then proceeded to finish Gaballo in the fourth round with a left hook to the liver from which Gaballo couldn't get up from.

Gaballo vs. Sueno, Bravo After tasting defeat, Gaballo on his next bout fought compatriot Ricardo Sueno for the vacant WBO Oriental and ABCO Asian Continental bantamweight titles at Lagao Gym, General Santos, where Gaballo made an astonishing 2nd-round TKO, on Gaballo's first title defense of the WBO Oriental title against Michael Bravo whom just recently returned to boxing, gave him a close fight ending in an SD win for Gaballo eventually.

Gaballo vs. Paipharob Prior to the Michael Bravo victory, Gaballo became the mandatory challenger for Jason Moloney's WBO title, Moloney would first defend his title on a rather controversial victory against Saul Sanchez, a month after that, Gaballo made his second defense of the Oriental belt against veteran and former Interim WBA strawweight champion Paipharob Kokietgym, Gaballo makes a quick work out of his Thai foe as he landed the same shot that Donaire made him taste defeat, left punch to the body, ending the bout in 32 seconds. Although Gaballo seemed like the reasonable opponent for Moloney, however, on March 6, 2024, Moloney would be announced to defend his WBO title against Yoshiki Takei.

Gaballo vs. Torres On April 7, 2024, Gaballo was set to have a keep-busy fight before taking a world championship bout, awaiting for Moloney vs. Takei winner, Gaballo's opponent, Kenbun Torres is an interesting opponent, having a rather lackluster career from 2003 to 2007, amassing a record of 10–2 before retiring until Torres' return in 2016 amassing a record of 12–3, and retiring again, in 2023 he returned again and his first bout was an upset knockout loss against a journeyman but would compose a record of 13–5 before fighting Gaballo, Torres later vowed to make a life-changing victory, and so Torres did, Torres scored a shocking 3 knockdowns against Gaballo en route to a first-round TKO loss for Gaballo.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes33Win31–2Jelo BacalsoTKO3 (6)27 Apr 202632Win30–2Pawan Kumar AryaRTD3 (10), 31 Aug 202531Win29–2James PagalingKO3 (10), 18 Dec 202430Win28–2Jeny Boy BocaTKO1 (8), 30 Aug 202429Loss27–2Kenbun TorresTKO1 (8), 10 May 202428Win27–1Paipharob KokietgymKO1 (10), 13 Feb 202427Win26–1Michael BravoSD1027 Jun 202326Win25–1Ricardo SuenoTKO2 (10), 29 Oct 202225Loss24–1Nonito DonaireKO4 (12), 11 Dec 202124Win24–0Emmanuel Rodríguez1219 Dec 202023Win23–0Kongfah NakornluangTKO6 (10), 14 Dec 201922Win22–0Yeison VargasTKO3 (10), 31 Aug 201921Win21–0Yuya NakamuraTKO2 (10), 9 Feb 201920Win20–0Julias KisaraweTKO1 (10), 30 Sep 201819Win19–0Stephon YoungUD1223 Mar 201818Win18–0Ulises RiveroTKO6 (6), 26 Nov 201717Win17–0Ernesto GuerreroTKO2 (10), 15 Nov 201716Win16–0Jerson LuzaritoTKO2 (8), 4 Dec 201615Win15–0Manot ComputKO1 (12), 10 Sep 201614Win14–0Jilo MerlinKO4 (8), 26 Jun 201613Win13–0Marlon ArcillaTKO1 (6), 30 Apr 201612Win12–0Bryan SamsonKO1 (8), 13 Feb 201611Win11–0Romulo Ramayan JrKO1 (8), 27 Nov 201510Win10–0Frejun Dela CruzTKO1 (6), 26 Sep 20159Win9–0Rocky AlvarezTKO1 (6), 7 Jun 20158Win8–0Michael PadayagTKO1 (6), 8 Mar 20157Win7–0Paulo PeronoUD617 Jan 20156Win6–0Rodel Garde427 Nov 20145Win5–0Zaldy Jordan JrTKO2 (4), 13 Sep 20144Win4–0George AuguisTKO1 (4), 2 Jul 20143Win3–0Bryan Dave Casumpang1 (4), 24 May 20142Win2–0Jayson EngalanTKO1 (4), 20 Mar 20141Win1–0Kevin Cabonales1 (4), 2 Feb 2014

See also List of bantamweight boxing champions History of boxing in the Philippines

References

External links

Reymart Gaballo - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live