Venezuela Top Boxing announced that on Friday, August 1st, Venezuela's Carlos Cañizales, will once again challenge for the WBC light flyweight world title against Thailand’s Panya Pradabsri. This time, the fight will take place in the Poliedro de Caracas. They also confirmed the live broadcast via ESPN Nocaut for all of Latin America. Cañizales previously contended for the world title on December 26th in Thailand against Pradabsri (44-2), where the judges favored the Thai by majority decision (114-114 / 113-115 / 112-116) in a close and controversial bout. Cañizales (27-3-1), 32 years old, possesses a knockout power ratio of above 70%. Canizalez is considered by many to be the current face of Venezuelan boxing, he had a bittersweet year due to the close loss for Pradabsri.The champion, born in Nam Yuen, Thailand, will travel across the world to try and prove that the decision at the end of 2024 was no fluke. It’s worth noting that this will be his first time leaving his homeland since late 2023, when he fell by unanimous decision in Japan to local fighter Yudai Shigeoka.