The 29-year-old Casimero (27-4 with 18 knockouts) has won world titles in flyweight and
light flyweight.
He formerly won the vacant OPBF Silver
light flyweight title by beating Jaysever Abcebe of Bukidnon in 2017 in Makati, also via a UD.
Bakari has since moved a berth up from
light flyweight to flyweight after AIBA reduced men's slots at the Olympic Games from 10 to 8 and increased women's divisions from three to five.
Light flyweight 46-49kg: Mohammad Saeed (Army) bt Mohammad Mussawar (Railways); Daud Khan (Navy) bt Shoaib Rasheed (Sindh)
Not so fortunate were flyweight Marvin Tabamo, who fell to Japan's Tosho Kashiwasaki, 1-4, and
light flyweight Ramel Macado, who absorbed a 1-4 defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan's Temirtas Zhussupov.
Casimero is now a certified three-time champion after holding the International Boxing Federation
light flyweight and flyweight belts before fighting as a bantamweight.
BANGKOK - Ramel Macado, 23, a promising
light flyweight from Koronadal City, started off for the Philippine team in the Asian Boxing Championships here with a convincing 4-1 win over Ahmadisafa Omid of Iran in the very first bout of the tournament Good Friday, which drew 313 boxers from 34 nations in the region.
class="MsoNormalAlso to win for Nairobi were David Kanja and Joshua Maina in
light flyweight and Lennox Okwanga and Joshua Isoti in light welterweight respectively.
Okolie (above) was given a masterclass by Cuba's favourite in the heavyweight division Erislandy Savon, and Yafai was taken apart by Cuba's 19-year-old world
light flyweight champion Joahnys Argilagos.
Reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO)
light flyweight champion Donnie "Ahas" Nietes rewrote the record books as he surpassed the monumental longevity record of Hall of Famer, the late Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, one of the greatest fighters of all time who reigned as World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight/junior lightweight champion for seven years and three months.