Rene Mark Cuarto: IBF Minimumweight Championship
Rene Mark Revillas Cuarto is a Filipino professional boxer and former IBF minimumweight world champion. He won the title in an all-Filipino bout and later defended it before losing the belt in 2022.
IBF championship
Cuarto defeated defending champion Pedro Taduran by unanimous decision on February 27, 2021, to win the IBF title. He retained the championship in a 2022 rematch with Taduran, which ended by technical majority decision after an accidental head clash caused a cut. On July 1, 2022, Cuarto lost the belt to Mexico’s Daniel Valladares by split decision.
In April 2023, Japan’s Ginjiro Shigeoka stopped Cuarto in the ninth round in an interim IBF title bout. Cuarto continued competing after that loss; in March 2025 he challenged Arvin Magramo for the WBC International light-flyweight title, and Magramo won.
Further career results
Cuarto began his professional career on June 28, 2014, with a four-round unanimous decision over Rodante Suacasa at the Almendras Gym in Davao City. He later won the vacant WBO Oriental minimumweight title by defeating Clyde Azarcon over twelve rounds at the Gaisano Mall of Davao. That regional championship preceded his IBF world-title opportunity. The February 6, 2022 Taduran rematch in Digos City was particularly eventful. Cuarto scored knockdowns in rounds two and five, but also incurred a two-point deduction. An accidental clash of heads brought the contest to an end in the seventh round. The cards were 66–64 and 65–64 for Cuarto, with the third judge scoring it 65–65. Two winning cards and one even card produced the technical majority decision, keeping the title with Cuarto.
Cuarto’s rematch victory left him with twenty wins, two defeats and two draws at that stage.
The March 20, 2025 Magramo contest took place at Okada Manila in Paranaque as part of the Blow-by-Blow series. Cuarto suffered two knockdowns in round five, the first from a body punch. Magramo won a unanimous decision, securing the vacant WBC International light-flyweight championship. That was a regional belt at 108 pounds, separate from the IBF minimumweight world title Cuarto had held earlier.
Sources
Additional sources: https://philboxing.com/story-173415
- BoxRec: Rene Mark Cuarto profile and IBF title history
- Philippine News Agency: Cuarto wins IBF title from Taduran
- GMA News: Cuarto retains title in Taduran rematch
- WBC: Arvin Magramo wins the International light-flyweight title
Additional sources: https://m.philboxing.com/news/story-160362.html; https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/boxing/821035/cuarto-retains-ibf-title-via-technical-decision-in-taduran-rematch/story/; https://boxerlist.com/es/boxer/rene-mark-cuarto/508862
