By Jason Kim: Former three division world champion Fernando Montiel (46-4-2, 36 KO’s) will be fighting Angky Angkota (25-6, 14 KO’s) for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) International Silver super bantamweight title on March 3rd.

Montiel, 32, lost his last fight to Victor Terrazas by a 12 round unanimous decision last November. That was kind of a shock for Montiel #7 WBC, #8 WBC, as he was expected to win that fight. However, it gave a pretty clear indication that Montiel is barking up the wrong tree by trying to fight at super bantamweight when his best weights were flyweight and super flyweight.

Since he moved up to bantamweight and now super bantamweight, Montiel’s luck hasn’t been as good. He did a good job of stopping WBC bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa in the fourth round in April 2010. However, after defending it once in beating Rafael Concepcion by a 3rd round TKO in July 2010, Montiel was stopped by Nonito Donaire in the 2nd round last year in February.

Montiel then came back with a couple of wins over Nehomar Cermano and Alvaro Perez, but then was beaten by Terrazas last November. Montiel has lowered his sights with his fight against Angkota on March 3rd, and is going after this minor title to bide time while Montiel tries to get a title fight against one of the super bantamweight champions.

Montiel wants to fight Donaire again, but the chances of that happening are zero, because Montiel brings nothing to the table due to how easily Donaire beat him last year. And the loss to Terrazas makes it even harder for Montiel to get the rematch.

Montiel really should consider moving back down to super flyweight because he’s so much better at that weight than he is at bantamweight and super bantamweight, but it’s unlikely that Montiel will do that because the money fights are at bantamweight and super bantamweight right now. If Montiel could somehow work his way to featherweight, he’d do even better but that’s highly unlikely because he’s struggling at super bantamweight.