Michael Alber Dasmariñas is a Filipino professional boxer who held the IBO bantamweight title in 2018. He also challenged for the IBO super-flyweight title in 2014 and the unified WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring bantamweight titles in 2021.
Professional career Dasmariñas made his professional debut on 15 January 2012, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory against Wilmar Pragata in Lipas, Philippines.
After compiling a record of 18–1 (11 KOs), he faced reigning champion Lwandile Sityatha for the IBO super-flyweight title on 13 December 2014 at the Orient Theater in East London, South Africa. The bout was placed in jeopardy when, while in the changing room before the fight, Sityatha began vomiting. After recovering he went on to defeat Dasmariñas via twelve-round split decision (SD). One judge scored the bout 118–110 in favour of Dasmariñas while the other two scored it 116–112 for Sityatha.
Following two stoppage wins, Dasmariñas faced Jhaleel Payao for the WBC Youth super-flyweight title on 12 July 2015 at the Mandaluyong Sports Center in Mandaluyong, Philippines. After suffering a cut above his right eye in the sixth round due to an accidental clash of heads, Dasmariñas captured the WBC Youth title via ten-round UD, with the judges' scorecards reading 97–92, 96–93, 96–93.
He made one successful defence of his title before defeating Edison Berwela via third-round corner retirement (RTD), capturing the vacant Philippines Boxing Federation (PBF) interim super-flyweight title on 7 March 2016 at the Town Plaza in San Fernando, Philippines. Dasmariñas moved up a weight class for his next fight, defeating Jecker Buhawe via fourth-round technical knockout (TKO) to capture the vacant PBF bantamweight title on 29 April 2016 in Muntinlupa, Philippines.
After three more wins he faced Karim Guerfi for the vacant IBO bantamweight title on 20 April 2018 at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Dasmariñas scored a fourth-round knockout (KO) victory to capture his first world title.
Four fights later he faced reigning champion Naoya Inoue on 19 June 2021 for the unified WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring bantamweight titles at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Dasmariñas was knocked to the floor in the second round after Inoue landed a left hook. He was knocked down twice more in the third, both from a body punch, with the latter prompting the referee to call a halt to the contest, handing Dasmariñas a third-round KO loss.
Dasmariñas fought Elijah Pierce for the vacant WBO International featherweight title at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on 25 July 2025, losing by knockout in the ninth round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes43LossElijah PierceKO9 (10), 25 Jul 2025 42LossKyosuke OkamotoTKO5 (8), 29 Mar 202541WinEduardo EsquivelTKO1 (10), 2 Nov 202440Win35–3–2Jon Jon EstradaRTD9 (12), 22 Jun 202439Win34–3–2Jorge SanchezTKO6 (8), 8 Dec 202338Win33–3–2Patrick LiukhotoKO4 (12), 23 May 202337Win32–3–2Ryan Rey PonterasUD1215 Oct 202236Win31–3–2Danny TampipiTKO3 (8), 12 Mar 202235Draw30–3–2Ernesto Saulong2 (8), 4 Dec 202134Loss30–3–1Naoya InoueKO3 (12), 19 Jun 202133Win30–2–1Artid BamrungaueaTKO5 (10), 23 Aug 201932Win29–2–1Kenny DemecilloUD1223 Mar 201931Draw28–2–1Manyo Plange1029 Sep 201830Win28–2Karim GuerfiKO4 (12), 20 Apr 201829Win27–2Worawatchai BoonjanTKO2 (6)20 Oct 201728Win26–2Mateo HandigKO8 (8), 24 Aug 201727Win25–2Michael EscobiaUD1028 Sep 201626Win24–2Jecker BuhaweTKO4 (10), 29 Apr 201625Win23–2Edison BerwelaRTD3 (10), 7 Mar 201624Win22–2Yuenyong AunnawetwanitKO1 (10), 3 Nov 201523Win21–2Jhaleel PayaoUD1011 Jul 201522Win20–2Roy LagradaTKO4 (6), 24 Apr 201521Win19–2Aroel Romasasa1 (8), 31 Jan 201520Loss18–2Lwandile SityathaSD1213 Dec 201419Win18–1Oscar RaknafaTKO6 (10), 21 Sep 201418Win17–1Hayato KimuraUD830 Jul 201417Win16–1Elbert Guardario2 (10), 26 May 201416Win15–1Zoren PamaTKO3 (10), 29 Mar 201415Win14–1Renren PasignahinUD1016 Nov 201314Win13–1Pit AnacayaUD104 Aug 201313Win12–1Rolando NionesTKO3 (8), 1 Jun 201312Win11–1Jerald CortesTKO3 (8), 13 Apr 201311Win10–1Rolando NionesTKO5 (8), 11 Mar 201310Win9–1Janry CaneteTKO3 (6), 27 Jan 20139Win8–1Mike Espanosa8 13 Dec 20128Win7–1Mabert PaulinoTKO4 (6), 28 Oct 20127Win6–1Junjie LauzaUD612 Sep 20126Win5–1Nelson ZabalaUD616 Aug 20125Win4–1Charlie GabrielTKO3 (4), 30 Jun 20124Loss3–1Marbon Bodiongan2 (6), 21 Apr 20123Win3–0Gerry PatenioTKO3 (4), 18 Feb 20122Win2–0Jimmy Viceda4 (4), 10 Feb 20121Win1–0Wilmar Pragata415 Jan 2012
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