Laurente started as a professional boxer on April 23, 1994, against Alberto Sososco. The bout was held in Manila and ended by unanimous decision, all in favor of Laurente. On May 4, 2001, he took on Thai boxer Prawet Singwancha but suffered his first ever loss by unanimous decision.
The fight was for the PABA lightweight title.
After 3 more fights, Laurente moved to the light welterweight division.
He won the bout via technical knockout in round 4. He won his first title, the Philippines Games & Amusement Board (GAB) lightweight championship, on August 9, 2000, against veteran fighter Francis Velasquez. Despite the loss, Laurente won the vacant OPBF lightweight title against Yosuke Otsuka in his next bout on November 23, 2001.
He defended the title a total of 7 times, but fell short to Chicashi Inada on March 5, 2005.
