After Monday's trio of cards there was little shock that we had plenty of action again on Tuesday.
At the start of 2013 no one in boxing ever expected a Yemeni born fighter to find their way in to the record books. This past Tuesday however Ali Raymi (19-0, 19) tied history with an historic opening round victory over Ali Salem (10-1, 2). This stoppage victory for Raymi has seen him tying a record previously held by just Tyrone Brunson*. Whilst Raymi is now world ranked by the WBO (#12) and the WBC (#15) there are plenty of online folk criticising the 39 year old and suggesting his fights are fixed. We won't make any comment on this however with Raymi now 15-0 (15) for the year it's fair to say that he is one of the busiest men in the game right now. As well as Raymi's victory in Yemen there were 3 other bouts on the card. These saw just a sole stoppage as Faisal Fittini (4-0, 4) stopped Khaled Abdusalam (1-1) in the third round. The remaining two contests on the Yemen show saw Prince Maz (4-0, 3) taking a decision over Alwan Hawshabi (3-6, 1), ending his own KO run, and Akram Jafwi (5-0, 1) taking a decision over Moxamad Abdu (4-4, 2). In Japan we had Dangan 87, a show that included a Class A tournament contest. Unfortunately in the A class tournament bout Yuta Nakagawa (11-4-1, 7) made very short work of Yosuke Fujihara (14-2, 4). Nakagawa needed just 66 seconds to stop Fujihara. Although the Nakagawa/Fujihara bout was the main event it was one of the shortest bouts on the show and by far the shortest of a trio of 6 round contests. The other two bouts scheduled for 6 all went in to at least the final round. In a Bantamweight contest scheduled for 6 Ryoichi Tamura (1-1) managed to narrowly defeat Keigo Soma (5-9-1, 2) via a split decision. This was the only one of the three bouts scheduled for 6 that went the complete distance. The remaining one featured Takuya Fujii (6-4, 2) who managed to stop Kazuki Kobayashi (4-6) with little more than half a round left. As well as the trio of 6 rounders that we had there were also five bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. Of those only two actually went the distance with Yutaka Ekawa (2-2-1) out pointing Tateo Saito (2-1) and Yuya Nagayoshi (3-5, 1) taking a decision over Kotaro Sasa (1-3). Amazingly the other trio of 4 rounders went just a combined 4 rounds between them. The shortest of those was a 20 second blast out for the debuting Tadashi Nunoya (1-0, 1) who swiftly despatched fellow debutant Takehiro Kojima (0-1). The Nunoya/Kojima bout wasone of two opening round stoppages alongisde that of Kazuma Ishikura (2-1, 1) who stopped Kazuto Nakane (1-1, 1) in 152 seconds. In the sole bout we've not mentioned Yudai Hata (2-1, 1) stopped Ryota Harukawa (1-2, 1) in the second round. *We have been in touch with Guinness to try and get them to recognise this record. We are awaiting a reply.
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It's not too often that we have genuine Asian wide action but that's exactly what we had to start the month of Novemember with show's in Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Yemen. All of which had some sort of notable bout that was worth knowing about.
We'll start with the Thai show, the highest profile of the 4 shows. This show, which was televised by Thai Channel 7, was headlined by a PABA Bantamweight title fight as Thailand's very own Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat (50-2, 33) retained his title with a sixth round stoppage of Filipino challenger Edison Berwela (12-27-6, 3). On the Thai undercard there were four other contests. These included Pankorn Mor Poowana (1-0, 1) scoring a debut stoppaged over fellow debutant Rakangthong Sithkrusaeng (0-1) in a bout that lasted just 3 rounds. The remaining trio of contests all went the scheduled 6 rounds as Thong Sithluangphophun (5-0, 2) out pointed the debuting Saksri Twinsgym debut (0-1), Yodsingdaeng Jor Chaijinda (2-0) defeated Cheroenchai Sithsaithong (4-5, 3) and Phalangchai Sithsaithong (1-1) overcame debutant Veerachai Manopkarnchang (0-1). The PABA Bantamweight title wasn't the only title bout of the day as the Interbulgo Hotel in Wonju played host to a Korean national title fight. On a 6 fight show in Korea Bong-Joon Suk (7-1-2, 2) managed to retain his Korean Featherweight title thanks to an 8th round KO over the over-matched Chul-Hyun Lim (5-12-2, 3). Unfortunately for Lim this was his fifth failed national title challenge and we think think it will likely be his last. As well as the Korean national title fight we also got one of the upsets of the day in Korea as the previously unbeaten Joo-Hyun Kim (4-1-2, 1) was out pointed by Sung-Baek Noh (3-6-2) over 8 rounds. This was the co-feature and a notable loss for Kim. It was also a good day for Chinese visitor Ma Yi Ming (10-5, 6) who scored his most notable victory to date. Mind, fighting for just the second time in Korea stopped Jin-Man Jeon (13-5-1, 3) at the start of the third round. Whilst this was the third successive loss for Jeon it's by far the worst with the other two both coming to men who went on to fight for world titles. The remaining 3 contests on this card all went to decision. These saw Seung-Yong Lee (7-0, 1) taking a split decision over Ji Tao (7-4, 2) to maintain his unbeaten record, Jae-Hwan In (3-2) taking a 6 round unanimous decision over the more experienced Ryota Yamami (4-9-2, 2) of Japan and Bum-Hyun Kim (2-1) taking a decision over the debuting Sun-Yoo Lee (0-1). In Japan we had "Dangan 86", part of an A Class tournament. This show, whilst far from a title show was a major one in Japan and featured 9 contests. This show began with three bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. These saw an unexpected victory for Kosuke Miura (1-5-1) who managed to out point the debuting Mitsukazu Oshita (0-1), an opening round stoppage for Kimihiro Nakagawa (1-0, 1) over fellow denutat Akihiro Shimogaki (0-1) and a draw between unbeaten pair Ippei Azuma (2-0-1, 1) and Ken Kodama (1-0-1, 1). Following the early bouts there was then 6 bouts as part of the tournament. These featured bouts from Flyweight to Super Featherweight. In the Flyweight contest Musashi Suzuki (10-1, 4) defeated the previously unbeaten and highly regarded Yuta Matsuo (5-1, 3). This was a step up for Matsuo and one that he failed to pass. At Super Flyweight there was two bouts. These saw Hayato Kimura (20-5, 15) forcing the retirement of Junichiro Sugita (16-9, 7) and Kohei Kubo (16-4-1, 11) stopping Shohei Kikuzato (9-2, 4). Both of these bouts went into the fourth round rather interestingly but Sugita was stopped at the very end of the round as opposed to the middle of it like Kikuzato. In the sole Bantamweight bout of the tournament Hiroaki Teshigawara (8-1-1, 4) over came Kota Sato (9-5-1, 4) taking a clear 6 round decision in what looked like a competitive bout on paper. It wasn't just the Super Flyweight division that had double action but also the Super Featherweight division. In the bouts at 130 we saw Takaomi Abe (15-2-2, 1) over coming the very experienced Akihiko Nago (31-8-2, 15) and the very hard hitting Kazuya Nakano (6-2, 6) stopping Ribo Takahata (9-4-1, 2). We expect this to be Nago's final bout seeing off a long career that dates all the way back to 1995. In Yemen we had a further six contests, though of course it was just one man who stole the headlines. Ali Raymi (18-0, 18) did it again scoring his 18th straight opening round stoppage against an unbeaten fighter. This time matched against Mustafa Humaidi (6-1, 2) it took Raymi just 47 seconds to continue his rampage through the Yemeni scene. As well as Raymi's victory there was also three over stoppages. These saw Prince Maz (3-0, 3) stopping Luway Jaber (2-5, 2) in the second round, Faisal Fittini (3-0, 3) stopping Hamoody Jubran 1-2) and Ali Salem (10-0, 2) stopping the debuting Ahmed Matari (0-1). From these results we wouldn't be shocked to see Raymi meeting Salem next time out as Raymi looks to tie a world record for most successive opening round stoppages. In the two remaining contests on this show we went to decision as Akram Jafwi (4-0, 1) overcame Esayas Dagim (2-3, 1) and Khaled Abdusalam (1-0) defeated Saif Khedher (0-1) in an all debutant contest, In international action Syrian Youssef Al Hamidi (12-61-3, 1) suffered his tenth loss of the year as he was out pointed by Atif Shafiq (6-0). Action today returned to the 22 May Sports Stadium in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa as Yemen's boxing's cult Hero Ali Raymi (17-0, 17) returned to the ring once again.
Raymi, on the verge of setting a new record for most opening round victories to start a career, swiftly saw off the previously unbeaten Omar Awdan (8-1, 4). This bout, which lasted just 78 seconds, was Raymi's 13th victory of the year and it's be an absolute shock if he didn't move to 20-0 (20) by the end of the year. As well as Raymi's victory over Awdan the fans also got the chance to see a quintet of other bouts. These included a 4 round decision for Ali Salem (9-0, 1) who over came Wesam Maqrami (5-2, 3) and may have entered himself into the Raymi sweepstakes. Alongside Raymi's stoppage victory there were also early stoppages for Faisal Fittini (2-0, 2), who stopped Sam Iwuji (1-1) in the second round, and Prince Maz (2-0, 2), who took out Khaled Sulaym (1-3, 1) in the opening round. The remaining two contests on the show both went to decision as Akram Jafwi (3-0, 1) out pointed Alwan Hawshabi (3-5, 1) and Felix Arno (4-0) extended his unbeaten run over coming Esayas Dagim (2-2, 1) by decision. As well as the action in Yemen there was also a contest in Indonesia as the promising Defry Palulu (5-0, 5) took out compatriot Boido Simanjuntak (16-21-1, 5) in the second round. Although it's early to say we think it may be worth keeping a close eye on Palulu who could well prove to be one of Indonesia's rare talents. Aged 22 and dubbed "The Beast" he certainly appears to have power and plenty of promise. A busy Friday in the Asian boxing world left us with a number of headlines as action took place on a regular basis.
The key headline of the day was from Yemen as KO sensation Ali Raymi (16-0, 16) took out Husam Shargabi (3-1, 1) in just 58 seconds. This was, of course, the 16th straight opening round stoppage from Raymi who now appears on the verge of breaking in to the world rankings. As well as the Raymi bout the card featured a further 9 contests. These included 3rd round stoppage victory for Omar Awdan (8-0, 4) who took out Bahr Slyman (2-3, 1). We'd not be shocked if Awdan, himself a Minimumweight, was to get a match with Raymi in the near future. Staying in the lower weights we had a draw at Flyweight as Muhana Hajaji (2-0-1) fought to a draw with fellow unbeaten novice Hani Ansi (1-0-1) over 4 rounds, Ali Salem (8-0, 1) extended his unbeaten run over coming Ali Al Ahdal (4-4, 3) and Prince Maz (1-0, 1) took a stoppage victory over Sufyan Saadi (0-1) on his debut. Moving up the weights slightly the unbeaten Felix Arno (3-0) out pointed Luway Jaber (2-4, 2) and Akram Jafwi (2-0, 1) over came Ahmet Sinan (0-1). At the much higher weights Abdu Achille (2-0) out pointed Hamoody Jubran (1-1), Sam Iwuji (1-0) shut out Ibrahim Qadhi (0-1) and Faisal Fittini (1-0, 1) stopped Hasan Jarmuzi (0-1). Over in Japan the action continued. The headline action here saw former world champion Tomonobu Shimizu in an exhibition contest with current Japanese Super Bantamweight champion Hidenori Otake. Aside from the Shimizu/Otake exhibition the show wasn't filled with much of note, though did feature 9 "proper" bouts. The Japanese card bouts saw 6 bouts scheduled for the 4 round distance. These included the 103 second debutant of Riki Hamada (1-0, 1) who swiftly took out fellow debutant Makoto Iijima (0-1). This wasone of two all debutant bouts with the other seeing Kazuhide Imakura (1-0, 1) scoring a 3rd round KO over Yukihiro Kaneko (0-1). Hamada and Imakura weren't the only successful debutants on the show with Wataru Yokoyama (1-0, 1) also kicking off his career with a stoppage, taking out Akihiro Yashiro (1-1-1) in the 3rd round. The remaining 4 round contests saw Masayoshi Abe (2-1) taking a split decision over Suguru Akimoto (0-2); Kazutaro Ueno (1-1, 1) claiming is first victory via a second round stoppage of Sosuke Sakata (1-1) and a decision victory for Tsuyoshi Nishimura (4-5-1, 1) who defeated Hidetoshi Ueki (3-9-1). In the 6 round contests we saw decisions victories for both Takahiro Fujii (5-2-1, 1) and Junpei Sakagami (4-2-2, 3). Fujii defeated Takuma Nishida (5-5, 2) who suffered his second successive loss whilst Sakagami overcame Keisuke Ota (7-7, 1) who suffered his third loss in a row. Whilst the cards in Asia were interesting, at least for one reason or another, the real story of the night was in Mexico as Filipino Marvin Mabait (19-1-2, 13) claimed the WBO Inter-Continental Bantamweight title. Mabait, fighting outside of the Philippines for the first time, took just 36 seconds to stop former world title challenger Johnny Garcia (18-5-1, 9). Of all the stories it's this one that seems the most telling as Mabait has surely planted himself in to the world rankings as a result his victory. The international action continued north of the Mexican border as Russian Ilshat Khusnulgatin (11-0, 6) scored his fourth victory of the year as he forced the retirement of Arsenio Terrazas (9-6, 8) at the end of the 4th round. Action returned, once again, to Yemen earlier this week as local boxing star Ali Raymi (15-0, 15) fought for the 11th time this year.
The 39 year KO phenom continued his streak of opening round KO's with a stoppage over Yasin Abdulkhalik (7-1, 3). The bout, which lasted 125 seconds, was one one the longest of Raymi's career. With the first round KO streak record now on the horizon, a record of 19 set by Tyrone Brunson, it's almost certain that Raymi will make history before the year is out. On the same card there was a further 4 bouts. These saw Omar Awdan (7-0, 3) stopping Halim Dolbhante (1-2, 1) in the only other bout that saw an early ending. In the other 3 contests Felix Arno (2-0) defeated Alwan Hawshabi (3-4, 1); Muhana Hajaji (2-0) out pointed Muhamad Fikri (1-1) and Ali Salem (7-0, 1) defeated Mansur Raymi (0-1). Looking at the undercard it really wouldn't be a shock to see Ali Raymi facing Omar Awdan next time out. The only Asian card on Tuesday was in Yemen at the Yemen Boxing Federation Gym in Sanaa where it appears 4 bouts took place.
The first bout, and incidentally the only one to be scheduled for fewer than 10 rounds, saw teenager Wesam Maqrami (5-1, 3) bouncing back from the first defeat of his career as he took out Hamdan Khulani (0-2) in just 70 seconds. Rather notably not only was the Maqrami/Khulani bout the only one scheduled for less than 4 rounds but it was also the only one not to the scheduled distance with the other 3 bouts on the card all going to a 10 round decision. In the lesser of the other 3 bouts Luke Hasan (4-0, 1) out pointed Luway Jaber (2-3, 2). This was Hasan's third victory in less than 3 weeks as he stays busy. In a bout between unbeaten fighters Ali Salem (6-0, 1) defeated Esayas Dagim (2-1, 1). This was by far the closest contest on the card with the scorecards indicating it was just a one round swing from being a draw. The other bout on the card saw Yasin Abdulkhalik (7-0, 3) out pointing Moxamad Abdu (4-2, 2) for the second time inside a month. Although Abdu did do better this time he was still widely out pointed by a man who is simply to good for him. The first action of Saturday took place in Yemen as the country continued to try and prove it's self as one of the busiest boxing nations in the world.
The show, held at the Yemen Boxing Federation Gym, featured 8 contests and started off with a series of of 4 round bouts. From the the shows quintet of 4 round contests we had just a sole decision with Ali Sanabani (3-2, 1) taking a shut out over Sultan Awdi (0-1). From the the other 4 round contests the earliest finish took just 29 seconds as Husam Al Shargabi (2-0, 1) wiped out the debuting Suhayl Hamzi (0-1). Amazingly this was one of two contests that finished inside a minute with Ali Al Ahdal (4-3, 3) taking 53 seconds to stop Ali Yunus (0-2). As well as the two stoppages in the opening round there was also two stoppages in round 3 as the unbeaten Jaber Arashi (2-0, 1) stopped Faisal Rifaly (0-2) and Luke Hasan (3-0, 1) forced a retirement of Ali Rajeh (0-2). Although 4 of the 5 preliminary bouts finished inside the distance the shows 3 main bouts, all scheduled for 10 rounds actually went the distance. On paper the least interesting of the 10 round contests was Ali Salem (5-0, 1) facing Saeed Asam (1-2, 1). Despite appearing like a bit of a mismatch on paper the contest was competitive with Salem doing enough to maintain his unbeaten record despite being pushed hard by Asam. Although Asam put on a better than expected performance against Salem it was left to Alwan Hawshabi (3-1, 1) to score the shows only real upset as he overcame the previously unbeaten Abdu Sameer (4-1). The bout was competitive though Hawshabi was a deserved winner. For us, and likely the crowd, the main fight on the show was the battle of unbeatens as Omar Awdan (6-0, 2) took on Wesam Maqrami (4-1, 2). Unfortunately for Maqrami he was out pointed in another close and competitive match up as Awdan made a case as the best domestic challenger for Ali Raymi. As well as the show in Yemen there were 3 shows in Japan. The most notable of which took place at the Airys Hall in Ota. Although the show only had 6 contests on it, it had the 2 most noteworthy as Japanese Featherweigth champion Hisashi Amagasa (24-4-2, 16) stopped Zuri Kannan (15-5-2, 4) in 8 rounds in a none title bout and Ryuta Otsuka (13-5-2, 3) out pointed Mako Matsuyama (6-7-1, 3) over the scheduled 8. As well as those two bouts there were 4 more contests all scheduled for the 4 round distance. These saw Daisuke Nakajima (3-11, 2) scoring a rare win thanks to an opening round KO over Seiji Honma (0-3), Kota Shibayama (2-1-1, 2) stopping Kenji Motegi (2-2-1) in the second round, Keisuke Fujii (3-3, 2) taking a decision over Shota Inoue (1-4) and debutants drawing with majority draw between Kazuhiro Baba (0-0-1) and Takuya Yamaguchi (0-0-1). The card at the Airys Hall was joined by two others that were both held at the Azalea Taisho in Osaka and bother promoted by the same company. The first of these shows also featured 6 contests, include 3 female bouts. This show kicked off with a majority decision victory for Seita Mochizuki (2-4) who over-came the debuting Ryoji Fukunaga (0-1). This bout soon followed bya blink and you miss it opening round KO by Aoi Saijo (2-5, 2) who took out Takaichi Tsujimoto (0-3) in just 87 seconds. The final 4-round contest, and also the first female contest, saw Terumi Nuki (2-0) narrowly defeating Emi Kitawaki (2-4-1, 1) via split decision. All 3 judges agreed on the close nature of the bout scoring it 39-38, though 2 of them favoured Nuki by the narrowest of margins. Following the first female contest we had the second as Maho Tamamori (4-2-1, 1) took a majority decision over Asako Tonarii (3-2-1, 2) in what was the card's first 6 round contest. This was followed by Kosuke Isono (6-1-1, 1) taking a majority decision over Yuichi Arai (6-8-1, 2) in a closer than expected contest. In a disappointing finale of the show Kumiko Seeser Ikehara (3-1-1, 2) and Mika Iwakawa (3-1-1, 1) had to settle for an opening round technical draw after a clash of heads after just 104 seconds. The remaining card in Japan was the second to be held at the Azalea Taisho and featured an impressive sound 10 contests. Unfortunately despite being the most stacked card it was also the most forgetable card of the day. The show, consisting of 9 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds and one for 8, featured just a sole stoppagse as Ryutaro Fujii (1-3, 1) claimed his first career victory with a 59 second knockout of the debuting Hirofumi Yamashita (0-1). From the other 4 round bouts we had a couple of majority decisions with Hoshimitsu Tomoshige (1-4-1) over-coming Yuki Abe (1-3) and Aiko Yamagishi (1-0-1) defeating Yukina Yasuda (0-1-1) in a female bout. Rather interestingly the female bout was a rematch of both fighter's debut in which they fought to a draw. As well as the 2 majority decisions there were also 3 split decisions. The first of these, in a female contest, saw Mikiko Muto (2-0) defeating Shione Ogata (1-4), the second saw Hikaru Yoshimura (2-1-1, 2) fighting to a draw with Yutaro Fujino (3-2-1, 2). The 3 reamining contests over 4 rounds were all, of course, unanimous decisions. These saw Naoki Bito (2-4-1, 1) over come Shoki Nozawa (1-2), Yo Sugano (1-1) record his first victory with a very close decision over Hiroto Tanaka (1-5, 1) and Daiki Miyayama (2-1, 1) defeating the previously unbeaten Yuki Matsumoto (1-1, 1). In the main event of the shoaw Japan's very own Shohei Kanemoto (8-6-1, 3) narrowly overcame Filipino journeyman Dondon Sultan (18-22-3, 9). The bout, an 8 rounder, was competitive from the off and only a single round seperated the main from a majority decision draw. In the Philippines there was also a show, probably the most interesting card in Asian in all honesty. The main event saw Dennis Laurente (45-5-5, 26) claim the WBC Asian Boxing Council Light Middleweight title thanks to a very straight forward stoppage of the overmatched Manopnoi Singmanasak (10-16, 6). The second round stoppage for Laurente was one of 5 stoppage on the card though by far the most notable. Interesting it was one of 3 that Filipino's scored against Thaia's with former world title challenger Jonathan Taconing (16-2-1, 13) stopping Rambo Sithsaithong (8-4, 4) with a body shot in the opening round and Juan Martin Elorde (15-1, 7) taking out Rajakru Sor Rungwatana (0-3) in the second round. Both of these bouts acted as the lead support bouts. To open the card Christopher Estrera (1-0, 1) stopped Ernie Mino Jr (0-1) in a battle of debutants, Fritz Marvin Bolinguet (4-0, 1) scored his first stoppage getting rid of Charlie Gabriel (0-3) inside a round and Jerome Montalban (1-0) made a solid debut out pointing Gebby Manago (0-2). All in 4 round bouts. In the show's sole 6 round contest Jeffrey Francisco (7-0-1) defeated Gerald Garcia (3-6-3) in a competitive decision. Garcia was down in the second round but fought back hard and almost managed to earn a draw. Another Sunday and another busy boxing day through out Asia with cards in Japan, the Philippines and Yemen.
The most noteworthy bouts both occured in Japan as the IMP Hall in Osaka. The most noteworthy of those bouts saw Nobuhiro Ishida (25-9-2, 10) stopping the over-matched Indonesian Elly Pangaribuan (3-3, 1) in the second round. This was a clear mismatch from the off though in all fairness Ishida is one man we can forgive for having an easy bout after a run that has seen him facing Paul Williams, Dmitry Pirog and Gennady Golovkin. The other notable contest saw the highly reagrded and hard hitting Masao Nakamura (16-1, 16) stopping Filipino opponent Raymond Sermona (18-3-5, 8) with a tremendous body shot. Nakamura set the pace of the bout with a steady stream of jabs before connecting with a nasty right hand to Sermona's midsection which sent him down for the count. This is Nakamura's 4th victory since losing his OPBF title to Ronald Pontillas back in May 2011. Although the Ishida bout and the Nakamura bout were both held at the IMO Hall, they were actually held on different cards, occuring one after the other. From the Ishida card there were 5 other bouts with the show opening with a 4 round contest in the Super Flyweight division. This opener saw Yuki Nagashima (2-0, 1) impressive stop Kei Fujita (3-1, 1) at the very start of the 2rd round. The other 4 contests on the show were all scheduled for 8 rounds with 2 of the bouts going the distance. The ones that didn't saw Ryo Okayama (8-1, 5) making light work of Indonesian Rocky Irawan Sikumbang (1-1, 1) and Kazuya Murata (7-4, 3) scoring a minor upset over Takaya Kakutani (6-3, 5). Of the 2 decisions on the card both were close. Takayuki Okumoto (10-5, 5) took a split decision over Haruki Toyama (8-3-1, 3). All 3 of the judges scored that bout 77-76 with the opinions split on who did enough to deserve it. The other decision saw Yu Kawaguchi (20-5, 9) taking a close but unanimous victory over Ryoji Okahata (8-9-5, 1), in what was genuinely a poor performance from Kawaguchi. The other card at the IMP Hall featured 8 bouts in total including the Nakamura fight. This show was mostly scheduled for 4 rounds with 6 of the 8 total contests scheduled for the short distance. Of the 4 round contests 3 finished early whilst 3 went to a decision. The shortest of the bouts lasted just 60 seconds as the debuting Takahiro Shinoda (1-0, 1) stopped fellow debutant Hayato Shimosakota (0-1). This was followed by 4th round stoppages for Kotaro Shinya (3-5-1, 3), who stopped Kazumasa Harunaga (1-2), and Takuma Hayashi (2-0, 2) who defeated Yosuke Goto (0-3). The other 4 round contests were all incredibly close with Fumiya Imafuji ( 2-0-1) taking a very close unanimous decision over Kyohei Okutani (2-1, 2), Kaminoko Okamura Kentkid (1-0-1) earning a majority decision over Takahiro Morishita (0-2-1) in a rematch of both men's debut which was a draw, and a draw between Noboru Osato (1-0-2, 1) and Takuya Fujioka (2-2-1, 1). The one bout, other than the main event, scheduled for more than 4 rounds saw Akiyoshi Kanazawa (10-2-3, 4) taking an incredibly narrow decision over Koji Itagaki (12-8-2, 5) who proved to be a better fighter than his record may have indicated. Japan also had one other card, a much lower profile one, at the Aioi Hall, Kariya. This show featured 9 bouts again mostly with rookies. The show started with 6 bouts scheduled for the 4 round distance, all of which went the full distance. The 4 round contests saw unanimous decision victories for the unbeaten Dai Taoka (5-0, 3), who defeated Marcos Sogabe (3-7-1, 3), Tatsuo Kurebayashi (4-0, 2), who beat Tetsuya Yamaguchi (1-1) and Yukiya Hanabusa (3-1-1), who overcame Hiroshi Tanase (2-2, 1). In closer bouts Kosuke Mizuno (5-3-1, 2) took a split decision over Keisuke Odorise (3-5-1) and Atsushi Komatsu (4-7-1, 2) took a majority decision over Kenta Hashimoto (4-5-1, 2). The closest bout however was a draw between Hikaru Ando (5-3-1, 3) and Masato Oike (2-0-2). In the bouts scheduled for 5 rounds, there were majority decisions for both Masami Moriizumi (5-0-1, 4) and Cristiano Aoqui (6-2-1, 3). Moriizumi defeated Tokunori Hoshiyama (4-2-1) whilst Aoqui out pointed Ryo Shirakawa (5-5-2, 2). The other of the 5 round bouts ended in the 3rd as the hard hitting Shohei Fujimoto (6-2-3, 6) stopped Yusuke Nakagawa (4-3-1, 3). In the Philippines, at the Municipality of Agoncillo Barangay Subic there was a 7 bout card. The show opened with debutant Rolly Sumalpong (1-0) taking a majority decision over the previously unbeaten Miko Sacro (1-1) in a 4 round contest. This was the shows only 4 round bout. In 6 round action the unbeaten Renerio Arizala (6-0-1, 3) scored a solid victory over Ranel Del Castillo (4-5-2, 2) who was twice dropped and Felipe Cagubcob Jr. (1-0-3) scored an unexpected split decision over Menard Abila (3-1, 1). The 4 major bouts on the card were all scheduled for 10 rounds and in fact all but 1 of them went the distance. On paper the least interesting of the 10 round bouts was Michael Dasmarinas (13-1, 8) against Pit Anacaya (8-21-2, 1). Although Dasmarinas won as expectedthe bout was more competitive than many, our selves included, expected it to be with Anacaya put up a solid fight against the hard hitting prospect. The closest of the 10 round contests saw Jetro Pabustan (21-1-5, 6) taken to an unexpected split decision by Boy Dondee Pumar (9-5-3, 3). Pumar really held his own in a bout he was expected to be dominated in and this possibly exposed Pabustan as not being as good as his record would indicate. The only fighter to score a dominant decision in the 10 round contests was the unbeaten and highly promising JR Magboo (12-0-2, 5). Magboo, twice dropped Bryan Macamay (7-2-2, 5) as he scored a really wide decision and showed himself to be a significantly better fighter than Macamay. Whilst Magboo was dominant in his decision Roberto Gonzales (22-2, 13) didn't need the judges as he took out journeyman Roselito Campana (18-17-3, 5) in the 7th. Gonzales was dropped in round 3 from a body shot before being stopped in round 7 by Gonzalez who is rebuilding well after back-to-back losses. From the card in Yemen we have results for all 7 contests, 5 of which went the 10 round schedule. The shortest bout on the Yemen card saw Asam Dolbhante (4-0, 1) scoring his first stoppage as he took out Omar Al Khatib (0-2) in just 49 seconds. The only other stoppage on the card saw Yaser Ali (3-0, 3) taking out Khaldun Salami (2-1, 1) in the 5th round. Two of the bouts on the show took place at Minimumweight. These bouts saw both Wesam Maqrami (4-0, 2) and Mustafa Humaidi (6-0, 2) retain their unbeaten records. Maqrami defeated Mawj Abdulrezak (2-3) in a clear but competitive bout whilst Humaidi was pushed very hard by Ali Al Ahdal (3-3, 2) in the closest bout of the show. The most one sided of the bouts on the Yemen card saw Luke Hasan (2-0) dominating Bahr Slyman (1-2) taking a shut out 100-89 decision on all 3 cards. Hasan was 4 lbs heavier than Slyman and this may have contributed a bit to the one-sided nature of this bout but it's like Hasan would have won regardless of the weight difference. In a battle of the unbeaten's Ali Salem (4-0, 1) out pointed Othman Qasim (3-1). The scorecards here ranged notably though all 3 favoured Salem of Somalia who recorded his 3rd win in just 8 days. The other bout on the card sawthe unbeaten Abdu Sameer (3-0) extending his streak with a clear victory over Mohammad Saleh (2-2). The first card of today was at the Yemen Boxing Federation Gym in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. The show had 7 bouts in total though again it lacked the "biggest name in Yemeni boxing" Ali Raymi, instead it featured some of best of the rest.
Arguably the biggest name on the card was Somalian Yasin Abdulkhalik (5-0, 3) who took his 3rd victory inside a week as he took a 10 round decision over Moxamad Abdu (2-1, 1). This was one of 2 bouts that went the 10 round schedule with Asam Dolbhante (3-0) out pointing Ali Sanabani (2-2, 1) in the other. Although those 2 bouts did go the 10 round distance Yaser Ali (2-0, 2) refused to let his bout go the 10 round as he stopped Khaled Munasar (0-2) in the 9th round of their bout. Surprisingly Ali's stoppage of Munasarwas one of just 2 stoppages on the show with Khaldun Salami (2-0, 1) stopping Yasir Shadhili (1-1) in the 4 and final round of their bout. The reamining trio of contests all went the 4 round distance with Abdelsamid Sameer (2-0) defeating Mohammad Saleh (2-1) by unanimous decision likewise Ali Salem (3-0, 1) took a shut out over Esam Aunfi (1-1, 1). The only competitive decision saw Othman Qasim (3-0) take a majority decision over Khaled Sulaym (1-1, 1). As well as the card in Yemen there was also a show in Tokyo with 10 bouts as part of the "Rookie of the Year" tournament. In the Minimumweight division there was an unexpected draw between Naoyuki Tsukada (3-0-1, 2) and Masaaki Okubo (3-1-1, 1). The bout, scored a split decision draw was tight through out and neither man can really complain about the result. At Light Flyweight we surprisingly had 3 contests as Tomoyuki Kaneko (5-1, 2) took a unanimous decision over Hikaru Ota (2-2, 1), Yuta Sakai (2-4) over came Tadashi Nishioka (2-5-1) and Rei Ochiai (1-1, 3) fought to a draw with Mao Hoshino (3-8-2). In the Flyweight division Katsunori Shimooki (3-2-1) took a narrow split decision over Naoto Takanashi (3-7-1, 2) whilst unbeaten Super Flyweight Jo Tanooka (5-0-3) took a majority decision over Uko Nonami (2-1-1, 1). The Bantamweight class saw victories for Yuki Arai (3-1), who stopped Yamato Nakagawa (4-3, 2) inside 2 minutes, and Yukichi Hara (4-2, 1) out pointed Ryosuke Hayase (3-1) who lost his unbeaten record as a result. It wasn't just Yuki Aria who scored an opening round victory as both Naoto Fujimoto (4-2-1, 2), who took out Takahiro Shibata (4-2-1, 1) at Super Bantamweight, and Yuki Nagano (2-1, 2), who took out Minoru Iizuka (2-1, 2), also scored early opening round victories. In Thailand Samson Tor Buamas (30-3, 14) was given an unexpectedly tough test as she defended her WIBA Miimumweight title against Alexis Mary Asher (0-1). Tor Buamas, widely regarded as one of the best female fighters in the Minimumweight division, was pushed incredibly hard by the American debutant despite winning. The tight nature fight would leave us 3 possible ideas, either Asher is a very good fighter, Buamas at 30 years old is on the slide or Buamas is possible struggling to make 105lbs from having seen the fight however it's likely that Asher is just much better than an average debutant Love it or hate it the Yemeni boxing scene really does seem to be very much alive in the wake of Ali Raymi's success. For the 6th time this month and the 12th time this year, the country hosted a boxing show.
Whilst the card may not have featured Raymi, the body punching KO king, it did featured 6 bouts and a staggering 11 men went in to their bouts with unbeaten records. The only man who had a defeat on his record going in to the show was Mawj Abdulrezak (2-2) from Somalia. Abdulrezak had suffered 2 losses already this month but prevented a trio by out pointing fellow Somalian Bahr Slyman (1-1), who lost his unbeaten record as a result. Slyman was one of 3 men who lost their unbeaten records via unanimous decision with both Alwan Hawshabi (1-1) and Ali Sanabani (2-1, 1) also dropping clear decisions. For Hawshabi it was a clear shut out to Othman Qasim (2-0) that saw his "0" vanish whilst Sanabani was dominated by Asam Dolbhante (2-0). The luckiest man to hold on to his unbeaten record was Ali Salem (2-0, 1) who scraped a majority verdict over Saeed Asam (1-1, 1). There was no questions to be asked of either Moxamad Abdu (2-0, 1) or Yasin Abdulkhalik (3-0, 3) who both finished their bouts inside the distance. For Abdulkhalik his victory came in the 3rd round, stopping Egyptian Ali Saber (1-1), whilst Abdu claimed his victory in round 2 stopping Raydan Shameeri (1-1). In Japan we had 2 cards, the most noteworthy of which was at the Sambo Hall in Kobe. The main in Kobe saw Teiru Kinoshita (18-0-1, 3) defeating Junichi Ebisuoka (23-16-5, 10) by decision and defending his Japanese Super Flyweight title in the process. Although Ebisuoka did give his all he was pretty clearly out pointed on all 3 cards. Surprisingly on an 8 bout show Kinoshita was the only man to claim a unanimous decision and in fact one of just two men to claim a decision on the entire show. The only other man to win a decision was Hiroki Yamamoto (6-8-1, 1) who took a split decisionover Munehito Kijima (4-4-1). Whilst there were only 2 winners in contests that went the distance there was also a split decision draw between debutant Kensuke Fujita (0-0-1) and Yasuyuki Otagaki (1-1-2). Shockingly the most common result on the card was T/KO 1 with 3 opening round victories. The quickest of these came in just 20 seconds as Ryoma Yasuda (2-0, 2) quickly despatched Yuki Ide (0-1). It didn't take Shota Yamamoto (3-0, 2) much longer at 38 seconds to stop Takeshi Kamino (0-1). The other opening round victory took 144 seconds as Kenta Shimizu (4-3-1, 2) beat the previous unbeaten Ryoki Hirai (3-1-1, 1). The cards two remaining bouts also ended early with Jun Tamura (4-1, 3) stopping Yosuke Shimagawa (2-5, 2) in the fourth and final round of their bout and Kazuhiro Nishitani (11-2, 5) stopped Takashi Oda (8-12-2, 5) at the very end of round 7. The other card in Japan took place at the Aioi Hall, Kariya, Aichi, Japan. This card featured 8 bouts. This show opened with 3 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. These bouts saw Masaru Urata (2-0, 1) claim a split decision over Masatsugu Ito (0-1); Jun Takigawa (1-0, 1) taking a second round stoppage over Takuro Sato (1-3) and a draw between Nao Iwata (3-10-3) and Toru Matsumoto (1-4-3, 1). As well as the 4 round contests the show also featured a trio of 6 round bouts. These included a stoppage win for Yuji Iwata (6-4-1, 2) who stopped the relatively undurable Takahiro Hori (4-7-1, 3) in the 4th. The other two bouts over 6 rounds both went to decision as Ryosuke Maruki (6-1-1, 4) almost shut out Ronnel Esparas (10-11-1, 2) and Akito Hoshi (7-5, 2) took a clear and dominant decision over Kazuki Fukakura (5-6-2, 2). The sole 8 round contest on the show saw Daiki Koide (20-5-2, 9) stopping the over-matched Shinichi Tsukahara (7-6-2, 3) in the 4th round. In the main event Kazuya Maruki (14-2, 9) claimed a clear but yet competitive 10 round decision over the game but limited Rufino Mante (8-16-2, 4). Mante may not have had the skill to defeat Maruki but he refused to just lie down and lose and it made for a genuinely interesting bout. We also had a show in South Korea at the Puno Boxing Gymnasium in Gimpo. This card featured 6 bouts. The card kicked off with it's 3 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. These saw victories for Da-Won Suh (1-3) who out pointed Dawit (1-2) and Ji-Hwan Bang (2-0, 1) who lived up to his name and banged out Jung-Ho Kim (0-2) in just 40 seconds. The other 4 round contest on the card ended in a draw as debutant Soo-Jin Park (0-0-1) was held by Sung-Hwan Kim (0-0-2). The remaining contests were all scheduled for 6 rounds. Cruiserweight In-Ho Cha (4-0, 4) managed to rack up his 4th stoppage this year as he took out Dong-Uk Kim (2-4, 2) inside a round. This was an impressive victory for Cha given that Jae-Chan Kim, the former Korean Heavyweight champion, couldn't stop Dong-Uk Kim in 6 rounds. In Welterweight action Sang-Joon Park (4-3-1) managed to move to a 50% winning record as he out pointed Yong-Soo Kim (2-3-1, 2) in a clear decision. At Super Flyweight Ji-Hoon Kim (3-4, 1), obviously not the Ji-Hoon Kim we all love and know, was out pointed by the unbeaten Joo-Hyun Kim (4-0-1, 1). Interestingly this was the lightest weight Joo-Hyn Kim has fought at having previously fought as high as Super Bantamweight. |
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