Koki Eto claims OPBF title in thriller whilst Chalermpol Singwancha narrowly retains his ABF belt6/17/2014 Although Tuesday's aren't typically big boxing days this Tuesday was an exciting day with fights in both Japan and Thailand with some big names, big action and promising youngsters all coming together to give us a day to remember in the boxing world. Tokyo, Japan For us the most notable of the two shows was in Japan as the Korakuen Hall played host to "Dangan 104" a show that was co-promoted with Shirai Gushiken Sports Gym. The card began, like most cards, with a low level bout between novices. This saw the 21 year old Minimumweight prospect Naoki Morooka (2-0, 2) scoring his second successive stoppage as he took out the win-less Naoki Yoshimura (0-1-1) in the second round. This was followed by another low level undercard bout as the debuting Kiyoshi Utsumi (1-0) over-came Oshima Keigo (0-5). Keigo came close to securing a draw but couldn't quite to enough losing 38-37 on all 3 cards. Utsumi wasn't the only successful debutant on this card and the much touted Higa Daigo (1-0, 1) made an almost instant impact on the sport as he stopped his Thai opponent, who we believe was Saengkeng Saknarong (0-1) inside a round. Daigo was a stand out amateur and from what we've been told there is a lot of expectation on this youngster who could be one of the hottest teens in Japanese boxing. The expectation seemed to take over Daigo a little bit as he looked nervous but he ended the bout with a crushing body combination KO. For those wanting to see this fight, in full, it's featured on our new video section. The 4th bout from this show saw Fujikita Seiya (7-1, 1) out point Koya Sato (7-2-1, 1) in a narrow contest that was decided by just a point on all 3 cards. It was a highly competitive contest between two men who both came to win and we'd certainly not complain about a rematch being made later this year. Although the Seiya/Sato bout was competitive another of the mid card bouts really wasn't as Tatsuro Kawabata (6-5, 2) dominated Hideo Mikan (6-7-1, 2) over 6 pretty 1-sided rounds. The first ranked fighter in action was Valentine Hosokawa (17-4-3, 8) who helped his chances of getting another title fight as he over-came Toshihiko Adachi (13-8, 6) in an 8 round contest. Hosokawa had lost back to back titles fights prior to this contest, coming up short in a Japanese title fight to Shinya Iwabuchi and an OPBF title fight with Min Wook Kim, despite those losses he did look like a fighter who is hungry for a third title fight. The second ranked fighter in action was Yasuhiro Okawa (12-11-3, 3) who continued his hunt for an unlikely title bout as he over-came Takuya Fujii (6-5, 2). Although Okawa doesn't have a pretty record he is a capable fighter, as seen in his victory over Hidekazu Matsunobu, just sadly he's had inconsistent results which have lead to his relatively poor record. The main event of this card was an OPBF fight that may well be included in the end of year conversation for FOTY. The bout, for the OPBF Flyweight title, saw Koki Eto (15-3-1, 11) and Ardin Diale (23-9-3, 10) put defence to the back of their mind as they proceeded to beat 6 shades out of each other in a bout that really showed how fun boxing can be when you have two equally limited and equally braves fighters in there together. Eto, a former WBA interim world champion, was dropped twice before mounting a major comeback in round 8 and eventually stopping an exhausted Diale to complete a real really major turn around and once again prove what a warrior he is. Unfortunately the repeated wars that Eto has been in will take it's toll on him sooner rather than later and he may never be the same fighter after this one, likewise Diale probably won't be the same either. As with Daigo Higa's debut we've managed include this bout in our video section with the video ready to be watched here. Samut Sakhon, Thailand As well as the show in Japan we also saw action in Thailand as Naris Boxing Promotion put on a show. Like the Japanese card this show was also headlined by a title bout as the unbeaten Chalermpol Singwancha (8-0, 6) retained his ABF Welterweight title with a surprisingly competitive victory over Filipino journeyman Amor Tino (14-17-4, 4). Although Chalermpol retained his title many fans were less than impressed with him and the score cards, which were 116-112, 118-110, 118-110 were said to have been very generous. Chalermpol started like a house on fire but slowed drastically and whilst the fight was close in the end we're suspecting that it'll serve as a great lesson to the Thai prospect who will build from the experience. Chalermpol had two stable mates on the same show who were also successful. These included veteran Sirimongkol Singwancha (79-2, 51) who saw off the debuting Victor Nunez (0-1) in the 4th round. The other Singwancha fighter was Petchsuriya Singwancha (10-8, 5) who took a 6 round decision over the debuting Petchpalangchai Sor Saksriprai (0-1). For Petchsuriya this was little more than a warm up before his arranged fight, in Japan, with Ryosuke Maruki on July 20th. The only other bout on this card saw Mohamadreza Hamze (4-5-1, 1) stopping Kongsuk Patanakan Gym (3-2-1, 1) in the third round of a scheduled 6. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.com)
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Batangas, Philippines On Sundays fans in the Philippines had a notable show that featured 7 bouts in total including a very interesting title bout between a hard hitting but limited fighter and a talented, though much less powerful, fighter. That title fight, for the GAB Welterweight crown, saw the hard hitting fighter, Dan Nazareno Jr (20-11, 16), come out on top and claim the previous vacant title after his opponent, Ronnel Esparas (10-14-1, 2) retired disappointingly. Esparas quite during the break between rounds 3 and 4 though in fairness to him he had taken his licks for 3 rounds against a bigger and stronger fighter who was landing very vicious shots time and time again. Whilst there was just 1 title bout there were 3 support bouts each scheduled for 10 rounds. These included a bout between the inconsistent Ronald Pontillas (17-6-3, 8) and the over-matched Junard Postrano (7-6, 2). Although Pontillas wasn't firing on all cylinders he was dominant and forced the referee to save Postrano who was taking a shellacking until he was saved in round 7. Another of the 10 rounders saw Virgil Puton (14-3, 7) put on a beating to the very limited Prell Tupaz (8-24-4, 1) who was dropped for the count in round 4. The other 10 rounder was a poor contest as neither Eranio Semillano (10-5, 3) or Richard Garcia (25-19-1, 7) looked at the races. Thankfully the Semillano/Garcia bout came to an early ending with a clash of heads giving Semillano a 5th round technical decision victory. Of the 3 under-card bouts only 1 resulted in a winner and that Arnil Caoctoy (4-2, 2) who scored a 6th round KO over the previously unbeaten Mark Paloso (2-1, 1). The KO, which was the result of a vicious right hand, was eye catching to say the least. The other 2 bouts on the undercard ended in draws with Toto Landero (3-0-1, 1) fighting to a 6 round majority draw with fellow unbeaten fighter Rolly Sumalpong (4-0-1, 1) whilst in a 4 rounder Rommel Berwela (1-2-1) fought to a split decision draw with the debuting Jerome Clavite (0-0-1). (Image, of Nazareno, courtesy of boxrec.com) This past Saturday may have seen a lot of fans turning their attention to the world cup in Brazil but that didn't stop some notable fights taking place. New York, USA The biggest bout of the night was in the US where Russian slugger Ruslan Provodnikov (23-3, 16) attempted to make the first defence of his WBO Light Welterweight title. The "Siberian Rocky" started excellently and dropped his opponent, the unbeaten Chris Algieri (20-0, 8), twice in the opening round and seemed set for an easy defence before seeing the American challenger compose himself and a vast swathe of the rounds with his accurate and busy boxing that won him a decision on 2 of the 3 judges score cards. Whilst some will dispute the legitimacy of this result, as fans often do, we've no problem with the out come and hope that we'll see more of both men are they are both fighters we enjoy watching for very different reasons. On the same card as the Provodnikov/Algieri bout fans saw former Boxcino contestant Fedor Papazov (15-1, 10) make light work of the experienced Miguel Angel Mendoza (21-4-2, 21) who suffered just his second stoppage loss in 27 bouts. México, Mexico In Mexico local fans got to the highly regarded Rey Vargas (20-0, 17) continue to leave a wake of destruction behind him as he over-came the usually tough Filipino Vergel Nebran (12-8-1, 8), who was stopped in the 6th round. Whilst Nebran may feel disappointed at the loss there is no doubting that Vargas has that star potential and will almost certainly prove himself on the world stage sooner rather than later. Bangkok, Thailand From what we under-stand there was also a fight in Thailand as Buangern OnesongchaiGym (11-6-1, 2) managed to score her second stoppage and over-come the win-less Cheeta Por Petchnamthong (0-2), who was stopped in the 6th round. (Image courtesy of Boxrec and Banner Promotions) With the world cup now kicking off we're expecting to see a downturn in boxing for a week or two. Thankfully we still expect a few fights to come through and on Thursday there was a few fights, in fact there were actually a few title fights.
Bangkok, Thailand One of the two main events saw Chatpetch Sithmorseng (8-3, 4) successfully defending the Interim PABA Super Flyweight title courtesy of a huge uppercut against the aggressive Romnick Magos (9-4, 5). Magos set off with an ultra-aggressive mindset but unfortunately this opened up opportunities for Chatpetch who managed to land his pay day shot and give Magos his third loss on Thai soil. For those who are curious about Chatpetch, who boxrec list as the PABA champion, the PABA themselves list Petchbarngborn Kokietgym as the champion. We're unsure why boxrec have this one so wrong. In the other main event Eaktawan Mor Krungthepthonbur (4-0, 3) dominated Jemmy Gobel (18-24-5, 13) until finally scoring a 6th round TKO. This win for Eaktawan saw him claiming the WBA Asia Flyweight title. Unfortunately this was a mismatch from the opening bell and the best thing Gobel did was survive through to round 6. The undercard featured 3 other bouts, the most eye catching of those was an opening round TKO scored by Thai based Nigerian Taiwo Ali (15-3, 10) against Andrey Taihera (0-1). Another of the under card bouts saw Tirachok Kiatniwat (4-0, 2) stopping Petchkosin Manoprungroj (0-1). From what we understand Tirachok is the nephew of former world champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym. Talking about relative of former world champions the son of Denkaosan Kaovichit, Petchsamui Kiatniwat (0-0-1) who was sadly held to a draw by Lomnaw Sakberlin (0-0-1). Hyogo, Japan As well as the show in Thailand we also had a small card in Japan. This show, which featured 8 bouts, was headlined by a bout between Takahiro Shigee (11-0-1, 9) and the limited Toshiya Yokogawa (6-6-1, 5). Unfortunately Shigee failed to make the Super Bantamweight limit and, although he was punished with wearing bigger gloves, he was simply too good, too powerful and too strong for Yokogawa who suffered his first stoppage loss. Shigee wasn't the only unbeaten man continuing their winning run as the promising Shohei Okuda (10-0, 4) moved into double figures with an 8 round decision over Tatsuya Yoneo (6-4, 1). The bout was closer than it looked on paper but the right man came out on top in a well fought test for the unbeaten youngster. The only other 8 rounder on the show saw Tokiya Nishioka (9-3-2, 5) stopping the chinny Hiroki Yoshimura (7-10, 4) who has now suffered 8 stoppage losses in his 17 fights. Although the bout went into the 7th round there was always the worry that Yoshimura would break and that's exactly what happened. In the sole 6 round bout on the show fans got to see Satoshi Ozawa (9-5-1, 2) defeat the limited Akifumi Hayashi (4-10-1, 1) in a 6 round decision. At the start of the card there were 4 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds, surprisingly they only went a combined 8 rounds with only one of the bouts reaching the final bell. The bout that did go the distance however was a close one with the unbeaten Shohei Kawashima (6-0-1, 1) taking a majority decision over Kyohei Okutani (4-2, 3). Of the other 3 bouts the longest went into the 2nd round as Keisuke Tabuchi (5-1-2, 4) took out the debuting Hayate Matsutani (0-1). The Tabuchi/Matsutani bout went a round longer than either of the other remaining bouts which went less than 5 minutes combined. One of those saw Batten Ryosuke (1-0-1, 1) taking out Tenmei Serizawa (3-2, 2) at 2:58 of the opening round whilst the other lasted just 2:01 as Kohei Iwai (3-2-1, 3) stopped Yudai Yamashoji (2-2-, 2). Queensland, Australia In Australia fans got to see Matt Casboult (5-0, 1) inflict the 3rd straight loss on Thailand's win-less Arnon Yuchareon (0-3). Arnon, a former Muay Thai fighter, hasn't really adapted to the pro boxing scene very well and it may well be a case of just needing to get something to click or, alternatively, a change back to the sport he first made his name in. Alberta, Canada In Canada fans got to see the return to the ring of Afghanistan's Arash Usmanee (21-2-1, 10). Unfortunately it seems that Usmanee struggled to defeated the tough but limited Juan Ruiz (23-13, 7) over 8 rounds. We like Usmanee but feel that if he's struggling to beat Ruiz then he may well be feeling the effects of his hard series of recent fights and may need to reconsider his future. Then again it could well have just been an off night for the all action Afghan. Bangkok, Thailand
Tuesday may not have been an action packed day but it may turn out to have been a significant day for several Thai fighters who won their bouts earlier on. The show, which in total featured 4 bouts, was headlined by the unbeaten and wonderfully named Knockout CP Freshmart (7-0, 4) who lived up to his first name by stopping win-less Indian fighter Sandeep (0-4) in the 5th round to defend his WBC Youth Minimumweight title. Our excellent Thai source has informed is that following the fight Knockout's promoter has suggest that the unbeaten fighter could be about to receive a top 15 ranking with the WBC. It's worth noting that prior to this bout Knockout was #24 with the WBC though with 6 defences of the Youth title he may well be given an improved ranking, even if the opponents were poor. Although Knockout was the main event he wasn't actually the most recognisable fighter on the show, that honour was held by former WBA Bantamweight title challenger Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym (40-2, 23) who stopped debuting Indian Balbeer (0-1) in the 4th round of a scheduled 6 rounder. The only other bout, currently, listed on boxrec shows a 6 round decision victory for Kongfah CP Freshmart (6-0, 2) who over-came Petchchumpol Sor Visetkit (4-2, 2) to continue his unbeaten run. We've actually been informed that a 4th bout saw the debuting Kongphutorn Nor Nophiran (1-0, 1) taking a 3rd round KO over Veeradej Manoprungroj (1-2), who had previously been stopped just once, by current WBA interim Flyweight champion Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep. We've been told that Kongphutorn is a notable Muay Thai fighter and that he may be fast tracked if he chooses to continue in professional as opposed to Muay Thai. Odaira and Naito retain Japanese titles, Shiino returns with a win and Nakagawa upsets Laurente6/11/2014 Tokyo, Japan One of our favourites "series" of shows is the "Dangan" series which range from Rookie of the Years shows, B class tournaments and some amazing title cards which have more depth that first meets the eye. We had one of those top Dangan shows this past Monday with 4 bouts that all had some sort of relevance. The first of those 4 bouts saw Japan's Yuta Nakagawa (13-4-1, 8) claiming the biggest victory of his career so far as he narrowly out-pointed Filipino Monico Laurente (24-11, 5) in an 8 round bout. Going into this bout Laurente was the #1 ranked OPBF challenger at Bantamweight whilst Nakagawa was unranked so we're expecting to see a big shuffle in the rankings next month. Whilst Nakagawa's victory over a Filipino visitor was unexpected the second bout of note saw a very expected result as former OPBF Bantamweight champion Hiroki Shiino (11-3, 10) made very light wok of Filipino visitor Rodel Tejares (20-29-6, 5). Shiino, who was stopped last time out by Ryosuke Iwasa, had been out of the ring due to an injury and took all of his frustrations out on Tejares who was battered for 3 rounds. Following the two big, albeit none title fights, we then move on to the first of two Japanese title fights. These kicked off with Japanese Minimumweight champion Go Odaira (10-3-3, 1) defending his belt for the first time. Odaira was less than impressive as he struggled past the limited Yuma Iwahashi (11-7-1, 1) in a bout that was some what poor despite being competitive. Odaira defended his title with a majority decision and seems likely to be facing Kosei Tanaka and Takuma Inoue next time out with the two super prospects both wanting to win titles sooner rather than later. Odaira wasn't the only champion who retained his title as Japanese Super Featherweight champion Rikki Naito (10-0, 5) also defended his belt successfully. Naito took on the much more experienced Kyohei Tamakoshi (32-9-6, 12) and was dominant through out, though did struggle to pin his man down early on. As soon Naito turned it up in the second half of the fight he appeared to have Tamakoshi in trouble but the experienced man called on his past to see out the trouble moments. As well as the 4 major bouts there was also a trio of lesser bouts. These included a pair of draws as Hisashi Owada (5-8-1) was held in a 6 rounder by Kenichi Ohara (4-8-1) and, in a 4 rounder, Toru Takahashi (2-8-2, 2) was held by Yoshikuni Hashiguchi (2-4-1, 1). These were both majority draws. The only other bout on the show was an all debutant affair that saw Toshiro Tarumi (1-0, 1) scoring a 4th round TKO over Shota Irie (0-1). Siem Reap Province, Cambodia In Cambodia fans saw the return of the touted Cuban Reymi Aleye (6-0, 3) who made light work of Cambodian debutant Svay Rota (0-1). Aleye is touted as one of the best "Cuban's you've never heard of" and has been fighting out of the ALA gym in the Philippines recently despite living in Thailand. We hope to see him back in a Filipino ring soon as that's where he will probably develop his already highly attained skills. (Image courtesy of http://danganboxing.com) Kumamoto, Japan
This past Sunday wasn't one of the busiest in Asian boxing history but yet there was still enough action to keep fans entertained, at least if they were in the region of the Foodpal Kumamoto which hosted the only Asian show of the day. The shows featured 7 bouts in total though surprisingly only one of them went the distance, a 4 round bout from the start of the under-card which saw Isamu Yonemitsu (0-1-1) fighting to a majority draw with Toshihiro Kai (3-6-2). Following this we saw every other bout on the show finishing inside the schedule with none of them even reaching the final round. The closest that any of the other bouts got to reaching the final bell was a 3rd KO victory for the debuting Tomoya Ikeda (1-0, 1) who defeated the win-less Koichiro Higashi (0-4) in one of the other 4 round bouts. The only other 4 rounder lasted just 155 seconds as Rikito Hattori (1-0, 1) made very light work of Makoto Noda (0-3) who extended his losing run. Between a them a trio of 6 round bouts lasted just 5 rounds. These saw Tomohiro Nagakari (6-1, 1) scoring his first early victory as he defeated Sithichai Sor Phonchai (0-1) inside a round whilst Kenta Okumura (12-2-1, 3) stopped the debuting Jaroenlek Chaiyonggym (0-1) in the 2nd round. The other bout was also a 2nd round stoppage as Tatsuya Fukuhara (13-4-4, 4), best known for losing to Takuma Inoue, stopped Thai visitor Prabpram Sithsaithong (0-2). The sole 8 round bout of the show was the longest, going into the 5th round, as Ryusei Yoshida (24-6, 11) struggled a little bit to see off the stubborn Lattasit Sorsuda (0-2) who suffered his second successive stoppage loss. A busy Saturday saw fights all over the place with many of them having titles on the line from various levels. New York, USA For many fight fans the biggest fight involving an Asian was in the US as Filipino youngster Marvin Sonsona (19-1-1, 15) avenged his sole loss by out pointing Wilfredo Vazquez Jr (23-4-1, 19) in a less than stellar bout that saw holding as much as punching. Sonsona looked the much better fighter and did score a knockdown in the opening round but by the end of the bout it had become to watch with very little real quality landed by either man in the final few rounds. It wasn't a great fight but it was a fight that saw Sonsona expunging his sole loss. Tokyo, Japan The only card in Japan was a Teiken promoted show at the Korakuen Hall. The show, a very interesting on on paper, not only featured a title fight in the main even but several other bouts of not with prospects and hopefuls all in action. The aforementioned main event saw Japanese Light Flyweight champion Yu Kimura (14-2-1, 2) defend his title for the first time as he put on an excellent showing against the much taller Yuki Chinen (14-2, 7). Chinen, who towered over Kimura, looked competitive early on though as the bout went into the second half it was totally taken over by the more skilled Kimura who got the well deserved decision and seemed to really be getting to Chinen in the final rounds. Whilst Kimura/Chinen was the main event fight it wasn't the only one of major not on the show and the chief support bout was one of the other interesting bouts. This contest saw Kenichi Ogawa (12-1, 10) continue his development as he took out Filipino visitor Gabriel Royo (9-10-2, 8) in 4 rounds. This was the 4th straight victory for Ogawa since his lone defeat and whilst he's not ready to be thinking about fights above the domestic level he is showing real promise and by developing that promise there is every chance he could move on to the OPBF level in the coming years. Masanobu Nakazawa (15-1-1, 5) taking a well earned decision over the "better than his record indicated" Kosuke Iwashita (14-17-2, 8) in a very good Light Welterweight bout. Ranked #4 in Japan Nakazawa will likely be targeting a national title fight later this year or very early next year. We'd not favour him against the current champion, Hiroki Okada, but he would likely be as competitive with the champion as almost anyone else in the country. Another of the support bouts saw the Japanese ranked Hiroyuki Otsuka (7-2, 6) stop Thai visitor Thaminkhao Sor Tharnthip (3-10-1, 2) in just 2 rounds. This was a mismatch though one that we can't complain about following very close back-to-back defeats for Otsuka who likely needed a confident boosting win. The only other bout scheduled for 8 went the distance as Junki Sasaki (12-2, 5) took a clear decision over the tough but limited Kohei Maruoka (7-7-1, 1) who has suffered just a sole stoppage defeat. On the undercard we had 2 Rookie bouts as Takunari Yokoyama (4-0, 2) out pointed Ryo Matsubara (1-0, 1) in a bout made at Flyweight and Ryuya Kaji (3-0, 2) took a 3rd round KO over Naoaki Kumagai (2-2, 2) in a Super Bantamweight contest. From what we under-stand these were both Rookie of the Year contests. Kunming, China It wasn't just in Japan that we had title action as championship bouts were spread across Asia, including in China as Zovi Boxing put on their latest show. This card began with 4 undercard bouts, each scheduled for 4 rounds. These saw Wang Yi Ming (2-2, 2) taking a 2nd round TKO over the debuting Indian Promod (0-1). Ming was the only fighter on the under-card here to score a stoppage. The other bouts saw Xian Wei Qian (4-3-1) over-come the debuting Xu Que (0-1), Xu Chan (3-0) maintaining his unbeaten record with a victory over Neeraj Goyat (1-2-2) and, in a female bout, Saroj (1-1) took a split decision over Li Yun Ting (1-6, 1). The chief support was the first of 2 title fights and saw Chinese Welterweight Yang Xing Xin (8-3-2, 5) claim the WBC Youth Welterweight title with a 10 round decision over Nelson Gulpe (8-2, 3). Xin, at just 21, could be part of a new wave of Chinese fighters to keep an eye on and although his record may not be anything great we are excited to see how he develops. In the main event fans saw Filipino Mark Gil Melligen (19-4-1, 10) force a stoppage of Thailand's Petchsamuthr Duanaaymukdahan (8-3, 1) in the 4th round to claim the WBO Oriental Featherweight title. On paper this looks like a very impressive victory for Melligen though Petchsamuthr really killed himself to try and make 126lbs, a weight he wasn't even close to making. The attempt to make weight appears to have totally taken all the strength from the Thai. Metro Manila, Philippines The title action also spread to the Philippines where the hard hitting and fun to watch Warlito Parrenas (20-6, 18) stopped Indonesia's Junior Bajawa (!4-3, 7) in 7 rounds to claim the WBO Oriental Super Flyweight title. Parrenas, also known as WARS Katsumata, became the first man to stop Bajawa who had previously been the distance in losses to Omari Kimweri and Richard Pumicpic. Unfortunately we were very late to get the rest of the results from this card but, thankfully, we have them now. The unbeaten and hard hitting Richard Claveras (8-0, 2) continued his unbeaten run and claimed the WBC Asian Boxing Council Light Flyweight title with an opening round blow out against Thailand's limited Namphol Sithsaithong (6-8, 6). This was Namphol's 3rd loss away from Thailand and his second in the Philippines following a previous loss in the country to Jonathan Taconing. In another title fight on this show Edison Berwela (13-28-7, 3) upset Rey Juntilla (17-5-3, 10) in a bout that was dirty and incident packed. The victory for Berwela saw him claiming the LuzProBA Super Bantamweight title via a majority decision that saw both men suffering from the effects of head clashes very early on. In a female title bout on this show Momoko Kanda (6-6-2) took a shut out victory over Nongnun Mor Krungthepthonburi (2-2) to claim the WBC Asian Council Continental female Minimumweight title. This was one of two female bouts with the other being an all debutant affair won by Naome Tacda (1-0, 1) who stopped Ana Pitae (0-1) in 66 seconds. The under-card featured 3 other bouts, other than the aforementioned all debutant female contest. These saw the one beaten Philip Luis Cuerdo (4-1, 1) defeat Mark Macabales (2-3) in a clear cut 6 round decision, Pablito Canada (3-4-1, 1) pulling himself off the canvas in the opening round to out point Mark Postrano (2-2, 1) and Jay Ar Diama (1-3-4) taking his maiden victory by shutting out Ronie Gaton (0-2), this win was well over-due for Diama who has a very misleading record. Bangkok, Thailand Amazingly even Thailand got in on the days activity with two female bouts from Bangkok. The most notable of these saw former female world title challenger Angor Onesongchaigym (6-1, 3) bounce back from her sole loss, a decision loss to Momo Koseki, and defeat her over-matched compatriot Nongfah Por Preechagym (0-1). The other contest saw Anrey Onesongchaigym (6-1-1, 3) stop novice foe Irada Sithsornram (0-3) in 3 rounds to continue her development. Queensland, Australia In Australia we had yet more title action, unfortunately however it was a bit of a hard to explain title. The title bout saw Australia's Josh King (17-3, 8) successfully defend his WBO Oriental Lightweight title with a clear decision over Japan's Koichi Ito (9-3-2, 8). We're not sure how King qualified for an Oriental title though we're a little disappointed that Ito couldn't actually take the belt back to the Orient. Ito wasn't the only Asian on this card as his Japanese compatriot Kazuyuki Fukuyama (9-5, 2) was also beaten. Fukuyama was dropped 3 times in a clear decision loss to Les Sherrington (34-3, 19). Although he was dropped thrice it was impressive to see Fukuyama actually make it to the end of the 8 round bout. Sadly however Filipino Aswin Cabuy (14-47-4, 7) couldn't even last 2 rounds in his fight against the promising Kolby Johnston (2-0, 2). (Image, from Kimura/Chinen, is courtesy of boxingnews.jp) The only action this past Friday was shown in Thailand with 2 different cards. Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand The most notable of the two shows was in Nakhon Ratchasima and televised on Thai channel 7. This show was headlined by the unbeaten Kwanpichit Onesongchaigym (27-0-2, 12) who retained his WBO Oriental Flyweight title with a victory over Indonesia's Oscar Raknafa (12-6, 5). Raknafa suffered his second successive loss as he retired in his corner at the end of round 7. It's been a big fall from grace for Raknafa who has gone from being world ranked by the WBO to losing to Kosei Tanaka and Kwanpichit in successive fights and we dare say that that Indonesian fighter has lost heart with the sport. Whilst Kwanpichit was the main event fighter he wasn't the only recognisable name on the show and in one of the other televised fights on this card fans saw the very highly ranked Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (51-1, 33) defeated Indonesia's Eddy Comaro (29-20-5, 11). Comaro seemed to view the bout as a chance to run and Chonlatarn refused to really chase in a bout that did little to excite the crowd or those watching on TV. We've been told that Chonlatarn has been in better sparring sessions and we'd not be shocked if that was true. In a female bout on this card, fans saw an upset as Buakaew Onesongchaigym (6-3-1) was out pointed by Napaporn Superchamps (9-8, 2). In regards to the fighters records this was a major upset though though Napaporn is better than her record indicates and she has been matched hard which has made her look less talented than she is. A second female bout on this show saw Nongpim Pimaipongsatorn (1-0) take a debut win over Joypailin Longsan College (0-1) in a 6 round contest. This was one of a trio of low level bouts on the show. The other low level bouts saw Japanese teenager Yuki Matsudo (5-1, 3) take a victory over Thai debutant Leklai Por Paksri (0-1) via a 2nd round KO and the debuting Japanese fighter Masaaki Kurishima (1-0, 1) taking an opening round over his Thai foe Dentapanhin Lookmaelampoei (0-1). Savannakhet, Laos In Savannakhet we had more action involving Thai's on a show televised by Thai channel 3. The main event saw Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (26-7-1, 10) successfully defend his PABA Super Flyweight title as he easily defeated Indonesia's Anis Ceunfin (16-21-5, 6). The bout was very much a one sided contest with Norasing dominating it from the start to the end though his lack of power prevented him from scoring the stoppage against the very limited Ceunfin. The only other bout in this card saw Samartlek Kokietgym (16-4, 5) out point Sammy Tehuayo (17-22-2, 3). Tehuayo proved his toughness though wasn't able to really compete with Samartlek. This show, like the one in Thailand, also featured a female bout as Nampetch Kwanjaisrikod (1-1, 1) took her first career victory by stopping Sroithong Pleekmai Restaurant (0-1) inside a round. (Image courtesy of The 13th Round) Piston Horiguchi's 100th anniversary has a highlight whilst Russian action catches the attention6/2/2014 This past Sunday was never going to match up to the Saturday that came before it, that was just impossible. It did however still have plenty interesting action with notable events taking place in both Japan and Russia. Kanagawa, Japan The most notable card for us was in Kanagawa as fans got to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the hugely popular Tsuneo "Piston" Horiguchi. The card, which was nothing special in terms of actual match ups, was one that was there was a celebration and as a result was a joyous occasion as much as anything else. With 10 bouts on the show it was a long one on paper though 6 of the 10 bouts were scheduled just for 4 rounds. From those 4 rounders just 3 went the distance and one of those was an all debutant affair that saw Teruhisa Komori (1-0) out out point Shuhei Hamano (0-1) in a very competitive contest. Although Komori's victory was a close one it wasn't the only close bout from the 4 rounders which also saw Tomokazu Ueda (4-1) struggle to a victory against Mineharu Sakaguchi (1-4-3) and Hiroyuki Yago (2-0) over-coming Araki Yamazaki (1-3, 1). Although all 3 of these bouts ended in unanimous decisions all could easily have have been draws with the very competitive rounds through out the bouts. Although 3 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds went the distance the other 3 lasted a combined 6 rounds. Of those 6 rounds 4 were taken up by the all debutant contest between Hiroto Kayama (1-0, 1) and Yuichi Kitayama (0-1) which ended when Kayama stopped Kitayama with 69 seconds remaining. One of the other stoppages saw Tetsuya Hirokawa (2-3, 2) stopping Genji Ishida (1-3) in 173 seconds whilst it took just 92 seconds for Naoyuki Sakamoto (1-0, 1) to get his career to a bang with a stoppage of the win-less Takashi Shinmyozu (0-4). Up a step from the 4 rounds the card had a pair of bouts scheduled for 6 rounds. These bouts both saw the judges being called on as Ryuto Araya (6-2-1) took a 4th round technical decision over Ryota Koizumi (6-10-1, 4) whilst Ghanian born Japanese based fighter Quaye Peter (5-4-2, 3) had to settle for a split dear with Shingo Yabu (4-3-2). This was Peter's first fight since he lost to the debuting Koki Koshikawa back in March. Following the 6 rounder we then had a pair of 8 rounders. The first of those saw Wataru Miyasaka (8-2-1, 2) out point Shogo Ojima (10-3-1, 2) in a clear victory whilst the other saw Japan's Kazuaki Irisawa (8-5, 5) stop the over-matched Petchdum Manopchaygym (0-2) in 5 rounds. As well as the competitive bouts on this show we also had exhibitions from a trio of Ohashi promoted world champions. These included a very entertaining "bout" between Naoya Inoue and Akira Yaegashi who put on a thrilling exhibition contest for the second time in the space of just a few short weeks after doing the same at the "Boxing Day" event. The other world class fighter in an exhibition was Ayaka Miyao, the WBA Atomweight champion. Fukuoka, Japan The Kanagawa show wasn't the only Japanese one and in the Kyuden Gym in Fukuoka city fans got treat to another, much lower profile show that saw 6 stoppages from 8 contests. The bouts that went the distance saw Masahiro Harano (3-2-3, 1) fighting to a split decision draw with Fever Maki (4-1-1, 2), over 4 rounds, and Naoya Haruguchi (5-4, 2) pretty much shutting out Hideaki Yamaji (4-5, 2) in a bout that looked more competitive on paper than it ended up being in reality. Of the other 6 bouts, all of which were scheduled for 4 rounds, we saw stoppages in either the 3rd or 4th round. These included a 3rd round TKO victory for Yuki Beppu (5-0, 5) who continued his stoppage run by defeating Koki Tomio (3-5, 3), another 3rd round stoppage as the hard hitting Shisato Okuma (7-1-2, 6) stopped the over-matched Yudai Yamakawa (2-3, 1), Takayoshi Kurokawa (1-0-1, 1) took his first victory, again courtesy of a 3rd round victory as he stopped the debuting Seita Nagano (0-1) and, in the shows only female bout, a 3rd round stoppage for Kasumi Fujimitsu (2-0, 2) who beat the still win-less Sayuri Koto (0-2). The bouts that extended into the 4th round saw Yusuke Fujimura (3-1-1, 1) stopping teenager J Soul Shogo (1-2, 1) and Reiya Konishi (4-0, 3) taking the unbeaten record of Yuki Shimizu (2-1, 1). Mytishchi, Russia The action continued in Russia where we actually got the most high profile contests of the day. This card, which featured 6 bouts saw several interesting contests though it did also see some lesser bouts. One of those lesser bouts saw Andrey Sirotkin (4-0, 1) taking a 6 round decision over the debuting Mark Chipinov (0-1) whilst an equally uninteresting, though more badly matched contest, saw the visiting Micki Nielsen (14-0, 11) physically abuse the very limited Igor Pylypenko (4-17-2, 1). Nielsen dropped Pylypenko inside a round the forced a stoppage in round 3. Although Nielsen looked sensational in his bout their was disappointment from Isa Akberbayev (12-0-0-1, 8) who forced a retirement of Morris Okola (4-1, 2) but look less than sensational prior to Okola retiring from the contest. Another man who was less than dazzling was Azerbaijan's Ramal Amanov (5-0) who took an 8 round decision over Michael Odhiambo (12-6, 9) though was dropped in the process. The chief support bout was female world title bout as leggy blonde beauty Svetlana Kulakova (9-0-1, 1) challenged Ana Laura Esteche (10-3-2, 2) for the unified WBA female Light Welterweight title. Unfortunately Kulakova her good start and good ended were marred by some nightmare rounds in the middle as she had to settle for a split decision draw with the Argentinian visitor. The main event on this show saw Dmitry Chudinov (13-0-2, 8) batter Danish fighter Patrick Nielsen (22-1, 12) to claim the WBA interim Middleweight title. In theory this puts him a step away from a fight with Gennady Golovkin though we'd be shocked to see that bout made with Chudinov's team not being that foolish. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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