This past Sunday saw some notable names in action in Japan. Sadly however all the results haven't been made available at the time of writing, as a result we can feature the ones we have. Fukuoka, Japan Arguably the most notable of two Japanese cards came from Fukuoka. In the main event of this show fans saw WBC female Minimumweight champion Yuko Kuroki (14-4-1, 7) claim a 3rd round TKO win against Kanittha Saknarong (0-4)*. Saknarong, who had never previously been stopped, was well out of her depth against the champion, who was participating in a non-title bout. It now appears that Kuroki weill be back in the ring in December to defend her belt, albeit against a yet to be named foe. The other bout of note on this card saw Tatsuya Fukuhara (15-4-5, 6) score a 3rd round TKO win against Thongchai Chaiyonggym (0-1). The bout was a mismatch but appears to have been made as a title prelude for Fukuhara who has made it clear that he would like a Japanese title fight, a fight he may get by the end of this year. Despite his less than stellar record Fukuhara is now unbeaten in 5 fights dating back to a decision loss in 2013 to Takuma Inoue. Osaka, Japan The other Japanese show came from Osaka. On this show the main event saw former 4-time world title challenger Hiroyuki Hisataka (24-13-1, 10) in action. Hisataka, who has mixed with top level competition, easily over-came the heavy handed but inexperienced Keisuke Tabuchi (9-3, 7) with an 8 round decision win. Tabuchi tried his best but was unable to match the skills or speed of Hisataka who may well be hoping to build his way towards an OPBF or Japanese title fight at Bantamweight. The only other result we have from this card was an upset with Toshihiro Kai (5-7-2, 1) taking a decision against Yutaka Oishi (11-5, 6). Kai was the clear winner here and recorded just his second victory in his last 5 bouts. Southern Leyte, Philippines As well as the action in Japan there was also a small show in the Philippines. The main event here was a competitive 10 round bout that saw Jonathan Ricablanca (8-48-2, 1) take a minor upset win over Ryan Tampus (11-15, 8). This was the second meeting between the two men with Tampus actually beating Ricablanca back in January 2010, though he has since gone 2-12. This win is Ricablanca's first since March 2012, when he beat Jomar Fajardo, and sees him ending a 14 fight losing streaking. In an all debutant contest Rimon Rama (1-0, 1) blew out Jaypee Payac (0-1) whilst another novice, Jeffrey Stella (1-0-1, 1) blew away Tericito Pilo (0-1), with both of these bouts ending inside a round. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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Incheon, South Korea
The first of the action came from Korea where the KBC held their latest rookie show. The show featured 5 bouts in total with a single 6 rounder along with 4 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. The 6 rounder saw Jae Man Kim (3-1, 1) claim a majority decision against Sang Hoo Kil (3-3-2) in a bout at Super Bantamweight. This bout saw Kim bounce back from his sole loss whilst Kil saw a 4-fight unbeaten run come to an end. On paper the stand out bout was a Welterweight bout between Han Jong Yuh (2-0, 2) and Jae Pil Huh (2-2). The bout looked good on paper and turned out to be great, albeit short lived. Yuh managed to stop Huh in just 157 seconds, but had to drop Huh twice and was dropped himself in a bout that featured a lot of action in a very short amount of time. Another stoppage saw the debuting Yoon Kil Kim (1-0, 1) score a 2nd round TKO win against Ki Suk Lee (0-1), with Lee being stopped early in the round. Another debutant to pick up a loss was Sang Hoon Jang (0-1) who was out pointed by 34 year old namesake Jung Ho Jang (2-1-1, 1). Sang Hoon Jang was successful in bouncing back from his stoppage loss, last time out, to the exciting Kyoo Hwan Hwang though he was forced to struggle with his debuting opponent here. Another bout that went the distance saw Tae Ho Gang (3-4) claim a clear decision win over the win-less Seung Hak Shin (0-2). This bout, at Cruiserweight, ended a 2-fight losing streak for Gang. New Jersey, USA In the US fans had the chance to see a couple of unbeaten Chinese fighters. The most notable of the two Chinese fighters was Heavyweight hopeful Zhang Zhilei (5-0, 3) who moved into 6 rounders in a successful fashion. Zhilei, who's progress has been slow as a professional, was battling the tough but limited Dennis Benson (2-7-1, 1) and was taken into the 6th round before finally seeing off Benson. On paper a 6th round TKO doesn't look great for Zhilei but it is worth noting that this was the first time Benson had been stopped. The other Chinese fighter was Wang Zhimin (4-0, 2) who stopped the win-less Carlos Nieves (0-8-1) in the 4th round. This was Zhimin's second successive stoppage after going the distance in his first couple of fights. Hat Yai, Thailand
The big upset of the day came in Thailand where unheralded Filipino Jestoni Autida (9-3, 4) scored his defining victory, stopping Ratchasak KKP (20-4-1, 14) in the 8th round of their bout. The two men were fighting for the WBA Asia Bantamweight title and, on paper, it was a straight forward win for Ratchasak. What nobody had expected was for Autida to come to the ring with belief and the attitude of a winner. That attitude helped the gangly 24 year old box his way into the bout before a straight right hand dropped Ratchasak early in round 8, that began the undoing of Ratchasak who was dropped again moments later forcing the referee to wave the bout off. This win for Autida is particularly notable considering Ratchasak had twice dropped the world ranked Rex Tso, though never looked capable of doing anything to Autida, who appears to genuinely be one to keep an eye on as a potential diamond in the rough. Victoria, Australia We were really unfortunate not to have another notable upset from a Filipino in Australia. That bout saw the always testing Adones Aguelo (24-12-2, 16) clearly out fight, out box and out power the touted Will Tomlinson (24-2-1, 13). Sadly though the judges were against the very talented Filipino who shockingly gave the bout to Tomlinson with a majority decision. Aguelo seemed in charge from the second round, and although he lost the final two rounds he had seemingly done more than enough to deserve the win. Sadly this is another loss for the Filipino though he certainly made fans with numerous Australian fans praising him and discrediting the result, many now want to see more of the Pinoy who has every right to feel aggrieved by the result. Davao Del Sur, Philippines As well as Filipino's performing on the road, they also did so at home with a card in Davao City. At the time of writing the full results aren't yet available however we do have results for the 3 most significant bouts on the card. One of those bouts saw the unbeaten Jay-Ar Inson (9-0, 6) claim a 2nd round stoppage win over Indonesian visitor Victor Mausul (9-4-2, 5). This win netted the heavy handed Pinoy the WBO interim Oriental title and a possible WBO world ranking. On paper it did seem a relatively one sided bout but few would have expected Inson to look as impressive as he did here. Another of the major bouts on this card saw the monstrously hard hitting Aston Palicte (19-1, 17) extend his impressive record as he broke down Fernando Ocon (13-10-1, 5) in 4 rounds. On paper this looks like a nothing win, but it was only the second time Ocon had been stopped, with the other coming to Suriyan Sor Rungvisai last year. One one result we have from this card saw Adones Cabalquinto (21-0, 14) score a 3rd round KO against RJ Ano-os (8-7-1, 2). We're unsure on what the point of this match up was though hopefully we'll see Cabalquinto, who does have a world ranking, finally take a step forward. The 27 year old Southpaw really should have been moved up in class a year or two ago but instead has continued to pad his record with bouts like this. Bangkok, Thailand
There wasn't much action this past Wednesday though Thai fans did get a televised show on Mono29. The card featured a single title fight and a trio of bouts involving promising Thai's who look like they may well have the potential to compete at a higher level, down the line at least. The main event was the aforementioned title fight and it saw Thailand's Patomsith Pathompothong (13-4, 5) take a clear decision victory over Filipino visitor Benjie Suganob (9-4-1, 5) to claim the IBF Pan Pacific Featherweight title. This was Patomsith's first bout since losing a decision, earlier this year, to Hisashi Amagasa and there was no doubting that this latest bout was more “at his level”. Another Thai on this card with international experience was Eaktawan Mor Krungthepthonburi (15-3, 10) who took a decision win against Indonesian visitor Frans Damur Palue (11-9-2, 6). Eaktawan, fighting for the second time as a Kiatkreerin fighter, has now strong together 9 straight wins since losing a decision in 2013 to Froilan Saludar. To date the only men to have beaten Eaktawan are Saludar, Sho Ishida and rising Filipino sensation Albert Pagara, all of whom beaten Eaktawan when the Thai travelled. One unbeaten prospect on this card was the touted Atchariya Tor Chantaroj (5-0, 2) who scored his second stoppage win by seeing off the fragile Anshori Anhar Pitulay (8-16-2, 6) in the 2nd round of their bout. Pitulay has now been stopped 14 times in his 26 bouts. Another unbeaten prospect to pick up a win was Denchana Sakkreerin (3-0), who picked up a 6 round decision win over fellow novice Paisuk Pothonggym (0-2). Bangkok, Thailand
This past Tuesday saw some Thai action on a small show in Bangkok. On paper the card wasn't one of the best but it did feature a rare competitive match up in the Thai capital. The competitive fight was the shows main event and saw local favourite Inthanon Sithchamuang (27-7-1, 16) fight to a 12 round draw with Indonesian visitor Espinos Sabu (12-6-2, 5). Sabu, a criminally under-rated fighter, didn't come to lose and was really unlucky not to pick up the win here the WBA Asia Super Flyweight title. The limited Inthanon really was lucky here and Sabu once again proved that he's a great test for any prospect. The only other contest on the card saw Thai based Nigerian Taiwo Ali (17-3-1, 12) take a 5th round TKO win against Petchek Or Chanubon (0-1). Tokyo, Japan On Monday Japanese fans had a real treat at the Korakuen Hall as they had the chance to see a pair of OPBF title fights as well as a fast rising prospect and a current OPBF champion fighting in a non-title fight. We'll start with the under which kicked off with a 4 round decision win for the unbeaten Naoto Mizutani (2-0), who shut out the win-less Akihiro Suzuki (0-3) with a 40-35 decision. The first, of three, scheduled 8 rounders saw the Japanese ranked Yuta Matsuo (8-2-1, 5) score a 5th round TKO win against Yudai Arai (6-3-3, 3). The referee was forced to save Arai as Matsuo unleashed a barrage of punches. The first of the really notable bouts was another 8 rounder and the bout featuring the fast rising Ken Shiro (4-0, 3) who scored an excellent victory against Takashi Omae (13-5-5, 1). Coming in Omae had never been stopped however he couldn't service with the razor sharp Omae, who stopped him in the 4th round. From the off Ken Shiro was too good for Omae who looked like a novice against the speed, counters and movement of the youngster who now appears to be set for a title fight before the year is out. In the second notable bout of the show fans saw the heavy handed Keita Obara (15-1, 14) score his 13th successive stoppage victory as he dominated Thai visitor Khompetch Sithsaithong (5-6, 5). Khompetch looked outclassed from very early in the opening though some how survived until round 3 until he was eventually stopped. Prior to being stopped he had been bounced off the canvas by Obara who will hopefully be in the ring again before the year is out. The first of the two title fights came at Featherweight and saw two former Hisashi Amagasa victims battling for Amagasa's former title. Entering the bout Vinvin Rufino (37-17-3, 16) was defending his OPBF title for the first time since claiming the belt, earlier this year. Sadly for Rufino his first defense as an unsuccessful one as Ryo Takenaka (13-3-1, 7) stopped him in 5 rounds. Rufino was down in round 2 and well behind on the card before being taken out with a solid right hand in opening minute of the 5th round. The second title fight also proved to be relatively one sided as Masayuki Ito (17-1-1, 8) stopped Dai Iwai (17-4-1, 6) in the 10th round. Prior to the stoppage Iwai was made to look second best round after round. The speedy Ito was simply too busy, too fast and too accurate for Iwai who suffered his first stoppage defeat. For Ito this was the perfect return to the ring following his first defeat, a close one at the hands of the talented Rikki Naito. In a perfect world Ito's first defense would come against the winner of the upcoming bout between Daiki Kaneko and Masao Nakamura, though Ito has already over-come Nakamura and may see that as going over old ground it he defeats Kaneko on August 21st. (Image courtesy of www.boxingnews.jp) Osaka, Japan There wasn't much notable action in Japan on Sunday but there was two shows. The most noteworthy of those came from Osaka. It was on this show that we had the most meaningful bout of the day. That bout saw Ryota Kajiki (26-9, 17) for a 5th round retirement of the over-matched Toshiya Yokogawa (7-9-1, 6). For Kajiki, a former Japanese title challenger, this was a 4th straight win and he'll likely look to be moved towards another title fight in the near future. Saying that a win like this really won't prepare him for the top domestic competition and this was Yokogawa's 4th loss in his last 5 bouts. Whilst the main event was clearly one sided we did see some competitive action in the supporting bouts. The most competitive saw Ippo Nishiwaki (9-3-1, 4) score a narrow win over the much more experienced Hurricane Futa (18-5-1, 10). Nishiwaki managed to claim a 6 round majority decision here as Futa suffered his 3rd loss in 4 bouts. Notably for Futa this was his first bout in Japan in more than 4 years and it's fair to say that inactivity has hurt him here. For Nishiwaki this was a 4th straight win after a run of 0-3-1. A slightly less competitive 6 rounder saw Noboru Osato (5-3-3, 1) take a decision win against Naoki Yamamoto (5-9-2, 3). On paper this looked an interesting one and did have it's moments with Osato just doing enough to claim the victory. The most 1-sided of the 6 round bouts was a shut out win for 19 year old prospect Takuma Hayashi (6-0, 3) who easily over-came Sho Yamamoto (5-6-1, 2). The promising youngster shows that he could do 6 rounds comfortably here any may well be moved through to 8 rounders at some point in 2016. The rest of this card was 4 rounders. The most competitive of those ended in a draw between Hiroshi Hoshimoto (1-0-1, 1) and Shosuke Jo (2-1-1), with there being next to nothing to split the men. Another competitive contest saw Kenta Sakata (3-1-1) just out point Kazumu Hara (1-2), had a single round swung here we'd have had another draw. The only clear decision here saw Retsu Kosaka (3-0) extended his perfect record with a clear win over the limited Ryusuke Hoashi (1-6, 1). The other under-card bout on this card saw 19 year old debutant Shintaro Ryuko (1-0, 1) force a 4th round stoppage of fellow debutan Sunao Okada (0-1). Oita, Japan A lesser show was hosted in Oita where Orio promotions put on an 8 bout card, with all the bouts being 4 rounders between novices. The most competitive bout on the card resulted in a draw between the win-less Sho Sakoda (0-1-1) and the unbeaten Takashi Matsugano (1-0-2, 1). Another ultra-competitive bout came in an all debutant contest between Genki Tashima (1-0) and Yasufumi Shinohara (0-1), with Tashima just doing enough to see off his fellow novice. Another all debutant bout resulted in one of the shows 3 stoppages. This one saw Ryuji Kido (1-0, 1) take a 4th round TKO win over Ryusei Takano (0-1). Another stoppage on this card saw Toshiki Yanari (4-1, 3) take out Yoichi Kojima (4-2-1, 2) in the 3rd round of their bout. On paper it was the Yanari Vs Kojima bout that looked the best but Yanari was too strong for his foe. The only other stoppage on this card saw J Soul Maeda (4-2-2, 2) score a 2nd round KO against Naoya Shimizu (3-5-1, 2). The remaining bouts were all unanimous decisions. These included a rare Cruiserweight bout as Yasushi Kitazaki (2-0, 1) out pointed 19 year old Regent Kusumoto (2-2) in a clear but competitive win for the unbeaten man. Another unbeaten fighter picking up a win was Welterweight Katsushi Shiga (2-0, 1), who almost shut out Taichi Yoshizato (1-5, 1). The remaining bout saw Fine Aria (4-1-1, 1) take a decision win over the heavy handed Daisuke Fukuyama (5-3-1, 4). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Tokyo, Japan In Japan fans had the chance to see the latest Dangan show, Dangan 136, which wasn't the best card on paper though did feature a title bout and several other contests of note. The main event was that aforementioned title bout and it saw the IBF world ranked Middleweight Akio Shibata (26-8-1, 12) successfully retain his Japanese and OPBF titles. The talented Watanbe gym fighter looked in fine form as her forced a doctor's stoppage of Yasuyuki Akiyama (10-5-1, 8), who's face was a mess when the bout was finally halted in round 8. The talented Shibata, who is best known for losing to a debuting Ryota Murata in 2013, is now on a 5 fight winning streak, with 3 successive stoppages. He'll be hoping to continue that run later this year when he should be facing Koki Tyson Maebara in the next defense of his titles. On paper the most well matched bout was a Super Featherweight contest between Tsuyoshi Tojo (12-13-5, 2) and Masaki Saito (12-10-5, 3). These two fought to a 4 round technical draw last Novemeber and today they fought to another draw with the judges scoring the bout a split draw over 8 rounds. Maybe it's just us, but how about a trilogy ins search of a winner next time out guys? Another 8 rounder on this card saw former Japanese champion Masaaki Serie (26-8, 10) score a very one-sided decision win over Filipino visitor Roman Canto (10-7-2, 5). Serie had lost his last 2, and 3 of his last 4, but looked sharp against Canto, who is now 0-3 in Japan. This card featured a trio of 6 rounders. One of those ended in a minor upset as Reiya Abe (9-2, 4) out pointed the previously unbeaten Ryo Hino (5-1-1, 2). The scored for this one were all in favour of Abe but were all over the place with one judge having it 58-57 whilst another had it 60-55. Thankfully all the judges got the right winner even if the cards didn't really match up with each other. Another of the 6 rounders saw Takahiro Araki (7-4, 3) take a technical decision over Ryosuke Suzuki (4-4) whilst the other saw Yutaka Motoyoshi (5-8, 4) take his first decision win in a very one sided victory against Hitoshi Ando (4-10-1, 3). In 4 rounders fans saw the unbeaten Jin Miura (5-0, 1) extend his run with a decision over Shun Wakabayashi (4-2, 1) whilst the debuting Yuni Takada (1-0) out pointed Kohei Oshima (0-1) in an all debutant contest. Ifugao, Philippines Sadly we don't have all the results from a small Filipino show in Ifugao, though we do know that 19 year debutant Robles Gamboc (1-0, 1) blew away the win-less Maurito Placios Jr (0-5) inside a round. Queensland, Australia There was also two bout of note in Australia as two Aussie based Thai's were in action. One of the bouts ended in a shock with Paitoon Jaikom (5-15, 2) claiming a surprise decision win over Cyrus Peri (4-2-1, 2). This was Jaikom's 4th win in 6 bouts following a 1-12 start to his professional career, and amazingly comes just a week after he beat debutant Jakob Daureen. A significantly less surprising result was the loss for Arnon Yucareon (0-11-1), who was out pointed by Matt Burgoyne (3-0, 2). Although Arnon lost he will have earned some credit for being the first man to go the distance with Burgoyne, who had won his first 2 bouts with opening round KO's (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Friday was a hectic day with action in Thailand, Japan, Dubai and Asian fighters fighting in Australia. Ratchaburi, Thailand The most significant card of the day was in Thailand where we got the only world title bout of the day. The show, like many in Thailand, began with a single preliminary bout. This saw WBO Asia Pacific Featherweight champion Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (56-2, 37) score a 6th round TKO win over Indonesian visitor Boido Simanjuntak (18-29-1, 7). It seemed clear from the opening bell that Chonlatarn was too good for the Indonesian who showed some guts but was eventually ground down in the 6th round. Whilst this was an expected win for the former 2-time world title challenger the result was rather disappointing given that Super Flyweight contender Srisaket Sor Rungvisai stopped Simanjuntak in in just as many rounds a year ago. The main event was the aforementioned world title bout. The contest was for the WBO Bantamweight title and saw Pungluang Sor Singyu (51-3, 35) become a 2-time champion as he stopped Japan's Ryo Akaho (26-2-2, 18). On paper it looked a really good bout but unfortunately Akaho was never really able to get into it before being stopped in the second round. There were complaints about infringements from Pungluang but it seemed like Akaho had lost the bout before a punch was even thrown. Amazingly this continues the terrible run that Japanese fighters have had in world title fights in Thailand. Another notable name on this card was “Manny Pacquiao Look-a-like” Kwanpichit OnesongchaiGym (32-1-2, 17) who defeated journeyman Thaminkhao Sor Tharnthip (4-14-1, 3) by stoppage early in their bout. Kwanpichit, who lost to Zou Shiming last year, is now 5-0 (5) since his loss to the Chinese star. The undercard here featured two prospects. One of those was Saentanong Onesongchaigym (7-0, 3) who continued his perfect start by over-coming Teeradech Sor Praithong (0-1). On paper Saentanong looks like a genuine prospect but sadly digging below the numbers shows that all 7 recorded bouts have come against debutants. The other prospect was Thewa Onesongchaigym (10-2, 5) who scored a stoppage win against Saksiam Or Sompote (0-1). Although Thewa has a couple of losses on his record he is on a 5 fight winning run and has seemingly put back-to-back defeats to Xian Wei Qian well behind him. Dubai, United Arab Emirates Whilst the most significant single bout was in Thailand it's fair to say that some of the most notable fighters were actually in Dubai as part of an ALA promotions show. The main event of the evening saw the fast rising Albert Pagara (24-0, 17) make very light work of Mexico's Jesus Rios (31-8-1, 25). Rios, who had failed to make weight for the bout, had talked a good fight in the build up but lasted less than a round with the talented Pagara who really does look like one of the sports top prospects. Albert wasn't the only Pagara in action as older brother Jason Pagara (36-2, 22) managed to take a technical decision win against Ramiro Alcaraz (15-5-1, 9). Pagara, who is world ranked at 140lbs by the WBO, really isn't up to the same level as his younger brother though will likely more attention when ALA make their promotional debut in the US. A third main bout on this card resulted in an 8 round decision win for veteran Jimrex Jaca (40-8-4, 22) who out pointed Pablo Lugo Montiel (21-6, 17) in a relatively competitive bout. This card also had 4 bouts on the under-card. One of those saw Larry Abarra (4-3-1, 3) score a stoppage against the fragile Tony Arema (3-7-1), who has now been stopped in 5 of his losses. Another stoppage on this card saw the promising Deo Krizito (2-0, 1) take out Thailand's Fapetch Manopchaigym (1-1). The only other stoppage on this undercard saw the debuting Lasisi Bamidel (1-0, 1) defeat Singnoi Simanasak (1-2). In a bout that went the distance Muhammad Akram (4-0-1, 1) out pointed Nicholas Mwangi (0-1). Tokyo, Japan The Thai show was probably the one with the highest profile single bout and the show in Dubai was probably the strongest in terms of over-all name appeal. It was however a show in Japan that left a lasing impression, despite it being a flop for the promoter who saw only one of their 7 fighters pick up a win. The one fighter to win from the promoter who put the show on was Hikaru Nishida (13-8-1, 5) who stopped former world title challenger Makoto Fuchigami (21-11, 12) in the 5th round of their bout. The contest was a rematch of their 2014 bout, which saw Nishida claim a narrow win. For 3 rounds it seemed like Fuchigami was going to avenge his loss as he boxed beautifully against a strong and determined, but basic, Naishida. In round 4 however Nishida began to turn the tide before forcing the referee to save Fuchigami in round 5, ending what was a Round of the Year contender. The Nishida/Fushigami rematch was the co-main bout along with a brilliant Super Bantamweight bout between Yasutaka Ishimoto (26-8, 7) and Gakuya Furuhashi (17-6-1, 7). Whilst the the other main bout was a 5 round round war this one was a tactically sharp, high octane boxing contest with both men throwing a lot of leather in a brilliant, competitive and genuinely enthralling contest. The result was a close win for Ishimoto, who took the decision despite being deducted a point for holding in the penultimate round. The two main bouts were both streamed on a ustream channel along with one of the under-card bouts. That under-card bout saw the much talked about Kohei Kashino (2-1, 1) suffer his first defeat at the hands of the under-rated Hizuki Saso (5-1, 1). Saso took over this bout in round 3 before stopping a tired Kashino in the 4th round of their Rookie of the Year bout. Another much talked about fighter being stopped here was Riyako Goshi (3-4) who was stopped in round 3 by Chie Higano (4-3, 1). Goshi has been popular due to her out of the ring activities and her unusual ring outfits but the attention she got was massively more than her talent deserved. Kashino wasn't the only fighter to lose his unbeaten record here as stablemate Yui Oikawa (2-1) also suffered his first defeat. Oikawa was relatively unfortunate to lose a very close majority decision to Sho Nagata (5-1, 2), who advanced to the next round in the Rookie of the Year. Another bout with novices saw teenager Taiju Shitatori (2-0, 1) out point Ryo Nakano (1-3) whilst a 6 rounder saw Masayuki Ichikawa (6-2, 2) take a wide decision win over Masayuki Sakurai (3-9-2). Victoria, Australia In Australia we saw two title bouts featuring Asian fighters. The more significant of those two bouts saw Czar Amonsot (29-3-3, 17) retain his PABA Light Welterweight title as he took a 4th round technical decision win over Rusmin Kie Raha (14-8-2, 3). Amonsot, a Filipino based in Australia, managed to add the lightly regarded WBA Pan African title to his collection, though we do wonder how a Filipino and an Indonesian qualify to fight for an African belt. The other bout saw another Australian based Filipino in action, sadly however Roberto Lerio (16-22-1, 6) couldn't match the result of Amonsot. Instead Lerio was on the end of a clear decision loss to the unbeaten Ibrahim Balla (8-0, 5), who claimed the Australian Super Bantamweight title with this win. Tokyo, Japan There wasn't much Asian action this past Wednesday though there was a card at the Korakuen Hall. The main event of the show was a mouth watering match on paper, between two genuinely promising young fighters each looking to claim the biggest win of their career. In one corner was hard hitting Japanese 21 year old Tsuyoshi Tameda (12-1-2, 10) whilst in the other was Filipino 23 year old Mark Bernaldez (15-1, 10). The fight was, on paper, a 50-50 contest and through the early stages seemed to be as a relatively even bout with Tameda applying the pressure whilst Bernaldez found space for his sharp counters. A change of tactic from Tameda however saw him taking over the contest before stopping the gutsy Filipino the 7th round of the bout to claim the best win of his career. Whilst the win was a great for Tameda it will not be the end for Bernaldez who may well improving following this hard fought defeat. In one of the supporting bouts fans saw Shingo Kusano (10-4-1, 4) take a decision win over Kenta Takahashi (10-10-3, 3) in a bout that proved to be better than the records would suggested. The bout was relatively competitive early on but Kusano turned up the heat to take a clear decision over the 8 round distance. The only other 8 round bout on this card was a mismatch as Seigo Ogido (8-2-1, 3) blew away Namnun Saksiri (0-2) inside a round. This was the first time Ogido had been scheduled to go 8 but no one really expected it to go the distance, especially considering that Saksiri had been stopped in 2 rounds last year by Takeru Kamikubo. In the only 6 rounder on this card fans saw a surprisingly competitive contest between Takuya Watanabe (26-5-1, 12) and Shun Shimazaki (6-7-1, 1). On paper it was a mismatch but Shimazaki fought as if his career depended on it and really forced Watanabe to step up his game in what was a solid bout. Whilst Shimazaki didn't take the win he'll know that he earned a lot of credit on route to losing this decision. As for Watanabe the future seems to be on a title bout, though he will need to be better than he was here. The under-card of this show had a trio of 4 rounders. Only one of those went the distance with that resulting in a decision win for the debuting Hiroyuki Sato (1-0), who out pointed Sho Sekine (0-2). Both of the other under-card contests lasted less than a round with the short of those lasting just 45 seconds as Akira Watanabe (2-4-1, 2) easily saw off the win-less Koji Fujimoto (0-3). The other saw Ryusie Uchikoshi (1-0, 1) score a debut victory over fellow debutant Akira Hokkoku (0-1). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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