This past Friday was a busy day with fights across our area. Tokyo, Japan In Japan fans saw a Watanabe card that may not have oozed big names but domestically it was a highly important card that will have helped piece together some bouts for 2015. The main event of the card saw the bleached blonde Hayato Kimura (22-7, 15) take a 5 round technical decision over Kanae Onogi (6-7-1, 3) in what was, on paper, a total mismatch. Although on paper this was far from an even bout it was a case of getting Kimura a win after back to back losses to Marlon Tapales, technical decision 5, and Michael Dasmarinas, an 8 round unanimous decision. Whilst we'll admit we don't see him progressing to winning a national or OPBF it's still good to see Kimura getting the W under his belt after what has been a nightmare year for him. In one of the other feature bouts fans saw the always entertaining Rikiya Fukuhara (30-7-1, 22) score an opening round blow out against Thailand's Thiendaeng Manoprungroj (1-5, 1). The bout was a complete mismatch but it was effectively a tune up bout before Fukuhara gets a rematch with Satoshi Hosono in 2015. In Fukuhara's first bout with Hosono, which can be seen here, he was stopped in 7 rounds but he is unbeaten since then and seems very hungry for the rematch. The other 8 rounder on the show saw Ryuichi Funai (22-6, 15) score a 4th round TKO against the out matched Toshikuni Wake (8-14-3, 2). Funai did have a scare early on when he was caught by a hard right but that was his only worry and he quickly took control of the bout from there on stop his over-matched foe. The only other early result we have from this card was a genuine upset as Kota Oguchi (10-13, 1) managed to take a split decision over Kununobu Shimamura (16-4-1, 11). This was Oguchi's 2nd successive win following 9 losses in a row and it seems that something in him has finally clicked whilst for Shimamura this is a very damaging loss for his career. Bangkok, Thailand In Thailand we saw a former world champion in action as former WBO Bantamweight champion Pungluang Sor Singyu (47-3, 31) narrowly over-came Tanzania's Fadhili Majiha (15-5-4, 7) to claim the interim WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight title. We do wonder how Majiha qualified for an Asia Pacific title fight though the bigger worry is how much Pungluang has left considering just how much he struggled here and it may be that his loss to Tomoki Kameda earlier this year has actually ruined him, a real shame but a possibility all the same. Moscow, Russia In Russia there was 9 bouts in total including some very interesting bouts with very recognisable names at the top tier of the sport. The undercard began with with a 6 round contest at Featherweight between the unbeaten Evgeny Smirnov (4-0, 1) and the more experienced Michael Nyawade (12-3-2, 8). The bout saw Smirnov taking the win with a decision though has left questions about his lack of power considering Nyawade had been stopped in his previous 2 losses. In a major Middleweight bout Arif Magomedov (12-0, 9) dominated the previously undefeated Michael Zerafa (15-1, 7) to continue his fast and impressive rise through the ranks. We know Magomedov isn't a big name in the Middleweight division though we suspect he will become one in the near future given his talent and his talent, power and promise. In a second 10 rounder we saw the unbeaten Sergey Ekimov (12-0, 6) make light work of the experienced Miguel Velozo (17-3-2, 5) with a 5th round TKO to give Velozo his first stoppage loss in 22 fights. The final of the 10 rounders Heavyweight contender Manuel Charr (27-2, 16) stopped American Michael Grant (48-6, 26) who refused to come out for round 6 and never really looked interested in the fight even at the opening bell. In the least interesting of the 3 bouts scheduled for 12 rounds we saw Lightweight Eduard Troyanovsky (19-0, 16) destroy former WBA Lightweight title holder Jose Alfaro (27-9-1, 12) in 5 very one sided rounds to claim the WBA International Lightweight title. A second 12 rounder saw Cruiserweight hopeful Rakhim Chakhkiev (20-1, 15) score a KO of Italian veteran Giacobbe Fragomeni (32-5-2, 13). Fragomeni, a solid contender in his own right, was made to look like an old man fit for retirement after this loss in which he really was dominated by Chakhkiev. The main event saw former WBA Heavyweight title holder Alexander Povetkin (28-1, 20) score an excellent 10th round KO against Carlos Takam (30-2-1, 23) to claim the WBC Silver Heavyweight title. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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Today's action came in two chunks with the early morning stuff coming from Thailand before we later moved on to fights from Russia. It's wasn't action that will rival Saturday's but it was still more than enough to warm us up for the weekend. Surat Thani, Thailand The Thai action wasn't really high profile though it did see former WBC Minimumweight champion Oleydong Sithsamerchai (54-1-1, 20) in action as he defended his WBC International Super Flyweight title against the over-matched Noli Morales (10-5, 3). Morales was completely out of his depth and, although Oleydong isn't a big puncher, he lasted just 4 rounds. As well as Oleydong's bout we've been informed there were two others. These saw veteran Noknoi Sitthiprasert (49-4, 28) taking a decision over the experienced Fernando Lumacad (29-8-3, 12) and Morakote Patanakan Gym (9-3, 5) scoring a quick blow out over over an over-matched foe. From what we under-stand the Japanese fighter was Shigeru Murata, though we're unsure on his record. Moscow, Russia Although the action kicked off in Thailand it was the Russian card that many fans were more interested in and it kicked off around 8 hours after the Thai show had finished. The card had interesting bouts through out, the first of which was an excellent win for the very highly regarded Sergey Lipinets (2-0, 1) who stopped the over-matched Dzemil Cosovic (3-2-1, 1) in 4 rounds. We're really looking forward to seeing what Lipinets does in the future though some have described him as a future Russian superstar. On the under card there wasn't just a victory for Lipinets but also for Evgeny Smirnov (2-0, 1) who defeated Milan Savic (1-2-1) via a 6 round decision. Although not as highly regarded as Lipinets there are good things being said about Smirnov. Another man down the card who was in action was Eduard Troyanovsky (18-0, 15) who made light work of Anton Bekish (5-11, 4). Unfortunately for Troyanovsky he was hoping to fight Richar Abril but numerous issues have prevented that bout from happening, including both fighters suffering injures. It seems likely that he this was a stay busy fight for the Russian Lightweight hopeful but it'll have been a frustrating one for him after all the promises of a world title bout this year. Further up the card Aslanbek Kozaev (25-1-1, 7) took a 10 round decision over the out matched Igor Faniyan (14-8-2, 7). It wasn't a great match up but it was Kozaev's first bout since his loss to Ray Robinson in the US in February. The chief support bout on the show saw Russian Cruiserweight hopeful Rakhim Chakhkiev (19-1, 14) defend his WBC international Cruiserweight title for the first time as he over-came former world title challenger Santander Silgado (25-2, 20). Although the victory was a good one for Chakhkiev he really did struggle early on with Silgado who, despite losing, made life difficult for the highly touted Russian. Although Chakhkiev struggled his compatriot, Alexander Povetkin (27-1, 19) looked sensation as he returned to the ring and dominated Manuel Charr (26-2, 15) in a very, very impressive performance. Povetkin bounced shots off Charr at will before closing the show with a world class combination that sent Charr down hard in round 7 for a genuinely eye catching victory for the Russian Heavyweight. Metro Manila, Philippines In the Philippines fans got to see the hard hitting Marbon Bodiongan (10-1-2, 8) wipe out the limited Cris Leon (7-10-4, 3) in 7 rounds. Bodiongan is now unbeaten in 5 with 4 KO's in those 5 bouts since his sole defeat back in August 2012. (Image, of Oleydong, courtesy of boxrec.com) |
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