Bangkok, Thailand
The first of Thursday action came from Bangkok and was shown on Thai TV as the Tor Buamas stable of fighters had a successful outing. The main event, a real mismatch, saw veteran Samson Tor Bumas (36-3, 18) dispatch of Filipino visitor Lady Love Sampiton (2-4, 1) in just 88 seconds. The bout, for a WIBA title, left us wondering why WIBA had sanctioned it given that Sampiton had done nothing to earn herself a shot at any title. For Samson she really needs to start looking at bigger and better bouts. Another female bout saw Hongfah Tor Buamas (19-5, 2) take a decision win over Julia Corigan (0-1) in what was Hongfah's second bout of the year. Sadly the Thai's lack of power does seem likely to hold her back but the 21 year old will likely find herself in some sort of big match up in the coming years. As well as the two female bouts there was also a trio of male bouts. One of those saw promising 24 year old Lucky Tor Buamas (5-0, 5) take a 3rd round KO win against the win-less Petchmai Sor Praithong (0-4). Another unbeaten fighter picking up a win here was Kaewfah Tor Buamas (19-0-2, 13) who defeated veteran Rick Paciones (6-20-2, 3) in the 3rd round. The male member of the Tor Buamas stable to pick up a win was Pharanpetch Tor Buamas (16-0, 12) who defeated the tough but limited Joel Kwong (1-9, 1), who was stopped for just the second time. Tokyo, Japan In Japan there was a small show which featured some domestically ranked fighters in some bouts that mattered on the domestic scene, even if they didn't really catch the attention of international fight fans. The main event of the show saw former Japanese title challenger Tatsuya Takahashi (20-6-4, 15) score a 4th round TKO win over Kenta Toi (4-6, 1). On paper this looked like a total mismatch, especially given that Takahashi had given Kentaro Masuda hell in a Japanese title fight last year, on boxrec however these two were closely ranked and the win will give Takahashi a noteworthy boost in their rankings, possibly pushing him into the top 100. Another former Japanese title challenger on this card was Heavyweight veteran Kotatsu Takehara (12-11-3, 6) who took a 4th round TKO win against South Korean Ki-Nam Kim (4-8-3, 2). The 36 year old Takehara has now scored back-to-back wins following stoppages losses to Kyotaro Fujimoto and Nobuhiro Ishida, and will be looking for the JBC to allow him to continue his career, despite reaching the age in which fighters are usually retired by the JBC. A third of the notable bouts on this card also ended in the 4th round as Kazuaki Moriya (12-7, 2) surprisingly stopped Mikiya Ishikawa (9-7, 1). Moriya had entered this bout on a run of 4 losses though showed that his form was more down to the level he had been fighting at than his own ability and this win will certainly boost his floundering career. Another of the main bouts that failed to go the distance ended in a small upset as Keigo Soma (7-11-1, 4) took a 5th round TKO win against Atsushi Hosogai (7-9). Coming into the bout Soma had won just one of his last 6 bouts thought showed there was plenty left in the take with the win here. Sadly for Hosogai his career is now floundering. The only scheduled 8 rounder to go the distance saw Kinshiro Usui (23-4, 10) take a split decision over Kota Sato (10-7-2, 5). Usui who has mixed at a high level, will move towards a title fight after this win, though will need at least another couple of solid wins before getting a shot domestically. It was however a solid win for the 35 year old who really is battling against time. To open this card fans had a trio of 4 rounders. The shortest of those saw Shuhei Hamano (1-3, 1) score his first career victory with a 53 second blow out over Hitachitaro Mito (1-2), another early win saw the debuting Kiyokazu Kanagae (1-0, 1) score a 3rd round win over Shohei Koizumi (0-1). The only under-card bout that went the distance saw Tatsuya Mastumoto (2-2) take a unanimous decision over Naoki Uebayashi (1-2).
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Today was a busy day in Asian boxing with several shows and some very notable bouts in what has been a long day. Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Action kicked off with a bout between former foes of Takuma Inoue as Thailand's Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr (24-3-1, 15) battled against Japan's Tatsuya Fukuhara (13-4-5, 4). The men fought to a draw, very fun fight but neither of the men had the power to hurt the other so it was action packed bu lacked real drama. We wouldn't mind seeing a rematch of this one as bother were pretty much at the same level and botu fought to win, though neither should be considering a fight for a world title, at best they regional title level. Following the under-card bout we then moved on to the day's big bout as IBF Flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng (14-0, 5) retained his title with a very narrow split decision win over Puerto Rican puncher McWilliams Arroyo (15-2, 13). The bout was a frustrating one to watch, especially considering how how fun the under-card bout was, though was highly competitive with several momentum shifts in the action. Amnat got off to a solid start before Arroyo came back into the fight and scored a knockdown in round 6, Amnat then bounced back brilliantly to win round 7 before both men struggled through the championship rounds. Ruenroeng was probably lucky to be at home and had he been away from Thailand there is every chance he'd have lost his title, especially considering that the split decision win only saw him winning courtesy of cards that read 115-114 and 114-113 whilst the third judge had the bout 114-113 to Arroyo. It's fair to say that on the back of Amnat's win he has painted a bulls eye on his back and fighters like Naoya Inoue, Zou Shiming, John Casimero, Takuya Kogawa and Suguru Muranaka will all be eyeing him up as a clear target for a Flyweight world title. A third bout on this card saw Mike Tawatchai (34-7-1, 21) take an 8 round decision victory over popular Indonesian fighter Rasmanudin (18-6-3, 9). Sadly we've not managed to see this one. Tokyo, Japan Soon after the action in Thailand we then got action in Japan at the Korakuen Hall. The Japanese show kicked off with a 4 rounder that resulted in a draw between Souther Sawada (1-0-1, 1) and Toshiro Tarumi (1-0-1, 1). The draw saw both men retaining their unbeaten records though neither will have been too happy about the result of the bout. The bulk of the card was bouts scheduled for 8 rounds. These were mostly KO challenge bouts where fighters were to be rewarded for knockout wins by the promoter. Amazingly however the promoter didn't have to pay a single bonus as not one of the 8 round bouts was ended in a conclusive stoppage fashion. Although none of the 8 rounders saw stoppages 2 of them did fail to go the scheduled distance. One of these saw Daisuke Sakamoto (8-8-2, 4) fight to a 3rd round technical draw with Shiro Saito (7-4-2, 2) whilst the other bout that failed to reach the final bell saw Yuki Nasu (24-8, 16) take a 7th round technical decision win against Jonathan Ligas (8-6-1, 1). The other 8 rounders were both competitive. The most competitive of those saw recent Japanese Featherweight title challenger Yuki Ogata (20-1-1, 3) take a split decision over the unheralded Kentaro Yamada (8-5-1, 6). The other bout saw much touted Kenji Kubo (5-2-1, 2) take a narrow decision over Kota Sato (9-6-2, 4), this was the second meeting between these two after fighting to a draw earlier this year. The Kubo/Sato bout wasn't the only rematch on this show and the main event was also a rematch. This saw Japanese Heavyweight champion Kyotaro Fujimoto (10-1, 6) forcing a stoppage of #1 challenger Kotatsu Takehara (10-10-3, 4). Fujimoto had struggled in his first defence against Takehara late last year though looked like a completely different fighter here as he landed heavy and sharp shots from the off. Takehara was cut over both eyes and eventually saved from further punishment as Fujimoto really showed off his ability in a dominant performance. From what we under-stand this win will likely lead to Fujimoto rematching Nobuhiro Ishida in another defence of his Japanese Heavyweight title. Minsk, Belarus In Belarus fans saw the heavy handed Kazakh Bantamweight Zhanat Zhakiyanov (23-1, 16) make very light work of the previously unbeaten Gagi Edisherashvili (7-1, 6). Edisherashvili came into the bout unbeaten but lasted less than a round with Zhakiyanov who claimed the WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council Bantamweight title with this win. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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