Saturday was one of the least busy Saturday's this year and yet there was still a lot of action
Carolina, Puerto Rico The most significant bout to involve an Asian came from Puerto Rico, unfortunately however it didn't turn out like we'd have hope. Sadly what we saw was Filipino fighter Mark Anthony Geraldo (31-5-3, 14) score the most clear cut loss of his career as he was dominated by the talented McJoe Arroyo (16-0, 8). The win for Arroyo should see him securing himself an IBF world title bout against Zolani Tete and in fairness to Geraldo we wouldn't have fancied his chances against the talented South African even if he had won here. Pontianak, Indonesia The most interesting show in Asia came from Indonesia where fans got 5 fights, including a very notable main event. The aforementioned main event saw the popular Daud Cino Yordan (33-3-0-1, 24) return to the ring after a frustrating 12 months of inactivity. Not only did Yordan return to action but he did so in style as he stopped former OPBF Super Featherweight champion Ronald Pontillas (17-7-3, 8) in 5 rounds with a gut breaking body shot. Pontillas, a genuine tough guy, was in absolute agony as the referee gave a full 10 count. The win for Yordan sees him picking up the interim WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight title. On the under-card fans saw a small upset as Rommy Wassar (11-17-7, 5) out pointed Zun Rindam (11-8-1, 5) over 8 rounds, this was the only mildly surprising result on the entire show. Of the bouts that went “the expected” way saw Yohannes Yordan (14-2-3, 3) score a 5th round TKO over Rony Mangga Praouw (0-2), who has now been stopped in both of his losses. Another “expected” result saw Ferdinand Unitly (2-0, 1) score an 8 round decision win over Antonius Anton (0-1-1). The other bout on the card saw Stevanus Nana Bau (1-1, 1) score his first win as he stopped Supriyadi Doyok (0-1) in the second round New York, USA Mongolian born US based fighter Bayan Jargal (17-6-3-1, 11) suffered just his second stoppage defeat in 27 bouts as he was taken out in the 9th round by the unbeaten and touted Cletus Seldin (15-0-0-1, 12). This was the second meeting between the two men following a no contest earlier this year, courtesy of a headclash. Arizona, USA Fans in Arizona saw the limited Azamat Umarzoda (1-7-2) prove his toughness as he became the first man to go the distance with David Benavidez (7-0, 6). Queensland, Australia In Australia fans saw Thai journeyman Pramool Boonpok (1-10-1) continue his bad form as he was shut out by the debuting Luke Travers (1-0). Sadly for Pramool this was his 3rd straight loss. Whilst it's fair to say the Thai has been active, fighting 12 times this year, we do need to question whether or not he should reconsider his career options.
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This past Saturday was one of the busiest days in Asian boxing with fights taking place all over the globe. In fact it have been one of the busiest and most varied days since we started this site. Macau The biggest show the day was in Macau as Top Rank returned to the Special Administrative Region of China and show cased a number of promising fighters. Whilst it wasn't the best Macau card we've seen it really did have a bit of everything. The opening bout saw Olympic champion Egor Mekhontsev (4-0, 4) defeat brave Filipino Mike Mirafuente (2-1, 2). In terms of skills the bout was a mismatch but Mirafuente did try and make a fight of things by trying to catch the much bigger Mekhontsev with hayemakers, unfortunately for the Filipino the shots just bounced off the giant Russian. The second bout on the show was the most confusing as the world ranked Filipino Mark Anthony Geraldo (31-4-3, 14) saw his bout with Mexico's Efrain Perez (17-5, 12) cut from 8 rounds to 6 rounds with out the fighters being informed. For Geraldo it was possibly a lucky escape as he was beginning to look ragged but the Filipino looked genuinely sensational in the first 3 rounds. Hopefully we get to see a rematch but if not we want to see a lot more of both fighters who both look good to watch for very different reasons. Geraldo looks sensationally skilled and has some of the prettiest boxing we've seen since we last saw Jorge Linares, for Perez his toughness will always make him fun to watch. Well done to the match makers for putting these two together. In the third bout we saw a crushing body shot as Brian Viloria (34-4-0-2, 20) stopped the game Jose Alfredo Zuniga (11-6-1, 5). Viloria is trying to work his way towards another world title fight and was given a very good test here by Zuniga before pulling out a tremendous body shot to send the Mexican fighter down for the count. It really was one of the best fights on the card in terms of competitive action. The first of the "Chinese" fighters in action was Hong Kong's highly entertaining Rex Tso (14-0, 9) who put on a very decent showing to finish off Indonesian John Bajawa (12-7, 6). The fight, thought to be a stay busy fight for Tso ahead of a possible world title fight in November, saw Tso showing improved movement though we still question his power and defence and although he stopped Bajawa in 5 rounds he never really seemed to hurt the Indonesian. Whilst Tso is always entertaining we dare say he was over shadowed by the all action Ik Yang (16-0-0-1, 11) who dismantled Thailand's Rachamongkol Sor Pleonchit (14-9, 6) in fantastic fashion. Yang dropped Rachamongkol inside the open round and then rocked him in the second before finishing him off to score his 3rd stoppage in 4 bouts in Macau. Although not the most skilled Yang has all the traits of a fan friendly fighter and hopefully he will be given more exposure. Ranked #1 by the OPBF a fight between Yang and OPBF champion Masayoshi Nakatani would certainly be on out list of fights we want to see. The final bout on the internationally streamed under-card saw Kuok Kun Ng (5-0, 2), AKA "The Macau Kid", put on a solid performance against the game and previously unbeaten Beau O'Brien (4-1-1. 1). The performance may have only resulted in Ng taking a decision but he continued to interest us and we're really looking forward to his development and in all honesty we think he may be the most interesting of the "Chinese" youngsters on the show. Following the under card we then moved onto the main card which was kicked off, surprisingly, with a world title fight. Unfortunately however it was a bout shrouded in controversy as Cuba's talented Guillermo Rigondeaux (14-0, 9) appeared to finish the fight with a cheap shot over Thailand's Sod Kokietgym (63-3-1, 28) who had been stunned by a nasty headclash just moments earlier. The bout, for the WBA "super" and WBO regular Super Bantamweight titles was expected to be a dud though actually got the internet community chatting, en masse about the ending, something we didn't expect when the bout was announced. The penultimate bout on the card didn't feature an Asian fighter but did feature the very exciting Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez (29-0, 23) who just destroyed Junior Talipeau (20-3-1, 7) inside a round. Talipeau was dropped 3 times in what was, on paper, a decent test for Sanchez. In the main event we saw a polished effort from Chinese double Olympic champion Zou Shiming (5-0, 1) who went 10 rounds and claimed a clear decision over former world title challenger Luis De la Rosa (23-4-1, 13). De la Rosa managed to give Shiming some issues, especially in round 3, but it was a clear win for the Chinese fighter who is now being linked to world title fights and in fact a fight with former amateur foe Amnat Ruenroeng looks to be on the cards for either the end of this year or, more likely, the start of next year. We know some fans hate Shiming but this really was a great performance and showed that he is developing a real professional style. Wonju, South Korea Korean fans got to see the return to the ring of Japan's Takuya Watanabe (21-5-1, 9) who made light work of Thailand's Yodpichai Sithsaithong (10-12, 4) and claimed the vacant IBF Asia Featherweight title as a result. The result, recorded as a KO at the start of round 7, was a happy return to Korea for the man who lost a lot of blood last time he fought in the country. For those who haven't seen Watanabe's previous fight in Korea, a bout that saw him battling Jaesung Lee, we advise you give it a watch and it will almost certainly be the bloodiest bout of the year. Guerrero, Mexico In Mexico and live on WBCboxing.tv fans got to see Mexico's Nery Saguilan (30-4-1, 11) stop former Japanese Super Featherweight champion Seiichi Okada (18-5, 11) in 8 rounds. The loss was a painful one for Okada who has now got to seriously consider his future in the sport. This was his 4th stoppage loss in 6 fights and his glory days are long gone. For Saguilan this result may set up a fight with another Japanese fighter, Takashi Miura. Miura, the WBC Super Featherweight champion, would make for a great fight with Saguilan and has a reputation for beating up Mexican so both camps could sell this one as a nationalistic revenge contest making it very easy to market. Western Australia, Australia Australia played host to two cards featuring Asians. In Western Australia we saw a trio of Asian's losing. In the main event Indonesia's Roy Tua Manihuruk (15-11-2, 11) came up short against the unbeaten Clint Hosking (10-0, 2). The bout, fought for the WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council Lightweight title, saw Manihuruk going the distance but he always needed a knock to get a win. Lower down the card we did see a knockout in a bout involving an Asian, sadly however it was a knockout loss for Thai female Kaenpetch Superchamps (6-9-1) who was blasted inside a round by Erin McGowan (16-2, 9). Things weren't much better for Baikon Lokromklao (1-4) who was shut out by Jacob McBride (1-1). Queensland, Australia The second Australia show saw Arnon Yuchareon (0-4) suffer a clear loss to the debuting Miles Zewski (1-0). Zewski dropped Yuchareon in round 3 to secure a 40-35 victory on all 3 cards. Also on this card Jerry Nardo (19-5, 10) suffered a 7th round technical decision loss to Brett Williams Smith (19-2-1, 9). The bout saw both men cut from head clashes though they seemed to just occur and occur despite both being warned. (Photo courtesy of Sumio Yamada) |
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