Tokyo, Japan In Tokyo Japanese fans had a bit of a treat with with some matched bouts, at least on paper, and some big name fighters. In one of the two main events fans saw former world champion Akifumi Shimoda (30-4-2, 13) beat Filipino Jerry Nardo (21-7, 11) in 5 rounds. This was one of Shimoda's best performances and he looked sharp from the opening bell. Whilst it's hard to see him winning another world title we really couldn't fault his performance. The other main bout was a total mismatch and saw Yoshihiro Kamegai (26-3-1, 23) make very light work of Nelson Gulpe (8-6, 3) with a 3rd round KO. This bout was a mismatch, there's no two ways about it, however it was Kamegai's return to Japan after 3 bouts in the US. On of the better matched bouts saw Kenya Yamashita (8-1, 5) score a 6th round TKO win against Musashi Suzuki (11-4, 4). Coming into this one Suzuki was ranked by the JBC and Yamashita had lost his previous bout, so this result will shake up the domestic rankings. Another bout that looked good on paper saw Junki Sasaki (14-3, 5) take a shut out win against Yuki Ozawa (10-5, 2). This one looked good on paper but proved to be one-sided. Another 8 rounder on this card saw the promising Masaru Sueyoshi (10-1, 6) take a clear win over Roman Canto (10-8-2, 5), with Filipino visitor Canto doing enough to survive but failing to win a round. On the under-card Ryota Toyoshima (3-1-1, 2) defeated Kazumichi Ishizawa (3-6, 1) with a near shut out over 4 rounds whilst the debuting Yamato Hata (1-0,1) stopped Thailand's Muangpol NP Boxing Gym (0-1) in the second round. Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand In the main event fans saw the talented Paipharob Kokietgym (31-0, 24) continue staying active with a 2nd round win against out-matched Filipino Jopher Marayan (7-8-2, 3) in a bout that saw Paipharob retain his PABA Light Flyweight title. Also on this card fans saw former world champion Kompayak Porpramook (54-5, 38) continue his career with a 4th round TKO win over Indonesian journeyman Ichal Tobida (12-17, 8). Although not the fighter he once was Kompayak still has far too much for fighters like Tobida. Also on this card fans saw the unbeaten Manachai Banchamek (8-0-1, 6) extend his perfect record with a decision win against Boonmieng Laos PDR (0-1). California, USA In the US fans saw popular Filipino Mercito Gesta (29-1-2-1, 16) claim a narrow run over Miguel Angel Mendoza (22-7-2, 21). Gesta was dropped early in the fight and was said to have been fortunate to get the decision here. New South Wales, Australia In Australia fans had a chance to see a number of Thai's in action, sadly however it wasn't a good day for them. The most notable of those Thai's was former world champion Denkaosan Kaovichit (63-6-1, 26) who was stopped in 5 rounds by the fast rising TJ Doheny (13-0, 9), who has seemingly shown that he's heading to bigger and better things than a PABA title, one of which he defended here. Another was Mongkolchai Lookmuangkanch (12-5, 7) who was stopped by another former world champion, Vic Darchinyan (41-8-1, 30) in just 2 rounds. Despite the fact Darchinyan was 39 this always seemed like a serious mismatch. Another man who picked up a loss was Denkamon Pakdee Gym (22-7, 13) who was stopped by Olympian Cameron Hammond (14-0, 8). Interestingly this result was originally reported wrong in what would have been a huge upset. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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Tokyo, Japan It was in Japan that we had the most significant show of the day. The main event featured a potential world title challenger whilst other bouts on the show featured a number of interesting Japanese contenders and prospects. We'll start with the main event which saw the highly ranked Shingo Wake (18-6-2, 11) score the 5th defence of his OPBF Super Bantamweight title courtesy of an opening round knockout-out against Filipino Challenger Jimmy Paypa (16-3-1, 6). Paypa, who had never been stopped, had managed to land some of his own right hands but they had little effect on Wake who landed a perfect counter uppercut very late in the round that sent Paypa down. The Filipino managed to make it to his feet but wasn't able to continue. Following the win Wake said he wanted a world title fight and was happy to travel. Recent hints however suggest that he may be able to get a world title fight at home with Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux likely to travel to Japan again, following his successful world title defence against Hisashi Amagasa at the end of last year. In the chief support bout fans saw former OPBF, Japanese and NABF title challenger Toyoto Shiraishi (25-8-2, 12) score a 2nd round KO over the over-matched Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (8-8-1, 4). This win keeps alive Shiraishi's hopes of one day becoming a title holder, though Yamaguchi really was a limited opponent. In another support bout Kota Sato (10-6-2, 5) managed to score a late stoppage of Toshikuni Wake (8-15-3, 2), with just 96 seconds of the bout left. Sato's record is under-whelming though he is much better than the numbers suggest and the fact he had gone 3 fights without a win prior to this bout really is misleading. For Wake this was a second successive stoppage loss, following a 4th round defeat to Ryichi Funai last October. A really interesting support bout, in fact one of two outstanding bouts on the under-card, saw Jo Tanooka (9-2-3) score a clear decision over the previously unbeaten Kenya Yamashita (7-1, 4). Tanooka was the East Japan Rookie of the Year in 2013 and although he has lost 2 of his last 5 he is a genuinely promising fighter. As for the 18 year old Yamashita, himself the 2014 All Japan Rookie of the Year, this was a case of stepping up a little too much too soon. Despite the loss we wouldn't rule out Yamashita from being a champion somewhere down the line. The other really interesting bout saw the really exciting Masaru Sueyoshi (9-1, 6) score a 7th round TKO over 2013 Rookie of the Year winner Kazuma Sanpei (11-2, 4). Sanpei started his career 11-0 though has now suffered back to back stoppage losses and the 20 year old has been “exposed” as lacking a chin to match his talent. As for Sueyoshi this was his 6th straight win following a razor thin loss to Masayuki Ito back in July 2012. Don't sleep on Sueyoshi. The least notable bout on the card saw unbeaten female fighter Jun Yabuki (2-0, 1) score a clear decision win over Chie Higano (3-2). Sadly for Higano this was a second successive loss. California, USA Whilst the significant action came form Japan there was another bout of note which took place in the USA as Chinese Heavyweight giant Taishan Dong (3-0, 2) was surprisingly given his first test. Dong, a 7” giant who seems to get a lot of attention merely due to his size, was expected to blow away 42 year old Roy McCrary (3-3, 3) but was instead taken the 4 round distance en route to taking his first decision victory. The win was a clear one for Dong but it will almost certainly have provided him with a bigger learning experience than either of his previous bouts, both of which were relatively farcical. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Tokyo, Japan Just a day after Tokyo had hosted a world title double header action returned to Japanese capital and the Holy Ground of Japanese boxing, the Korakuen Hall. It wasn't just boxing that returned to the "Hall" but also former WBC Flyweight champion Toshiyuki Igarashi (19-2-1, 11) who had been forced out of the ring for almost a year following damage to his left shoulder. The Japanese southpaw, now campaigning at Super Flyweight, was less than spectacular though he did take a 9th round technical decision over Filipino fighter Renren Tesorio (13-5-3, 4). Following the win Igarashi indicated that his intention was to win a world title at 115lbs to become a 2-weight world champion. Whilst Igarashi has proven his ability at the world level he wasn't the only world class fighter on the show as the highly ranked Ryosuke Iwasa (18-1, 11) made very light work of the over-matched Rommy Wassar (10-17-7, 5). The bout was a stay busy contest for the OPBF Bantamweight champion who hinted that he wanted to fight for a world title fight with the IBF belt the likely option for "Eagle Eye". The chief support bout to the two big names was an 8 rounder bout that saw the talented Masaru Sueyoshi (7-1, 5) take a clear decision win over Yuta Nagai (28-10-4, 19). This was Sueyoshi's first bout in almost 16 months and the 23 year old didn't really miss a beat as he scored the best win of his career. The show's 6 rounders both saw stoppages as Manato Honma (7-3, 4) stopped the limited Yuzo Mitani (5-4, 2) in 4 rounds and the heavy handed Heisuke Ono (5-2, 5) scored a 3rd round KO against Tatsunori Yoshizaki (4-5, 2) The show's opening bouts also saw stoppages as the unbeaten Ryusei Nakajima (2-0, 1) stopped the debuting Junpei Tsujimoto (0-1) in 2 rounds and the once beaten Yoshinobu Kakinaga (3-1, 1) scored his first stoppage by defeating Shogo Shigyo (1-5-1), also in the second round. (Image, of Iwasa and Wassar, courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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