This past Friday was a busy day with numerous fights involving Asian fighters. Unfortunately a number of results haven't yet reached us though we've included the ones which we have got for now. Nonthaburi, Thailand We had a decent show in Thailand where former world title holder Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (36-5-1, 16) retained his WBC Asian Boxing Council Bantamweight title. Suriyan showed off his class as he became the first man to stop Filipino Fernando Ocon (12-7, 4), though it was a retirement from Ocon rather than a true stoppage. Ocon, who took Suriyan 12 rounds earlier this year, pulled out of the bout at the end of round 7 whilst in a big hole on scorecards. Unfortunately Suriyan wasn't the only man with an early victory and in fact the shows other 4 bouts lasted just a combined 9 rounds. The shortest of the other bouts on the show lasted just a round as Chaiyong Sithsaithong (33-12-4, 24) scored a very quick stoppage over the debuting Chonlatarn Kongnapagym (0-1) in a bout that probably shouldn't have been sanctioned. Whilst we don't consider Chaiyong as a special fighter this really was just a pointless exercise for all those involved. Things weren't much better for Kongfah Nakornluang (13-0, 7) who stopped debutant Atiwat Chaiyonggym (0-1) in the second round. Kongfah has real potential but this bout was totally unnecessary and even though we understand how the system works in Thailand this was really not worth Kongfah getting in the ring for. Another bout that went just 2 rounds saw Kajornsak Sithsaithong (5-1, 5) stop Back Kistkriengkrai (0-1). This was a better match up but still one that was never likely to become competitive. The one other bout on the show saw Non Sithsaithong (12-6, 8) take 4 rounds to defeat yet another debutant, this time Petchbodin Sakpreecha (0-1). This was arguably the most competitive fight on the card and event that wasn't particularly competitive. Nanyang, China The other Asian show of the day was in China as Zovi promotions continued to grow Chinese boxing. The star of the show was the world ranked, and very promising, Qiu Xiao Jun (12-3, 5) who successfully defended his WBC Asia Boxing Council Super Bantamweight title with a 4th round KO over popular Indonesian Rasmanudin (18-5-2, 9). Jun is really blossoming into a very talented fighter and he has now scored 3 successive victories of note after previously beating Johnathan Baat and Jason Cooper. In a second title fight Xu Chun Yan (5-3, 2) made the first defence of her WBC International female Featherweight title as she stopped Thailand's Sriphrae Nongkipahuyuth (12-4-2, 5) in 7 rounds. Although there was two title bouts on the show the biggest name was actually not in a title bout. That was former WBC Minimumweight champion Xiong Zhao Zhong (23-5-1, 13) who bounced back from losing his title to Osvaldo Novoa by stopping Filipino Roilo Golez (15-12-1, 6) in 5 rounds. Zhong is likely looking for another world title bout somewhere down the line though with the loss to Novoa still fresh in everyone's mind it could well be a while before Zhong gets that chance. On the undercard of this show Brandon Ogilvie (6-1, 2) out pointed Indonesia's Eddy Comaro (27-19-5, 11) over 6 rounds and China's very own Zhou Yun Fei (2-0) defeated Gino Dilibero (0-2) in a 4 round decision. Victoria, Australia In Australia we had two bouts with Asian interests, unfortunately both of those bouts saw the Asian fighter coming on the wrong side of the result. The most disappointing of those bouts saw South Korea's Kyung-Suk Kwak (10-10, 7) being stopped in 2 rounds by Australia's promising Zac Dunn (13-0, 11) in a battle for the WBC Asia Council Continental Super Middleweight title. Whilst we knew this would be a tough assignment for Kwak we did expect a bit better from his than a second round loss, however this was the 6th stoppage loss in the career of the 3-weight Korean champion. Whilst Kwak was disappointing the same cannot be said of Thailand's Paitoon Jaikom (1-5) who went 10 rounds with Australia's once beaten Ben Capps (10-1-1, 2) who made the first defence of his WBC Asia Council Continental Light Middleweight title. Although this was the 5th straight loss for the Thai we've got to acknowledge that it's great he's taking decent fighters the distance and proving himself as a capable opponent even if he's unlikely to win too many bouts. Hamburg, Germany Things weren't great in Germany either as talented Romanian Viorel Simion (17-1, 7) out pointed Azerbaijan's Bakhtiyar Iskenderzade (9-4, 2) in a bit of a mismatch. Iskenderzade was dropped in the opening round though show good fighting spirit to battle back, sadly however he was never in the fight and lost a very clear decision to one of the best Featherweight's in Europe (Image, of Suriyan, courtesy of boxrec.com)
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This past Tuesday saw a card under-the radar in Thailand despite having some of the biggest Thai names of it. Unfortunately we weren't made aware of it until afterwards though thankfully we do have the result from it. Pathum Thani, Thailand The main event on the show saw the very promising and still unbeaten Nawaphon Por Chokchai (21-0, 15), pictured, successfully defend his WBC Asian Boxing Council Flyweight title as he over-came former OPBF Minimumweight champion Michael Landero (16-12-4, 5) in 3 rounds. Landero was once a very good fighter though at the moment those memories are rather distance and he has now lost 8 of his last 9 including 3 stoppages. Whilst Nawaphon was the main event he probably wasn't the main attraction, that honour seems to have fallen to current WBC Super Flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (27-3-1, 25) who scored his 4th win of the year as he stopped the over-matched Ngaotawan Sithsaithong (10-14-1, 5) in 4 rounds. This bout was little more than a stay busy contest for Srisaket who has a world title fight arranged for next month with Carlos Cuadras, a bout we're more than licking our lips in anticipation of. That should be special. Former world champion Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (35-5-1, 15) was surprisingly taken the 6 round distance by the over-matched, but tough, Samuel Tehuayo (17-20-2, 3). Suriyan seems to be staying active but not going anywhere with his career at the moment. Hopefully promotional outfit Nakornluang can move him into a meaningful fight soon. Also on the card was the unbeaten Kongfah Nakornluang (12-0, 6) who quickly got rid of the debuting Yutthana Sor Ratidech (0-1), inside a round, whilst stable-mate Namphol Sithsaithong (5-7, 5) was extended into the second round by Nanfah Saksamrong (0-1). (Image courtesy of boxrec.com) The biggest fights of this weekend are all on Saturday, no argument there, though Friday did have it's share of interesting bouts in Asia with a card in Thailand and a card in Japan. Bangkok, Thailand It was the card in Bangkok, Thailand that was first to take place and was televised, in it's entirety, on Thai Channel 7. Originally the only bout we knew was taking place was that of former world champion Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (34-5-1, 15), pictured, who was defending his WBC Asian Boxing Council Bantamweight title for the third time. Unfortunately Suriyan was in with an over-matched foe in the form of Albert Alcoy (14-18-7, 4) who stood no chance. Alcoy tried as he hard as he could though he was quickly despatched by the talented Suriyan who is almost certainly looking for another world title fight later this year. Although Suriyan was the "known bout" on the card it wasn't the show's opener. That honour instead fell to the unbeaten, though entirely untested, Kongfah Nakornluang (11-0, 5) who put in a dull and uninspired performance to out-point the awfully limited Safwan Lombok (1-23-1). We're wondering what Narkornluang Promotions are treating Kongfah with kiddy gloves, they are certainly doing him a dis-service and he really should be facing more notable opponents by now than fighters like Safwan. Whilst Suriyan is a former world champion their was also a current world champion on the show in the form of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (26-3-1, 24) who scored a straight forward stay busy victory over the debuting Den Nattapol Gym (0-1) inside a round. The bout was a mismatch though it was clearly used to keep Srisaket in shape and draw extra attention to the card with the current WBC Super Flyweight champion having some "name value". This was amazingly Srisaket's third victory of the year and it seems he is just staying active whilst details of his WBC world title defense with Carlos Cuadras are finalised. As well as the three bouts already mentioned the show had a pair of much lesser bouts. These saw Yodpichai Sithsaithong (10-11, 4) stopping recent world title challenger Lookrak Kiatmungmee (7-6, 4) inside a round, much quicker than the then WBC Minimumweight champion Xiong Zhao Zhong, and Chatchai Sithsaithong (2-5, 1) scoring his first KO as he defeated the debuting Fahpetchnoi Muangsima (0-1). Tokyo, Japan As well as the show in Thailand there was also a small card at the Korakuen Hall in Japan. The show, which featured 6 bouts in total had several interesting bouts. The first of the bouts we have the result for saw the hard hitting Kenta Nakagawa (7-2, 5) managing stop the limited, though powerful, Takeshi Hagiwara (7-8-3, 6) in just 3 rounds. This was just the second stoppage loss in Hagiwara's 18 fight career though it was just the second time he had faced someone with real power and he's probably not as tough as some would expect considering the low quality he's been in the ring with. The second bout we had the result for was from the bout involving Yuya Sugizaki (19-9-1, 6) and Kazuya Soma (6-5-2, 5). On paper it was a match up between Sugizaki's experienced and Soma's power and in the case the experience was the big difference between the two fighters with Sugizaki taking a unanimous decision over this big punching bit limited foe. It was in show's 5th overall bout that we actuallyhad the most important contest as former female world champion Tenkai Tsunami (20-9, 9) successfully claimed the previously vacant OPBF female Bantamweight title. Tsunami, fighting for the second time this year, used her experience and toughness to see off the hard hitting but limited Honey Katsumata (6-3, 6). Katsumata, who is a big puncher, had never fought near the level of Tsunami and the difference told as Katsumata was stopped in round 7, the first time she had gone beyond 6 rounds. The show closed out with an upset as Tsukasa Saito (18-3, 13) was stopped at the hands of the supposedly light hitting Hirotsugu Yamamoto (17-9-2, 3). The bout, which was in the final round of a scheduled 8, was just 22 seconds from going to the scorecards. On the undercard Shoji Ebisawa (5-1) managed to out point the limited Keita Kurihara (3-3, 3) over 4 rounds whilst novice Daisuke Uchikawa (1-1-1, 1) picked up his first victory courtesy of a 3rd TKO over the debuting Kimihiro Suda (0-1). California, USA In the US two Russian's were in action. The first of those was Khabir Suleymanov (16-4, 6) who was easily defeated by the unbeaten Roman Morales (18-0, 9). Suleymanov was dropped numerous times and looked incredibly poor in terms of skills, balance and durability and he did relatively well to actually see out the final bell. The second Russian in action was Rustam Nugaev (27-6-1, 17) who was very fortunate to defeat Mexico's Marvin Quintero (25-5, 21). Quintero seemed to win the first 4 rounds though unfortunately was forced to retire between rounds 4 and 5 with an injured hand. Prior to the stoppage it appeared that Quintero was bossing the fight with movement, combinations and accurate punching and Nugaev will certainly feel relieved that he had this lucky break, excuse the pun Estonia, Kohtla-Järve It wasn't all bad for Russian's on the road however and in Estonia, of all places, the very promising Aik Shakhnazaryan (11-0, 4) scored his biggest win. The Russian, fighting against Uzbekistan's Alisher Rahimov (25-3, 12) became the first man to stop Rahimov who was stopped just a minute in to round 2. Amazingly good win for the man known as "The Humanoid". (Photo courtesy of boxrec.com) Boxing on Tuesday's always seems a bit weird, especially when it's first thing in the morning, but that's what we had this week courtesy of Thai Channel 7 and Nakornloung Boxing Promotion who put on a show of of their top talent. Unfortunately the top talent on show was matched somewhat safely with none of the Nakornloung stars really given much of a test. Bangkok, Thailand We believe the card took place at the NCO Club though from watching the action on television it was certainly more "mismatch City" than anything else. The show began with former world champion Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (33-5-1, 14) taking on the debuting Serichai Nonpitgym (0-1). The mismatch was clear from the off and thankfully Suriyan didn't waste anyone's time stopping his stay busy opponent with a devastating body shot inside a round. It was clear he had no intention of messing about and made sure that his foe knew it as left to the liver did the job. Following Suriyan's victory there was another early blow out in a contest that lasted less than 2 rounds. This bout, it turns out, was between Yodchanchai Nakornloung Promotion (25-4, 20) and the debuting Charoenrung Sakpornchai (0-1) and had a fantastic finish with Yodnanchai landing and eye catching uppercut that lead to a delayed reaction. As with the shows opener this was a mismatch. Arguably the biggest mismatch came in the shows main event. This contest saw Nawaphon Por Chokchai (20-0, 14), defending his WBC Asian Boxing Council Flyweight title for the 7th time, just beat up Shusong Zhuang (0-3) who was nothing other than brave. The fight probably could have been stopped in round 2 as Nawaphon began to beat up his challenger but the referee let the one-way traffic continue to round 4. Amazingly despite being beaten up the challenger made a genuine protest to continue on. If he had we can only image that he would have ended up seriously hurt as Nawaphon, was really going to town on him. The shows fourth contest featured current WBC Super Flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (25-3-1, 23), pictured, in action. Srisaket, fighting a clear "stay busy" contest, before his world title fight in May against Carlos Cuadras, took things slowly to begin with though moved in to second gear in the second round. Even fighting in second gear Srisaket had too much for Alexis Barateau (0-2) who was stopped from a monster uppercut from the world champion. With all the quick victories on the card the television cameras kept rolling and we continued to get fights. These included 2 more contests. One of those additional contests saw a second round KO from a body shot. Oddly the first round of that bout saw the eventual loser doing one of the most amazing "chicken dances" in boxing history and it's a genuine mystery as to how he managed to say on his feet. We think this bout was between Kongfah Nakornluang (10-0, 5) and Petch-ek Sithsaithong (0-1). The second of those contests, and the 6th in total, saw a vicious right hand behind the ear see off the over-matched opponent to give us a 6 successive stoppage on the card, we believe this was a bout between Kajornsak Sithsaithong (4-1, 4) and Suriyalek Lor Lalita (0-1). Tuesday saw the first of several televised cards this week and saw a trio of very talented Thai fighters in action as they looked to continue their excellent form from 2013.
Pathum Thani, Thailand The first Thai in action was former WBC Super Flyweight world champion Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (32-5-1, 13) who defended his WBC Asian Boxing Council Bantamweight title by defeating Filipino challenger Fernando Ocon (12-6, 4) via a clear decision. The fight, Suriyan's 9th inside a year, started slowly though the Thai seemed to have the class to move up through the gears when he wanted, as he did at the start of round 3. It was his class that saw him awarded a 39-37 lead through 4 rounds, though Ocon refused to make life easy for the well established Thai. Thankfully for Suriyan he managed to slowly gain more and more success in the bout, slowly grinding down Ocon's resistance with well placed shots that the Filipino was forced to eat. Due to the shots Ocon was beginning to take his mentality seemed to revert to that of a sparring partner, throwing little in terms of power shots, though he did show some advantage in round 8. Unfortunately for Ocon it was clear he was starting to feel the power and strength of the Thai whose shots seems to have more power and force on them than early in the contest. After 8 rounds Suriyan's control was reflected in the scorecards with the open scoring showing two cards of 79-73 and one of 78-74, all in favour of the Thai, In round 9 Ocon's bravery was beginning to be questions as the tiring Filipino was forced to eat some big shots from Suriyan and although he refused to be intimated it was obvious that he was wilting as he slipped to the canvas very late in the round. To start round 10 Suriyan attempted to finish off Ocon and landed a series of big body shots that forced Ocono backwards, to his credit though the Filipino tried to fight back in what seemed a fruitless effort. Although Ocon managed to fight back hard in a very entertaining round 12 he was in such a big hole that the effort was too little too late and Suriyan, who took the shots without blinking, never really looked bother by Ocon's biggest shots in what was easily the best round of the fight, by then though Suriyan had already secured the victory. Although Ocon was the clear loser he did show enough about him to probably end up with another payday somewhere down the line and although he is now 0-3 in Thailand he'll be a welcome visitor, The second televised bout saw current WBC Super Flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (24-3-1, 22) feature in a stay busy fight with a limited Filipino foe, whose name was sadly not available at the start of the show. The class difference between the two was obvious early on with Srisaket hurting the Filipino several times in the opening round before forcing the referee to step in close to end of round 1 as Srisaket unloaded a devastating flurry. Whilst Srisaket only took a round to record his victory it was clear that this was little more than a stay busy fight with Srisaket now expected to defend his world title against unbeaten Mexican Carlos Cuadras. The Srisaket/Cuadras bout is one that we are genuinely excited about and really cannot wait to see. The final televised bout of the show saw Nawaphon Por Chokchai (19-0, 13), the younger brother of Suriyan and stable mate of both Suriyan and Srisaket, in action as he defeated Rodel Tejares (20-28-5, 5). Unfortunately, as we saw in a recent Channel 7 show, the broadcast actually cut out before the bout finished. |
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