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March 27th 2010- Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan Koki Kameda (22-0, 14) Vs Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (74-3-1, 38) It's fair to say the Kameda brothers are among the most well known families in boxing with their name linked to both controversy and success. Despite the fact all 3 brothers have held titles it's fair to say they haven't fought the greatest of competition. Of all their opponents however one man really stands out, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam a future Hall of Famer and a modern Thai great. In 2010 Koki Kameda, the then WBC Flyweight champion, took on the Thai great as Kameda sought the first defense of his Flyweight crown. *Note-Sound cuts out of this video due to the copyright of one of the ring walk songs
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August 30th 2008- Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Koki Kameda (18-0, 12) Vs Salvador Montes (5-4, 2) Japanese fighters rarely fight for things like the "International" or "Inter-Continental" titles though occasional they do travel for such fights, with the JBC not permitting them in Japan. One of those rare bouts saw the controversial Koki Kameda fighting in Mexico and battling Salvador Montes for the WBA Inter-Continental Flyweight title. This was Koki's second bout in Mexico and those eagle eyes may well spot Koki's youngest brother Tomoki working in his corner. Incidentally Tomoki began his professional career just a few months after this bout, also in MExico *Note Montes's record shown on screen is 18-3 (15) very different from the record on boxrec.com. This suggests that either boxrec has an incomplete and wrong record, Montes' on screen record is wrong or there is more than one Salvador Montes December 20th 2006- Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan Koki Kameda (12-0, 10) Vs Juan Jose Landaeta (23-4-1, 18) II In October 2006 Japanese fans saw a then unbeaten Koki Kameda take an incredibly controversial decision over Juan Jose Landaeta. The bout saw the Japanese public viewing Kameda as a very lucky man and effectively forcing him to give Landaeta a rematch. That rematch came 4 months later and was Kameda's first defense of the WBA Light Flyweight title that he had won in their first meeting. This is that rematch. Japan's Koki Kameda is Japan's first, and at the moment only, 3-weight world champion. Sadly however Koki's reign at Bantamweight was poor in every way. It was full of controversial decision and some very poor opposition. Possibly the poorest opponent was the hapless Mario Macias who was made to look like one of the weakest title challengers ever as Koki did as he pleased. If you watch this fight in isolation you would possibly think that Koki was sensational as a Bantamweight but trust us Macias is as bad as he looked here. Between the 1970's an 1990's bouts between South Korean fighters and Japanese fighters were common things at the world level. Now however just seeing a Korean with a world ranking is a rarity and seeing a Korean in a world title fight is sorely missed by ourselves. The last Korean man to fight in a world title fight was Jung Oh Son who, on November 19th 2013, challenged the then WBA Bantamweight champion Koki Kameda. The bout was widely expected to be a mismatch with many feeling that Kameda had picked a patsy to make an easy defence against, something he had often done whilst avoid real challenges. What transpired however was vastly different to what was expected and instead of the fight being an easy defence for the Japanese southpaw he was actually pushed all the way, and dropped, in a bout that he was very lucky to win. Although Kameda was successful in the defence of his title it was to be his final Bantamweight title defence before he vacated the title to campaign at Super Flyweight. Unfortunately for him the Kameda Gym would lose their license just months later and as a result he hasn't fought in 8 months following this bout. Strangely Son has also been inactive since this fight which is a real shame considering how close he came to becoming a world champion in what would have been one of the biggest upsets of 2013. |
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