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Bangkok, Thailand
The most notable of the day's action, for us, was in Thailand where Mono29 aired an interesting card. The main event was a highly anticipated bout that saw IBF Flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng (16-0, 5) successfully defending his title against explosive Filipino Johnriel Casimero (21-3, 13). On paper this was a fantastic match up but sadly it resulted in a foulfest with referee Larry Doggett acting as an enabler for Amnat's dirty style. There was no real doubting the winner but the bout really was badly marred by the poor officiating which did next to nothing to force “boxing” action and instead the bout resembled a street fight at times. Amnat wasn't the only “older fighter” in action in Thailand as 35 year old Manus Boonjumnong (1-0) made his professional debut. The Thai, who appeared to be fat as a well as old, was a 2004 Olympic champion who showed real touches of class as he dominated Indonesian veteran Jamed Jalarante (23-19-1, 11) in a very 1-sided 4 round bout. Manus, despite his age, still has speed but we do suspect it'll be too little too late for him to have a serious career. The televised portion of this card saw Atchariya Virotesunobon (4-0, 1) show traits of being a really exciting prospect as he easily out pointed Indonesia's Stevi Ongen Ferdinandus (16-9-1, 8) over 10 rounds. The unbeaten man really did look classy at times with a great variety of shots, lovely movement and an exciting ability to throw combinations, though we do wonder about his power at this early stage of his career. In a bout not shown on Mono29 former world title challenger Denver Cuello (36-5-6, 24) made light work of Boy Tanto (9-17, 1), who was stopped in the 5th round. The bout was a stay busy contest for the Filipino slugger who is now expected to return to Thailand to fight Wanheng Menayothin in December in a WBC world title fight. Metro Manila, Philippines In the Philippines fans got a small show in Metro Manila. It wasn't a big one but there title action and a couple of competitive under-card bouts. The title bout saw Japanese puncher Toshi Makoto Aoki (20-12-1, 17) retain his WBC Asian Boxing Council Lightweight title with a 3rd round victory over limited Indonesian Eddy Comaro (32-24-5, 13), who was stopped for the 10th time in his career. Coming into the bout Comaro had won his last 3 but the big punching Aoki was simply too strong from the off. On the under-card there was a couple of draws. One of those saw the unbeaten Prabhjot Singh (2-0-1, 2) fight to a 6 round majority draw with Jeffrey Garcia (1-3-1, 1). The other draw saw Jerwin Mejes (2-1-1, 2) fight an even bout with Jerwin Dela Rosa (2-5-1). Queensland, Australia There was interesting action involving Asian fighters in Australia where we had several Asian fighters in action, including an all-Asian bout and a genuine upset. The all Asian bout saw Aussie based Filipino Jack Asis (34-18-5, 18) continue his Cinderella man story with a split decision win over Indonesian visitor Hero Tito (10-7-1, 3). The bout, an 8 round contest, saw Asis taking a split decision win in a less than inspiring performance, though one that saw him extend his current unbeaten record to 14 bouts (13-0-1). The upset of the card saw China's Xu Chan (6-2) claim the WBA Oceania Light Welterweight title with a unanimous decision victory over the previously unbeaten Kris George (7-1, 5). Chan went into the bout as the clear under-dog though put on an inspiring performance to claim the biggest win of his career so far. The other Asian on this card was Wang Xinghua (11-12-1) who lost a competitive decision to Will Young (5-4, 2).
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Tokyo, Japan
The only Japanese show this past Friday was “DANGAN 131” which came from the Korakuen Hall. The main event of the card ended in less than spectacular fashion as bout between Toyoto Shiraishi (25-8-3, 12) and Kenta Nakagawa (9-2-1, 7) ended in a 3rd round technical draw. The ended was a disappointing way to end the card that has otherwise been rather solid. Part of the solid action has been the chief support bout which saw a minor upset as Yusuke Tsukada (8-4, 3) out pointed the more experienced Kazuhiro Nishitani (14-3-1, 7) over 8 rounds. The bout was really competitive through out and really did make up for the disappointing main event. Another of the top of the card bouts saw Moon Hyun Yun (16-4-2, 3) take a 3rd round TKO win over the over-matched Shiro Saito (7-5-2, 2). Saito looked out of his depth from the off and was broken down with body shots before being stopped. In a 6 rounder Yuichiro Kasuya (7-0, 1), scored a unanimous decision over Takashi Sakamoto (6-5, 1). This was the first win this year for Kasuya who was the All Japan Rookie of the Year last year at Super Featherweight. The talented unbeaten fighter appears to be very promising but his lack of power is likely to hold him back in the long run. In another 8 rounder fans saw the experienced Ryuichi Funai (24-6, 16) take a shut out win over Japanese based Filipino Ryan Bito (22-15-3, 8), who was unable to record a win on his 40th pro bout. On the bottom part of this card were a trio of 4 rounders. Two of those were Rookie of the Year bouts. One of those bouts saw the heavy handed Yugo Ueda (5-2, 4) score a 3rd round KO win against the previously unbeaten Takayoshi Miyachi (2-1, 2). The other Rookie of the Year bout saw the unbeaten Ryota Ishida (4-0, 3) take an opening round victory over Daiki Chinen (2-2, 1). The remaining 4 rounder was an all debutant bout that saw Taichi Ueno (1-0, 1) kicked off his career with a 3rd round TKO win against Yohei Asami (0-1). Thailand In Thailand fans saw the promising Palangpol CP Freshmart (9-1, 6) over-come tough Indonesian fighter Samuel Tehuayo (18-36-2, 3). The Indonesian, also known as Sammy Hagler, retired between rounds 8 and 9 with what appeared to be an arm or shoulder injury. Bangkok, Thailand
On Tuesday Thai fans had a small show in Bangkok which was televised on channel 3. Amazingly, neither of the televised bouts ended with a stoppage, and more amazingly both were very competitive contest, a real rarity for a show in Thailand. The more competitive of the two bouts was a WBA Asia Lightweight title bout between Thai native Pakorn Mor Poowana (6-2-2, 5) and Thai based Nigerian Taiwo Ali (16-3-1, 11). The bout was competitive through out and ended in a good 12 round draw living up the expectation that this biut had going in by those who follow the Thai scene. At the final bell both fighters seemed to feel Pakorn deserved the win but we wouldn't mind seeing them go at it again. The other bout saw Inthanon Sithchamuang (27-7, 16) narrolw over-come Jetly Purisima (20-15-4, 5) with a majority decision in a bout for the WBA Asia Super Flyweight title. To call Inthanon fortunate here is to really under-state how how lucky he was as Purisima gave him all he could handle, and more. We suspect Purisima's performance will see him rewarded with another good opportunity in Thailand in the near future. Moscow, Russia
There wasn't much boxing this past Monday, but there was a bout of note for us as former OPBF Super Featherweight champion Ronald Pontillas (17-8-3, 8) took to the ring in Russia. Unfortunately for the upset minded Filipino he was in hard here against the unbeaten Eduard Troyanovsky (22-0,19) who was simply too big, powerful and strong for the Filipino. Pontillas did show some flaws with the Russian but was punished and stopped in the 3rd of their clash. California, USA
It seems like we've suddenly seen a quick growth in Chinese fighters making names for themselves. In California fans had a chance to see two of the more touted Chinese fighters in action. One of those was Meng Fanlong (2-0, 1) who scored his first stoppage courtesy of a 2nd round KO against the 38 year old Albert Avina (0-4), who suffered his 3rd stoppage defeat. Fanlong is tipped for big things but at 27 he doesn't have much time to waste so hopefully we'll see him matched up harder than this soon. The other Chinese fighter in action in California was Wang Zhimin (3-0, 1), who also scored his first stoppage. The talented Zhimin made very light work of the usually durable Jose L Guzman (6-11-1), who lasted just 143 seconds with Zhimin. Although Zhimin hasn't really “stepped up” yet he has been very impressive so far, and we suspect he'll be moved into tougher fights in the near future. Nevada, USA It was a great day for debuting Uzbek Sanjarbek Rakhmanov (1-0, 1) who began his career with an 81 second win over Brett Simmons (2-2-2, 1). The 25 year old Rakhmanov is tipped highly highly this win really tells us little other than that he now has his career off to a winning start and that bigger things are expected of him in the future. Tarlac, Philippines
The biggest of the day's Asian action came from the Philippines where fans had a low profile 7 bout show in Tarlac. The main of the show saw Vicent Bautista (3-2-3, 1) score his first stoppage win as he over-came journeyman Ricky Oyan (4-25-2, 12), who retired after 6 rounds. This is, by far, the best win of Bautista's career so far, though we're hoping to see far more from him in the future. The under was all scheduled for 4 rounds with only a couple of those bouts going the distance. One of those distance bouts resulted in a draw as there was no way to split Jovani Casin (0-0-1) and Glen Calacar (0-0-1), who both debuted with a draw. The other bout that went the distance saw Erwin Jamito (2-1, 1) take a decision over the previously unbeaten Jason Buenaobra (1-1), who was dropped twice en route to suffering his first loss. The shortest of the bouts lasted just 31 seconds as Ryan James Ricaza (1-0, 1) blew away Joseph Ortiz (0-1) in an all debutant bout. It didn't take significantly longer for Luminado Besmanos (2-2, 2) to claim a win over Jerry Kalaw (0-2), who was stopped in the 2nd round of their bout. Another bout that ended in round 2 saw Ryan Torres (3-1, 3) over-come the win-less Rolando Prima Jr (0-5), who suffered his third straight stoppage loss. The remaining bout saw the unbeaten Pedro Taduran (2-0, 2) continue the perfect start to his career as he scored a 4th round TKO against the still win-less Roel Inao (0-3). Bangkok, Thailand In Thailand there was a very low level show with an international theme courtesy of two Japanese visitors. One of the visitors was Tadayuki Miyagi (2-0, 2) who needed less than a round to stop the debuting Petch Saksriprai (0-2). Although Miyagi has now won back to back fights in Thailand it's really hard to imagine him facing anyone of real value. The other Japanese fighter in action was Yuki Matsudo (9-2, 5) who scored a 4th round TKO against the over-matched Rungsak Sakdecha (0-1). This was one-way traffic from the off with Sakdecha being dropped in the opening round before 3 knockdowns in round 4 caused an early conclusion to proceedings. An all-Thai bout on this card saw Ratchasi Sithsaithong (4-1, 3) score a 2nd round KO over the win-less Dechrith PK Gym (0-3). This was, sadly, Dechrith's 3rd successive stoppage loss, at least from his bouts recorded in boxrec, and was his first bout in well over 18 months. Bangkok, Thailand
Much of the Asian action this past Friday was in Thailand where there were 4 televised bouts courtesy of Kiatkreerin. The main saw the promising Eaktawan Mor Krungthepthonburi (14-3, 10)* defend a regional title with a 5th round TKO over Filipino visitor Lionel Legada (13-9-1, 6). This was Eaktawan's first bout since signing with Kiatkreerin and we now expect we'll see him moved towards the IBF rankings and a possible IBF title fight somewhere in the future. Another notable fighter on this card was Patomsuk Pathompothong (30-3-1, 19) who forced an early stoppage of Ronnel Esparas (10-17-1, 2). This was Patomsuk's first bout since he was stopped by Ik Yang in Macau and the plan is to now have him fight Akihiro Kondo in Japan in July. Sadly for Filipino fighter Esparas this is his 9th straight loss. As well as the two bouts with men there were also a couple of female fights. One of those saw the unbeaten Petcharas Mor Krungthepthonburi (4-0) continued her winning run with a 6 round decision against debutant Sonsaeng Sor Aswin (0-1). The other female bout saw Maimuang Sitkhurusian (2-4-1) score a decision win over Petchladda Sor Praithong (0-1) New York, USA In New York things didn't go well for Filipino veteran Ranee Ganoy (36-13-2, 32) who was stopped in 4 rounds by Cletus Seldin (17-0-0-1, 14). This was Ganoy's second successive loss, and his 7th stoppage defeat, and it now seems likely that the American based Pinoy puncher will think about hanging them up. Campeche, Mexico Things were also poor for Filipinos in Mexico as journeyman Vergel Nebran (13-10-1, 8)** suffered his 10th loss, though he did acquit himself really well. Nebran was a huge under-dog going into his bout, against former world champion Cristian Mijares (52-8-2, 25), though managed to take some real credit for his effort, despite losing widely on the the scorecards. Notably both men were dropped here though it's clear Nebran is a better fighter than his record suggests. *Boxrec have attributed one of Eaktawan's loses incorrectly **Boxrec don't acknowledge Nebran's loss to Boon-Joon Seok Tokyo, Japan
This past Wednesday at the Korakuen Hall fans got a Rookie of the Year show featuring a total of 11 bouts, all of which were 4 rounders as part of the East Japan Rookie of the Year. At Minimumweight there was three bouts bouts. The more notable of the three saw a 2nd round TKO win for Yuto Takahashi (3-0, 2) who easily saw off Daisuke Sudo (3-3-1). On paper this was a step up for Takahashi but he really seemed to come on and appears to be a genuine contender for the crown this year. Another bout saw Yuki Ikeya (2-1, 1) take a clear decision win over Kenji Matsumoto (1-5) whilst the remainder was a close win for Hizuki Sasa (4-1), who over-came Shuri Hasebe (2-3). There was just a single Bantamweight bout which saw the unbeaten Akira Tsutsumi (3-0, 2) take out Kosuke Miura (1-6-1) in the 3rd round of their bout. The Super Bantamweight division had two bouts, with neither hearing the final bell. For Yasuaki Miura (3-0, 1) it was a good day as he scored his first stoppage win, defeating Yoshia Tome (2-2-1, 1), who retired at the end of the second round. The other bout saw the stop-or-be stopped Wataru Yokoyama (3-3, 3) take out Daichi Honma (1-1) at the start of round 4. We had another couple of bouts at Featherweight, both of which went the distance. These saw Daiki Funayama (2-0-1, 1) take a wide decision win over the limited Ryota Harukawa (3-6, 2) whilst the heavy handed Kazuhiro Koike (5-3-1, 4) took a narrow decision over Tetsu Narisawa (1-4-1). At Lightweight we had two more bouts. One of those saw Ryusei Nakajima (4-1, 2) score a 4th round TKO against Katsuya Abe (3-7), who was stopped for the 5th time, whilst the other saw Yutaka Uemura (4-2-1, 2) just over-come Yoshihito Takahashi (3-4, 3). The highest weight covered was Welterweight as Toshinobu Mimura (3-0-1, 2) scored a 2nd round KO over Hiroki Ashizawa (3-2, 3). Aichi, Japan
The most significant of two Japanese shows this past Sunday came from Aichi where fans got 8 bouts in total ranging from a bout involving a Japanese ranked fighter to some Central Japanese Rookie of the Year bouts. The main event saw the domestically ranked Shogo Yamaguchi (7-0-1, 4) take a 95 second stoppage victory in an impressive performance against the usually durable Yuji Iwata (6-6-2, 2), who was stopped for just the second time in 14 bouts. Whilst Yamaguchi was impressive here there is no real expectation that he'll be rushed given he's just 21 years old. The co-feature also didn't last long as the the limited Reiko Sugiyama (5-5-3, 3) scored a 2nd round TKO against Hajime Ikeda (5-6, 1). The rest of the card was all 4 rounders, and consisted of 6 under card bouts. Of the under-card contests 3 went the distance, and were very competitive, whilst 3 ended early. The shortest of the bouts was an 88 second win for the debuting Shingo Saiki (1-0, 1), who blew away Shinpei Tominaga (2-3, 2) in a perfect introduction to the professional ranks. It took until the very end of the second round for Takuya Mizuno (5-0-1, 5) to score his 5th win as he stopped Ikki Kobayashi (1-1), with an official time of 3:08. The third stoppage came in the 3rd round as Kiyoshi Tanaka (1-3-2, 1) claimed his first win, courtesy of a KO against the still win-less Takashi Arakawa (0-2). Of the bouts that went the distance the most surprising result saw Naoki Masukawa (3-2) take a split decision win over the previously unbeaten Takushiro Mizoguchi (1-1, 1). Another split decision saw Hiroki Yajima (4-5, 2) over-come Akihiro Toya (1-2) whilst Yusuke Kubota (3-2, 1) claimed a majority decision over Tom Hamaguchi (2-3). Fukuoka, Japan The other Japanese show was a very low profile card in Fukuoka which consisted of 9 very low level bouts, all scheduled for 4 rounds. Although the bouts were all 4 rounders only 3 actually reached the final bell. These included a very clear win for Yuki Hirashima (3-0), who kept his perfect record alive with a victory over Junya Mishima (3-8-1, 3). Another of the distance bouts saw Yoichi Kojima (4-1-1, 2) take a competitive decision win over Takahiro Morisaki (3-2, 1). The third distance bout ended in a majority draw between Takashi Matsugano (1-0-1, 1) and the debuting Yuma Kamo (0-0-1). As for the bouts that failed to go the distance, the shortest was a 96 second blow out by Tsuyoshi Matsuda (3-0, 2) who easily took care of the win-less Seita Nagano (0-2). It didn't take Daisuke Fukuyama (5-2-1, 4) too much longer to stop Taishi Kaneko (0-1), who lasted just 124 seconds. Things didn't take long for Mitsuyoshi Fujito (5-2, 3) to rack up a win either, as he stopped Shuhei Nishino (2-3, 2) in the second round of their bout. Another second round finish saw Koki Tomio (4-6, 4) stop Takuya Yamamoto (0-1). It took until round 3 for Shinji Tanaka (1-0, 1) to score his debut win, as he saw off Shinichi Nomoto (4-7-3, 2) whilst Seiya Matsunaga (2-0, 1) was extended into round 4 for his win over Shota Yoshiura (0-1-1).  This past Saturday wasn't a busy day though their was some notable action involving Asian fighters.
Bristol, United Kingdom The most notable bout involving an Asian fighter came in England where fans saw Japan's Ryosuke Iwasa (19-2, 13) fall short in hist attempt to become the first Japanese fighter to claim a world title in Europe. The talented “Eagle Eye” was out boxed early on by the tricky Lee Haskins (32-3, 14) before being stopped in the 6th by the Englishman who dropped Iwasa with the best shot he will ever connect with. A follow up attack by Haskins saw the English stop Iwasa to claim the IBF interim Bantamweight title. Thailand As for action in Asia there was a show in Thailand on Channel 3. One of the big names in action was former Light Flyweight world champion Kompayak Porpramook (52-5, 37) who stopped Indonesian journeyman Domi Nenokeba (11-23-1, 7) in the 3rd round. The ending highly anti-climatic with Nenokeba looking happy for a way out of the bout. This was Kompayak's second bout in the space of just 6 weeks after spending more than a year out of the ring. There was also a former world title challenger on this card Samartlek Kokietgym (21-5, 6) who easily defeated novice Fahpratan Kwanjaisrikot (0-2). Fahpratan, to his credit, tried to fight off his more experienced foe but Samartlek wouldn't be denied and eventually Smartlek wore away his foe who was stopped with a sweeping 2-punch combination. Another notable bout on this card saw the unbeaten Norasing Kokietgym (16-0-1, 12) take a 9th round retirement win over Indonesian fighter Tommy Seran (24-6, 15), who stayed in his corner at the start of round 9. Queensland, Australia In Australia things were very disappointing for female fighter Rienthong Rongrien Kila Korat (0-2) who was blasted out in just 106 seconds by former world title challenger Shannon O'Connell (11-3, 6). Rienthong was dropped twice with the referee waving off the bout after the second knock down. (Image courtesy of boxingscene.com) |
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