Tokyo, Japan
In Japan fans had a Dangan show that featured a number of tournament bouts with prospects and novices involved.

The main event of the show saw the touted Light Middleweight Kazuto Takesako (2-0, 2) defeat Elfelos Vega (5-2, 3) in just 92 seconds to make a genuine statement and claim the MVP of the B class tournament. The unbeaten 24 year old is being regarded as a fighter who could be fast tracked and a result like this seems to suggest that he really could be in good bouts before the end of 2016.

Another of the B class bouts saw the unbeaten Daishi Nagata (4-0-1, 2) out point Minoru Iizuka (5-4, 3) in a bout at Light Welterweight. Incidentally this was the first time that Iizuka had seen the final bell have either been stopped or scoring a stoppage in his previous 8 bouts.

At Super Bantamweight we had a blow out as Naoki Kumagai (7-2, 4) took out Heisuke Ono 96-3, 5) in just 167 seconds to claim the B class title at 122lbs. At 118lbs it was the turn of Sonin Nihei (7-1-2, 1) who claimed a decision win over Masayasu Nakamura (5-2-1, 5) in a very close and competitive bout.

The lowest weight involved in the B class tournament was Flyweight where Yuji Okinori (7-2-1, 1) took a decision over Shoji Ebisawa (6-2-1, 1) in a hotly contested bout.

As well as the B class tournament bouts there was also a couple of C class tournament finals. These saw Shintaro Hirohama (4-3-1, 3) claim a 3rd round TKO win in a Super Featherweight bout against Masahiko Ashiya (2-2-2, 1) and Naoto Mizutani (3-0, 1) score a 2nd round KO win against Shogo Isaka (0-2), in a bout at Bantamweight.

In non-tournament bouts Shota Watanabe (1-0, 1) made light work of fellow debutant Ryohei Shishido (0-1) with a 3rd round TKO win, Junki Kobayashi (3-1, 3) blew away Satoshi Tanaka (0-1) in 41 seconds and Erika Hanawa (2-0) recorded a narrow decision win over Mikio Muto (2-3).

Gwangyang, South Korea
On paper the most significant show was in South Korea of all places as fight fans had a female world title bout and a domestic title bout.

That world title bout saw unbeaten South Korean Eun Hye Lee (8-0, 3) take a 3rd round TKO win against Ploynapa Sakrungrueng (12-6-1, 1). The win for Lee saw her claim the WBO female Light Flyweight title though it's fair to say that she'll be expected to face a real challenge before many will recognise her as a proper world champion.

The Korean title, or the KBC version at least, bout saw Joon Yong Lee (5-3-3, 3) score a 2nd round TKO win against Boo-Hyun Baek (3-5, 1). Baek was dropped twice in round 2 forcing the referee to stop the action.

Amazingly this card ended up with 4 of it's 6 bouts ending in draws. The most notable of those Jae Ho Kim (6-1-1, 2) take a lucky technical draw with Rey Laspinas (20-11-6, 12), with Kim having being dropped in round 2 before the doctors stopped the bout in round 3. A very lucky escape for the Korean. Another draw saw Ji Sun Yoon (0-0-1) score a draw with Yoo Ri Kim (0-0-1) in an all debutant bout. Another draw saw Chae Yong Lee (1-1-1, 1) fight to a draw with Jin Jun (1-1-1, 1) whilst Jung Yul Lee (0-2-1) got a draw with Sang Ho Kim (2-0-1, 1).

Metro Manila, Philippines
The least significant of three Asian shows came from the Philippines where fans got a number of domestic level fights.

The main bout of the card saw Warren Mambuanag (8-5-2, 3) take a 10 round decision over Gabriel Royo (10-13-2, 8). Mambuang was dropped in round 6 though recovered well to take a very clear decision over the heavier handed, but more limited, Royo.

Another bout that went the distance saw Philip Luis Cuerdo (8-2-1, 4) take an 8 round decision win over Jeven Villacite (3-4-4, 1). The "better than his records suggests" Villacite was dropped in round 7 by Cuerdo who may well be one to keep an eye on in the future.

Another 8 rounder saw JayAr Diama (6-5-5, 3) blow away Ricky Oyan (4-26-2, 2) in the 3rd round of their bout.

Another blow out saw Jimmy Borbon (3-1-1, 2) claim an opening round TKO against Jerwin Mejes (2-2-1, 2) inside a round, in a bout scheduled to go 6. Another blow out saw the unbeaten Richard Morales (2-0, 2) wipe out Kenneth Perez (0-1).

Morales wasn't the only man keeping his unbeaten run alive. Another was Michael Mendoza (2-0), who beat Jun Imao (0-4) with a wide decision, whilst Jerry Mae Villagracia (2-0, 1) took a split decision win over Manny Mamacquiao (0-7-1). In a close bout Diego Gabayeron (0-1-1) fought to a draw with the debuting Kenter Pagunsan (0-0-1). A man who got off to a positive start was Marvin Lulu (1-0) who claimed a technical decision win over Jiro Saonoy (1-6).

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Bangkok, Thailand
There wasn't much action this past Monday but what there was was a number of mismatches from Bangkok where 8 boots took place and none of them managed to go the scheduled distance.

The shortest bouts of the show lasted less than a round. One of those Sornnarai Sor Bangkhru (1-3, 1) score an opening round TKO over Ibuki Tanaka (0-3) whilst the other saw Maxsaisai Sithsaithong (16-7, 5) take out debutant Satantung Sor Banghkru (0-1), also inside a round.

Incredibly 4 of the bouts ended in round 2. These included the main event between veteran fighter Chaiyong Sithsaithong (38-14-4, 26) and debutant Klachana Saknarong (0-1). Another saw the unbeaten Tadayuki Miyagi (3-0, 3) defeat Saenpalangchai Chaiyonggym (0-1), the limited Chatchai Or Benjamas (2-7, 2) defeat Kaona Klongpajol (0-1), the remaining 2nd round win was scored by Japanese visitor Hirotsugu Yamamoto (18-11-2, 3) who he beaten Bank TJ Gym (0-3).

Yodpichai Sithsaithong (11-13, 5) managed to claim a 3rd round victory as he stopped the win-less Phetsaifar Lukmaelamperigym (0-8)

The longest bout lasted 6 rounds as Yunoka Furukawa (6-1-2, 4) managed to finally see off Kanittha Saknarong (1-7, 1).

Osaka, Japan
The biggest show of the day came form the newly re-named “EDION Arena Osaka”, aka the “Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium” and the “Bodymaker Colosseum”. The show featured a couple of world title fights, a Japanese title fight and a female world title fight, whilst the under-card featured a former world title challenger and several notable under-card fighters.

The main event of the card saw Osakan super-star Kazuto Ioka (18-1, 10) successfully retain his WBA Flyweight title with a near shut out win against Argentina's Roberto Domingo Sosa (26-3-1, 14). Sosa, although tough, never looked like he was in he fight as Ioka out boxed him, out skilled him, out sped him and out punched him.

Ioka's title fight was one of 4 champions retaining their title. Another saw IBF Minimumweight champion Katsunari Takayama (30-7-0-1, 12) retain his title with an 8th round TKO win against Ryuji Hara (19-2, 11). For Takayama this was his second defense and seems to lead him towards a unification bout with WBO champion Kosei Tanaka, with that bout potentially taking place on New Years Eve, when Tanaka is set to return.

Another champion to retain their title was Sho Ishida (20-0, 10) who comfortably over-came Hayato Kimura (23-8, 15) and retained the Japanese Super Flyweight title, with a wide decision. Kimura seemed unable to ever establish himself against the talented Ishida however we're beginning to doubt Ishida's “world class” potential, given his second less than perfect performance.

Another successful defense saw OPBF female Light Flyweight champion Kei Takenaka (10-0, 3) claim an 8 round shut out win over Krikanok Islandmuaythai (4-5-1, 2) to retain
her title.

Another 8 round bout saw former world title challenger Atsushi Kakutani (17-4-1, 10) take a 2nd round KO against Thoedkiad Singhamanasak (0-4), whilst the much touted Masayoshi Hashizume (9-0, 6) continued his perfect started to professional life with a 64 second win against Petchnamnung Sor Thiebkhun (0-11).

The card also featured a par of 6 rounders. One of those saw the much touted Riku Kano (7-1-1, 4) claim a comfortable decision victory over Kenta Matsui (6-5, 1) whilst the other was a competitive split decision win for Juan Castillo Inami (9-3, 4), who beat Tesu Kanayama (4-3, 1).

In the only 4 rounder Hayate Ikuta (4-0, 1) blitzed Kota Hama (2-2, 1) in just 51 seconds.

Osaka, Japan
Staying at the EDION Arena Osaka, there was also a West of Japan Rookie of the Year show, in fact it was the final of the section of the Rookie of the year competition.

In the Minimumweight division the winner was 20 year old Ryusei Kitamura (5-1, 1) who took a narrow decision win over Ryoki Hirai (5-4-1, 2).

The Light Flyweight champion was Seigo Yuri Akui (4-0-1, 2) who blew away Kaminoko Okamura Kentokid (5-1-3, 2) inside a round.

At Flyweight it was the unbeaten Masahiro Sakamoto (4-0, 3) who came out on top with a 2nd round KO win against Hirohide Murakami (4-3).

In the Super Flyweight division Kensei Hirano (5-0, 3) took less than a round to blow away Shion Tamada (2-1) with an opening round win.

At Bantamweight we had a really competitive bout that saw Tenta Kiyose (6-1-1, 1) take a split decision win over Tetsu Araki (4-1-1).

At Super Bantamweight we had a bout that looked really close on paper though in the ring it was a near shut out as Kohei Iwai (6-3-1, 5) clearly beat Takaaki Kanai (5-4, 3).

The Featherweight action was competitive with Yuto Nagano (5-0, 2) taking a majority decision over Ryuya Yanagida (2-1, 2).

In the Super Featherweight division things were one sided as Naotoshi Nakatani (6-0, 5) blew away Ryo Sumiya (2-2-1) in the 2nd round.

Lightweight saw Tomoaki Mastumura (5-0, 3) destroy Yu Sumiya (1-1, 1) in just 42 seconds.

The Light Welterweight division saw an upset as Kazuma Fukuyama (5-4-3) took a decision win over Yuki Takahashi (5-1, 1).

At Welterweight Giraffe Kirin Kanda (5-1, 3) took a 96 second win over Yuya Shimakawa (2-1).

In the Middleweight division Brandon Lockhart Shane (5-3, 4) beat Yuki Nakanishi (1-3, 1).

Bangkok, Thailand
In Thailand Kiatkreerin put on a 3 fight card.

The main event here saw Mike Tawatchai (36-8-1, 21) claim the vacant IBF Pan Pacific Super Bantamweight title with a decision win over Junny Salogaol (9-8-4, 9). This was Tawatchai's first bout since being beaten in a world title eliminator against Shingo Wake.

Another notable name on this card was former world title challenger Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr (28-4-1, 15) who over-came Oscar Raknafa (12-11, 5) with an 8 round decision win.

A third notable fighter was former Olympic star Manus Boonjumnong (2-0) who beat Marco Tuhumury (10-12-2, 3) with a 4 round decision

(Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)

Khiri Khan, Thailand
The most notable Thai card of the day came courtesy of Thai Channel 3 and featured 3 relatively well known names.

The most well known man on the card was former world title challenger Terdsak Kokietgym (58-5-1, 38) who scored a 3rd round KO victory against Indonesian journeyman Eddy Comaro (32-25-5, 13), who has now been stopped 11 times!

Another notable name on the under-card was former WBA Super Flyweight champion Tepparith Kokietgym (31-3, 19) who took a straight forward decision win against Boido Simanjuntak (18-30-1, 7). Tepparith has now racked up 5 wins this year and it seems about time to let him in against more testing opposition.

In the main event fans saw world ranked Super Flyweight Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (34-7-1, 15) take a clear win over Espinos Sabu (12-7-2, 5) to retain the PABA Super Flyweight title.

Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
In the only boxing bout of a Muay Thai card fans saw world ranked youngster Petch Sor Chitpattana (33-0, 21) take a clear decision win against Eric Panza (8-5-1, 2). This bout may have seen Petch run up a 33rd straight win but it's clear he's not ready for a world title fight and will need to significantly increase his level of competition to even come close being ready.

Tokyo, Japan
We also had the second set of semi-final bouts for the Rookie of the East tournament as the Korakuen Hall played host to a thrilling second day of Rookie action.

In the Minimumweight bout Hizuki Saso (6-1, 2) scored a 2nd round TKO win against Yuki Ikeya (3-2, 1), who has now been stopped twice with his other loss being a stoppage defeat on his debut.

At Light Flyweight Hiroki Hosoya (3-1) took a well earned decision win against Akihiro Yamanaka (5-4, 2), and ended a 4 fight winning run from Yamanaka.

Unbeaten Flyweight hopeful Masahiro Kaneda (6-0, 1) continued his perfect start as he out pointed 21 year old fighter Yuma Kudo (4-2-1).

In the Super Flyweight division fans saw Teiken's heavy handed Ryo Matsubara (4-1, 4) show off his power as he stopped Ryoji Fukunaga (4-2, 4) in a bout between punchers. This was stopped after 126 seconds with Matsubara seemingly the harder of the two big punchers.

At Bantamweight it was 21 year old Wataru Takeda (6-0-1, 2) scoring the win as he stopped Yuito Yamaguchi (4-5-1, 1) in the 2nd round of their bout.

The most competitive bout on the card came as Super Bantamweight where Renji Ichimura (4-2, 3) claimed a majority decision over Ryusei Ishii (5-2, 3) in a bout that really was razor thin.

Another Teiken fighter picking up the win was unbeaten Featherweight Teppei Kayanuma (6-0, 4) who scored a 2nd round TKO win against 19 year old Ryota Ishida (5-1, 3), in what looked to be the best match up on paper.

At Super Featherweight the unbeaten Fumiaki Kishi (5-0-1, 3) scored a 2nd round KO against Sho Nagata (5-2, 2) with a 1-punch finish.

In the Lightweight division fans got really competitive action with Mao Kawanishi (4-1, 1) claiming a majority decision over Yutaka Uemura (5-3-1, 2).

The Light Welterweight bout saw power again come to the fore for Shinjiro Kawada (4-1-1, 4) who scored a 2nd round TKO win against Masaya Sakamoto (3-1, 2).

At Welterweight Masaharu Kaito (4-0, 1) proved he could punch as he blew away Toshinobu Mimura (4-1-1, 3) in spectacular fashion inside a round.

In the Middleweight bout Riku Nagahama (1-0-1) claimed his first win with a narrow decision victory over Reo Watanabe (2-1-1, 1).

Tokyo, Japan
This past Thursday saw a great day of boxing for Teiken fighters at the East Rookie of the Year show a the Korakuen Hall. The show, to decide half of the participants in the final, was a solid show on paper and turned out to deliver great value for fans who made their way to the “hallowed” ground of Japanese boxing.

The opening bout of the show was at Minimumweight where unbeaten fighters collided in a mouth watering encounter. In the end it was Tsubasa Koura (4-0, 3) who retained his perfect record with a clear decision over Yuta Takahashi (4-1, 2).

At Light Flyweight we had a majority draw between Naoyuki Tsukada (4-3-2, 2) and Satoru Todaka (4-1-2, 1). Despite the draw it was Tsukada who progressed to the final with him claiming the “win” by a single point on one of the 3 scorecards.

In the Flyweight bout fans saw Hiroyasu Shiga (6-0, 3) extend his perfect record with a hard fought decision victory over Muneyuki Kishii (3-6-1, 2). This bout turned out to be one of the more competitive on paper, despite Shiga claiming a unanimous decision.

The first of Teiken's fighters to compete was the really exciting Hayate Kaji (3-0, 2) who claimed his first decision win as he over-came Takunari Yokoyama (5-2, 2). Whilst Kaji's KO run came to an end he'll have learned a lot with this win and we'd not be shocked to see him showing real signs of maturity in his next bout.

Another Teiken fighter to reach the next round was Yoshinobu Kakinaga (4-1, 1) who won his Bantamweight bout with Toshiaki Nishihara (5-4-2, 1). This was a clear decision win for Kakinaga.

Not every Teiken fighter progressed to the next round with Ryuya Kaji (4-2, 3) coming up short against unbeaten Misako prospect Jin Miura (6-0, 1), who claimed a really hard fought win to progress in the Super Bantamweight division.

It was back to winning ways for Teiken fighters at Featherweight as Masaaki Shiraishi (3-0-1, 2) scored an opening round KO win against Kei Iwahara (5-3, 2).

Another opening round win occurred at Super Featherweight where the unbeaten Genki Ishikawa (6-0, 4) stopped Naoya Nishimura (4-8-1, 3). On paper this was probably the biggest mismatch and it proved to be one of the shortest bouts on the card.

On paper the best match up of the show was the Lightweight clash between Ryusei Nakajima (6-1, 3) and Hikaru Akutsu (5-2, 4). It lived up expectations in many ways with Nakajima just squeaking a majority victory over Akutsu.

At Light Welterweight Joji Tsuchiya (4-2-1, 4) showed off his power as he stopped Yuki Nakajima (1-2, 1) in the third round.

In the Welterweight bout we saw the 4th or Teiken's winners as Yuki Nagano (5-2, 4) stopped Sosuke Sakata (4-3-1, 2) in round 3. This was the third time Sakata has been stopped and he may well need to take a long look at himself before returning to the ring.

In the final bout of the show, up at Middleweight, fans saw 37 year old Albanian born Altin Pepa (4-1, 3) score a stoppage win against the much younger Shuji Kato (2-1, 1).

The winners of these bouts will be in the ring on November 3rd to face the winners of Friday's semi finals in East Japanese Rookie of the Year finals.

(Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)

Tokyo, Japan
This past Tuesday saw a major show form Japan. Sadly only two of the results from the show weren't immediately available so we had to wait until the full details from the card were released.

The main event of the card was a WBC Bantamweight title fight that saw long term champion Shinsuke Yamanaka (24-0-2, 17) narrowly retain his title with a controversial split decision win against Panama's slippery Anselmo Moreno (35-4-1, 12). The bout, the toughest of Yamanaka's career, saw him needing to dig very deep to turn around the fight, winning the championship rounds to bring home the decision. Although he got the win many have questions Yamanaka's abilities in the wake of the bout whilst others have called for a rematch. The one thing that is clear is that Yamanaka should be relieved to have gotten past Moreno.

In the chief support bout fans at the venue had the chance to see the hard hitting Kenichi Ogawa (16-1, 14) over-come world ranked Colombian Deivi Julio Bassa (17-1, 10). Ogawa extended his current winning run to 8 fights, all inside the distance, and now seems to be focussing on a title fight with either OPBF champion Masayuki Ito or Japanese champion Rikki Naito, both of which would be fantastic match ups.

The rest of this card, which was actually what has been holding up our results for the day, feature only a single 6 rounder. This saw Isao Aoyama (7-3-1, 1) take a decision victory over Tomoyuki Kaneko (7-6-1, 4). Sadly another 6 rounder that had been scheduled for this card, featuring Spice Matsushita (14-8, 2) was cancelled at very late notice.

The card opened with a majority decision draw between Naoko Akagi (2-6-3, 1) and Takeshi Ishiwatari (1-1-1, 1). Another of the opening bouts saw Kenji Ishii (4-5-1, 3) take a razor thin, 38-37 on all 3 cards, decision win over Shoma Sekina (2-3-2).

Two other 4 rounders, which we believe took place after the main event, saw Naoki Sakata (1-0, 1) begin his career with a 2nd round TKO win against Takayuki Takino (0-2) whilst Daisuke Sudo (3-3-2) fought to a draw with Akihiro Hikichi (3-6-4).

(Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)

Firstly we have two apologies. Firstly these results are very delayed, that's because the JBC were very slow to confirm them, in fact confirmation wasn't online from the Japanese Boxing Commission until September 24th. Second we're sorry that we have done these in a very abridged format. We felt it would make more sense to abridge these than to go into full details given how delayed they are.

Aichi, Japan
This show featured mostly Rookie of the year bouts with only the main event not being a Rookie contest.

Minimumweight-
Yuta Ando (2-0-1) fought to a 4 round split decision with Toshiki Yanari (4-1-1, 3). As a result of the draw Ando was crowned the Central and Western Japan Rookie winner.

Light Flyweight-
Nobuhiro Oshiro (2-0-2, 2) fought to a unanimous decision draw with Hiroki Yajima (5-5-1, 3). Despite the draw Oshiro was crowned the Rookie winner.

Super Flyweight-
Taiyo Inoue (4-1, 2) scored an opening round KO win against Takuma Matsushita (3-1, 1) to claim the Rookie crown.

Bantamweight-
20 year old Takuya Mizuno (7-0, 1, 7) who showed his power as he scored a 4th round TKO win over teenager Kazuya Okubo (3-0-1, 1) to claim the Bantamweight Rookie title.

Super Bantamweight-
Masatsugu Ito (4-3-1, 1) managed to take a decision win over the more experienced Hironori Miyake (5-4, 1).

Featherweight-
Second generation fighter Shuma Nakazato (4-0, 3) scored an opening win over the previously unbeaten Kevin Mendoza (2-1, 1).

Lightweight-
Promising teenager Daiki Ichikawa (6-0, 4) scored a 4th round TKO win against the heavy handed but limited Satoshi Yamamichi (4-4, 4)

Light Welterweight-
Southpaw Mitsuyoshi Fujita (6-2, 3) took a very clear win over Tetsuya Yamaguchi (3-3-2, 2), with cards giving him the win by 5 or 6 points just showing his dominance.

Welterweight-
Unbeaten power puncher Shingo Saiki (3-0, 3) needed less than a round to see off Tsunehiko Aitoku (3-4-1)

Middleweight-
The experienced of Koki Tomio (5-6, 5) helped him see off Daigo Kouchi (0-3-1) in the heaviest bout covered by the Rookie tournaments.

Super Bantamweight
The one non Rookie bout on this card saw the world ranked Yushi Tanaka (15-0-3, 9) struggle past Yuta Saito (8-7-2, 6) in a bout that was much closer than the records would have suggested. In fact Saito was just a round from having a very well earned draw.

Hyogo, Japan
A second show in Japan was another low level one that again lacked the results we'd have expected to be up several days ago.

Featherweight-
In the opening bout of the card Raimon Mune (1-3-1, 1) scored his first win with an opening round stoppage win against Junpei Nozaki (0-2).

Light Middleweight-
The limited Kengo Kamaya (3-2, 3) may never be a star but he does appear to hit hard at the low levels and that was seen again here as he stopped Keigo Yokoyama (1-3-1) in less than minute.

Flyweight-
The debuting Ren Kimura (1-0) claimed a decision victory against Yoshiya Shiraiwa (1-2, 1)

Bantamweight-
It wasn't all good news for debutants as Makoto Takeda (0-1) picked up a debut loss as he was out pointed by Shota Nakashima (4-2).

Super Bantamweight-
In the chief support bout Tenmei Serizawa (5-3, 2) took a 6 round decision win against Ryota Shimizu (4-6-2, 1)

Light Flyweight-
The main event saw Toshimasa Ouchi (18-8-3, 5) take a 7th round TKO win over Takeru Kamikubo (8-2, 5).

(Image of Shuma Nakazato and father Shigeru Nakazato, courtesy of boxingnews.jp)

Gauteng, South Africa
In South Africa we saw an upset as Kazakhstan prospect Roman Zhailauov (15-1, 9) was shocked by South African fighter Thompson Mokwana (20-11-1, 12), who won a split decision. Mokwana was given little chance by all, including ourselves, though showed his veteran ability to defeat the Kazakh youngster, who will hopefully learn from this loss and bounce back well.



Yangju, South Korea
In a KBF show in South Korea fans had the chance to see a small Rookie event with 4 bouts.

One of those bouts saw Korean born Canadian fighters Andrew Silva (1-1) score his first win as he out pointed the more experienced Woo Min Kim (1-2-1). This was a good win considering that Andrew's debut bout ended in an opening round KO at the hands of Jin Soo Kim.

Another of the bouts between fighters with some experience saw Hyun Min Gang (2-0, 2) score an opening round KO win against the previously unbeaten Sung Koo Han (0-1-1).

The remaining bouts on this card featured only debutants and saw Kyoo Bum Yum (1-0) take a decision over Dong Hyun Ha (0-1), in a bout at Light Welterweight, whilst Hoo Won Lee (1-0) beat Korean based American Darin Shaw (0-1), in a bout at Heavyweight.

Jakarta, Indonesia
There was also some action in Indonesia. In Jakarta fan saw a number of bouts, many of which featured “debutants”.

The most well known name on the card was Australian based Englishman Adam Hollioake (3-2, 1) who claimed a decision win against Mark Scheide (0-1) in one of a number of Heavyweight bouts.

Another Heavyweight bout saw Matt Simpson (1-0, 1) take a TKO win against Elly Pangaribuan (4-7-2, 1), who was best known for losing to Nobuhiro Ishida. Another Heavyweight bout saw Robert Crawford (1-0, 1) defeat Gusti Elrani (0-1) in an all debutant bout, another all debutant Heavyweight bout saw Adam Taylor (1-0, 1) blew out Wendy Liem (0-1) inside a round.

One Heavyweight win for Asia saw David Koswara (12-13-2, 4) defeat Kaposi Lelei (0-1) via a 4 round decision win.

In a Featherweight bout the experienced Falazona Fidal (26-43-1, 8) beat Petch Ek Twingym (0-3) with a 2nd round TKO.

At Bantamweight the ever busy Samuel Tehuayo (19-36-2, 4) claimed a rare win by stopping Umar Fajar (0-1) in 2 rounds. This win for Tehuayo ended a 13 fight losing run for the man also known as “Sammy Hagler”.

In a Super Featherweight Arif Maud (1-2, 1) stopped Jack Madison (2-6), also with a 2nd round stoppage.

California, USA
In the US fans got the chance to see Kyrgyzstan's Urmat Ryskeldiev (11-3-1, 7) claim a stoppage win against Cuban born American based fighter Yusmani Abreu (4-12-2), who retired between rounds.

This past Friday was a busy in Asian boxing with 3 televised cards across the continent.

Ningbo, China
The most significant of the cards was in China where we had a trio of title bouts, all of which were won by local fighters as the Chinese boxing scene continues to develop, without kicking up much of a fuss.

The main event of the card was the most significant bout on offer and saw former world title challenger Xiong Zhao Zhong (26-6-1, 14) claim the OPBF Minimumweight title, and add it to his WBC International title. Zhong, China's only ever male world champion, looked better than ever as he out boxed Filipino fighter Crison Omayao (17-10-3, 5) to a wide decision. Omayao, well known for losses to Japanese fighters Naoya Inoue, who was making his debut at the time, and Kosei Tanaka, did put up a genuine effort but looked slightly lost against the more capable Zhong.

In another title bout China's Cai Zong Ju (6-1, 1) was very fortunate to take a decision win against Japanese warrior Mari Ando (12-8, 5), in a bout that saw Ju retain her WBC International female Minimumweight title. Ju started well but was really dragged into a war in the middle rounds as Ando came on strong, bust Ju's nose and gave her hell. Despite the genuinely competitive nature of the fight Hubert Minn some how had this one 8-2 to Ju in what is a genuine shocking score card.

The lesser of the title bouts here saw the really promising Xu Chan (7-2) claim the WBA Ocean Super Featherweight title with a 10 round decision win against Thai veteran Chaiyong Sithsaithong (37-14-4, 26). Chan, who does lack power, looked like there was plenty to get excited about but he will need to link up with a good trainer if he's to have the career that his naturally ability suggests he could have.

On the under-card fans got 3 non-televised bouts. One of those saw local fighter Bai Shan Bo (4-0-1, 1) take a 6 round decision against Indonesian veteran Heri Andriyanto (21-20-2, 10). On paper it was a good win for the novice but Andriyanto has gone 2-5 in his last 7 and now looks like a spent force. Another of those under-card bouts saw Thai based Iranian Mohamadreza Hamze (7-6-1, 2) take a decision win over the win-less Ju Xiang Huang (0-2), with Hamze bouncing back from a loss in South Korea. The remaining under-card bout was a female bout and saw the unbeaten Gao Li Jun (3-0, 1) over-come Thailand's Lookkaew Sithpracha (0-2).

Pathum Thani, Thailand
Zhong wasn't the only former world champion in action as Thai fans got the chance to see one of their former title holders in action in the headline bout of a card on Channel 7.

That former world champion was Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (45-6-1, 23) who retained his WBC ABCO Bantamweight title with an easy 2nd round KO win against Frans Damur Palue (11-10-2, 6). This was little more than a stay busy fight for Suriyan who really is just awaiting the WBC ordering a Bantamweight world title eliminator, possibly against Rodrigo Guerrero or possible with Liborio Solis.

Suriyan's younger brother Nawaphon Por Chokchai (30-0, 23) extended his perfect record with a farcical victory against Medgoen Por Kobkua (0-1). The bout saw Nawaphon give Medgoen several free shots in the first 3 rounds before fight back in round 4 and despatching the debutant with ease. We need to wonder what purpose this bout served other than to further bloat Nawaphon's record.

A more interesting match up, on paper at least, saw Ponsaklek Sithdabnij (5-3, 4) over-come Heri Purnomo (2-6, 1) with a 2nd round KO. Purnomo came to win and seemed to sting Pongsaklek I the opening round but had no answer to a second round assault as Pongsaklek moved up a gear.

Another 2nd round win on this card saw Kongfah Nakornluang (23-1, 14) get back to winning ways as he easily saw off Bovy Jumpolnamkaenglod (0-1). This was Kongfah's first bout since he suffered a shock loss to the aforementioned Pongsaklek.

Bangkok, Thailand
Another Thai card came from Bangkok and was aired on Channel 3.

The main event here was a PABA Super Flyweight title fight that saw Chatpetch Sithmorseng (12-3-2, 6) easily out point Filipino visitor Jetly Purisima (20-17-4, 5) in what was a shut out win for the Thai fight.

The really promising Romnakit PKT College (5-0, 3) went the distance for the second time in his career, though continued his perfect winning streak as he over-came Junar Adante (5-2-1, 2) over 8 rounds. Although relatively unknown outside of Thailand Ronnakit, also known as Ronnakit Technopoly Bangkok, does look to be a really promising fighter worth keeping an eye on.

Another unbeaten fighter extending their winning run on this card was Dennapa Kiatniwat (6-0, 3), who stopped Kongpichit Sithprayoon (0-4) in 4 rounds.

Tokyo, Japan
There was more action in Japan this past Thursday as fans at the brilliant Korakuen Hall had the chance to see yet another great show.

Fans in Hyogo have certainly had a week to remember. On Wednesday they saw two of their local stars, Kota Tokunaga and Shohei Omori, retain their Japanese national titles, with both men stopping local foes. That success seems to have bred more success and just a day later we saw another Kyoto fighter became a Japanese champion. Here it was the turn of the highly experienced Kenichi Horikawa (30-13-1, 7) who claimed a Japanese title in his 4th attempt and scored a career defining victory over former world title challenger Shin Ono (18-7-2, 2). Horikawa set off trying to force the pace and tempo and in round 6 had Ono ready to go before the bell saved the Watanabe man. Ono however couldn't survive the 7th round as Horikawa completed what a fairytale rise to climb to the top of Japanese scene after several razor thin losses. Sadly for the new Japanese Light Flyweight champion it does seem likely that he will have Ken Shiro sniffing around his new title in early 2016.

Whilst the main event saw a new champion being crowned the chief support bout saw a former begin his climb back up the mountain. Here it was the turn of Kentaro Masuda (22-7, 11), who was fighting for the first time since losing the Japanese Bantamweight title to the aforementioned Omori. Masuda, who had been in damaging back-to-back fights managed to be given a good 8 round work out here by the under-rated Wataru Miyasaka (9-4-1, 2), who's record really doesn't show what a good test he is. For Masuda this win will have shook off some rust, before a November showdown with Hideo Sakamoto whilst Miyasaka should have kept himself in the proverbial “shop window” to have another notable fight next time out.

Another supporting bout saw the once touted Kazuma Sanpei (12-2, 4) take a razor thin win over Ribo Takahata (11-5-1, 3). Sanpei, who had won his first 11 bouts, came into this one following back-to-back stoppages and the 20 year old may well have waved good bye to the sport with a third successive loss, and he was lucky to avoid that fate. Takahata, a 36 year old veteran, will likely feel aggrieved by the judging but the competitiveness may lead to a rematch in 2016. It's a shame to Sanpei looking a shadow of the fighter that some thought he'd have become by now.

Yet another intriguing support bout saw the talented, but light hitting, Jo Tanoka (12-2-3) take a clear win over the limited but gutsy Mako Matsuyama (7-10-2, 3). Tanoka, a genuinely promising young talent, ran a clear winner on the cards but it's likely he'll fall short when he steps up given his lack of power. As for Matsuyama he'll be involved in some exciting fights down the line but is unlikely to be more than a fun-to-watch loser.

In another 8 round Sho Kimura (8-1-2, 2) took a 6th round TKO win over Ryo Narizuka (7-6), with Narizuka retiring at the end of the 6th round.

On the under-card there were two more bouts. In a 6 rounder Masaya Kohama (6-2-1, 3) took a razor thin decision win against Shogo Yonenaga (6-3, 3) whilst in a 4 rounder Kazunori Yorimasa (2-1, 2) scored a 2nd round win over the debuting Kosuke Hasegawa (0-1).

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