This past Saturday wasn't the busiest of the year but there was still plenty of action.
Nebraska, USA In the US we had a high profile IBF Featherweight title fight which saw the “Mexican-Russian” Evgeny Gradovich (19-0-1, 9) retain his title with a highly questionable draw against Jayson Velez (22-0-1, 16). It appeared that Gradovich swept much of the bout after a good start by his Puerto Rican opponent though the judges managed to find a lot of rounds to give to Velez and as a result we got a split draw that few could actually understand. Metro Manila, Philippines On a small Johnny Elorde Promotions card fans saw a number of promising fighters in action and actually saw one genuine shock. The main event wasn't the originally scheduled main event as Juan Martin Elorde saw his WBO Asia Pacific Super Featherweight title fight being called off on the day of the fight. Instead the other Elorde, Juan Miguel Elorde (17-1, 9) main evented with his bout being pushed up the card. Sadly for fans wanting to see “The Boss” in an actual fight this was an awful main event as Elorde easily saw off Indonesian visitor Oke Haryanto (5-5-1, 2) inside a round. One of the most promising Filipino fighters was in the chief support bout and actually scored a very impressive victory. That was Giemel Magramo (12-0, 9) who continued his unbeaten record as he scored an early win over Ruther del Castillo (9-21-8, 2). For the first time in his 38 fight Castillo was stopped, retiring from the bout. Whilst it was a good day for Magramo it wasn't good for all the unbeaten fighters on the card with Jeffrey Francisco (10-1-1) suffering his first loss with Jestoni Autida (6-2, 2) scoring a shock majority decision. Another unbeaten fight to suffer his first loss was Ryan Bajala (3-1-1, 1) whose loss was expected as he came up short against the light puncher Jay Loto (9-0). Yet another unbeaten man in action was Joe Noynay (7-0, 1) who took a decision over Pablito Canada (4-5-1, 1). Lower down the card Raymond Yanong (3-1, 3) over-came the limited Avelino Ramos (3-5) with Ramos retiring from the bout. Queensland, Australia In Australia we sadly saw an Asian trio come up short. One of those was Thailand's limited Paitoon Jaikom (1-11) who was dropped by Darren Askew (13-6-1, 4) en route to a clear loss. The bout, scored 40-35 across the board, really was one sided and again showed up how poor some of the Thai's fighting in Australia are. A second Thai on this show, Pramool Boonpok (1-9-1) gave a much better account of himself as he ran Liam Hutchinson (9-1, 4) close in a bout for the Queensland state Middleweight title. Again the Thai came up short but was competitive for the most part. The third Asian was John Bajawa (12-8, 6), of Indonesia, who was near enough shut out by local fighter Brad Hore (4-1). This was awful from Bajawa though it was surprising to see him go the distance given the fact he had been stopped 4 times prior to this bout, including a 1 round blow out to Ryo Matsumoto.
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Wow, wasn't Friday a busy day with shows in Thailand, Japan and Russia...and here we go with all the results! Nonthaburi, Thailand Today there was two Thai cards, one on channel 7 and one on channel 3. Of those cards it was the Channel 3 one that caught the attention with former world champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (30-4-1, 27) in action as he was defending his WBC Asia Boxing Council Super Flyweight title. Srisaket, who was listed on some sources as fighting Mateo Handig, scored his 27th stoppage as he over-came Filipino Bobby Concepcion (11-6-1, 5). The bout was straight forward enough for Srisaket who is now hoping to secure a rematch with WBC Super Flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras. On the same card in Thailand we saw the exciting but limited Kongfah Nakornluang (17-0, 10) score a second round stoppage over Indonesian visitor, and professional loser, Safwan Lombok (1-27-1). Kongfah started the bout by boxing but in the second round went into fight mode and swiftly saw off the Indonesian fighter. Although Kongfah against us wondering just how far he will go we've got to admit we're going to love following his career and for the second time this year we were really entertaining by this young and exciting Thai warrior. Ayutthaya, Thailand On the channel 7 show fans saw Palangpol CP Freshmart (6-1, 4) in the main event as he defended his WBA Asia title against former foe Heri Amol (34-20-4, 14). Palangpol took a decision over the Indonesian veteran though still didn't look ready to take the next step up, we suspect that Palangpol will take a big fight next year and if he wins that he'll be moved towards a world title contest though it's hard to see him beating any of the top Light Flyweights at the moment. Thai veteran Noknoi Sitthiprasert (51-4, 30) scored his 30th stoppage victory, as he over-came Dechai PetchasemfourGym (0-1) in just 2 rounds. Other bouts on this card saw Petch Sor Chitpattana (28-0, 18) extend his winning run with a decision over Petchchumpol Sor Visetkit (4-3, 2) whilst Ratchasak KKP (25-3-1, 11) over-came the tough Joel Kwong (1-7, 1) in what was a second meeting between the two men. Tokyo, Japan At the Korakuen Hall, the holy land of Japanese boxing, there was 8 domestic bouts with several of them being of genuine interest. The main event saw Japanese based Filipino Ricky Sismundo (27-8-1, 12) narrowly over-come heavy handed Japanese fighter Shuhei Tsuchiya (16-4, 14) with an 8 round split decision. Although the bout went the distance it certainly wasn't a dull one with Tsuchiya down twice and Susmundo down once in a great contest between two men who knew just how much this bout meant to their careers. For Tsuchiya this is his second loss of the year, following a stoppage loss to Leonardo Zappavigna, and seems to hint that he's never going to be a domestic champion however he will always be a lot of fun to watch. For Sismundo this win should move him towards a Japanese title fight. In an 8 support bout Yuya Sugizaki (20-9-1, 6) managed to take a fifth round technical decision over Filipino Gabriel Royo (9-11-2, 8), who has now lost 4 in a row. Royo is a heavy handed fighter but is clumsy and it showed against the more skilled Sugizaki. Another 8 rounder saw Yuta Nakagawa (14-4-1, 8) take a clear 8 round win over Yuta Saito (7-5-2, 6) in a Bantamweight contest. The first of the 4 bouts scheduled for 8 rounds was the only one that saw a knockout as Kazuya Nakano (8-3, 7) lived up to his reputation as a heavy handed fighter and stopped Takahisa Nayuki (11-12, 2) in the 5th round of their bout with an eye catching shot that immediately caused the referee to wave off the bout. On the under-card there was one man we were particularly interested in, Koki Koshikawa (3-0, 1). Koshikawa is tipped as a prospect with real potential having been a stand out amateur and he showed that class as he dominated Ryoji Miyagi (7-5-1, 4) to take a 1-sided decision win. Another unbeaten fighter in action was Hiroyasu Shiga (4-0, 3) scored a 4th round TKO victory over Takuo Watanabe (2-8-3), an impressive victory considering that Watanbe has got a reputation as being somewhat durable. Another unbeaten man extending his run was Daisuke Yamada (2-0, 1) who scored a second round KO against Kosuke Tsunoda (1-3). In the opening bout Takuya Kurata (1-2, 1) defeated Yuta Ouchi (0-1), also by second round TKO. Moscow, Russia We had another show in Russia as the capital city, Moscow, played host to a show that got more interest than many Russian shows have in recent years. The card began simple enough with two debutants scoring low profile wins. One of those was Dmitry Bivol (1-0, 1) who scored a 6th round TKO against the limited but experienced Jorge Rodriguez Olivera (25-11, 12) the other debutant was Heavyweight hopeful Sergey Kuzmin (1-0, 1) who blasted out Nicholas Buule (3-1, 3). Another of the undercard bouts saw the very promising Sergey Lipinets (5-0, 4) score and 8th round knockout against Filipino visitor Ernie Sanchez (14-6-1, 5) in a bout that saw the unbeaten Russian claim the WBC International silver Light Welterweight title, Lipinets's first title as a professional boxer. Another man in title action was Andrey Klimov (19-1, 9) who took a very wide decision over Gabino Cota (16-3-1, 14) to defend his WBO Inter-Continental Super Featherweight title. One of the more interesting under-card bouts saw Olympic champion, and former amateur stand out, Egor Mekhontsev (7-0, 6) take hid first decision win as he completely shut out Joey Vegas (17-10-1, 10) in an 8 round bout. Mekhontsev will likely feel disappointed that he didn't score the stoppage here but will certainly feel happy to get some professional rounds under his belt given that his first 6 opponents lasted a combined 16 rounds. One man who didn't need to go any rounds was the heavy handed Eduard Troyanovsky (20-0, 17) who scored a beautiful knockout out as he took out Jose Agustin Feria (16-2-1, 10) inside a round. Another man who scored an opening round KO was Cruiserweight crusher Dmitry Kudryashov (16-0, 16) who took just 22 seconds, yes you read that correctly, to wipe out former world champion Juan Carlos Gomez (55-4-0-1, 40). Gomez might be well beyond his prime but no one would have expected this from Kudryashov who is now ready for a top contender. Another Cruiserweight contest saw Rakhim Chakhkiev (21-1, 16) make relatively light work of Brazilian Light Heavyweight Jackson Junior (15-2, 13) with a fourth round TKO. Although the bout was relatively straight forward for the big punching Russian he did seem to have problems the few times Junior did catch him. Towards the top of the card, in fact in the chief support slow, we ended up with a contest that many dubbed a freakshow. The bout, supposedly an exhibition, saw Mickey Rourke (6-0-2-1, 4), yes the Hollywood actor, score a knockout against the frankly hapless Elliot Seymour (1-9-0-1, 1). Seymour may well have put in the worst performance of a professional fighter this year and fought such an incredibly tame effort that it appears he was the actor pretending to be a boxer. For what it's worth we're unsure if this bout will feature on either man's record though we've noted it as a “no contest” on both records. In the main event of the card we saw former world champions colliding as Russian slugger Ruslan Provodnikov (24-3, 17) took on Mexican veteran Jose Luis Castillo (66-13-1, 57). The two men, from completely different eras, were never on an even keel as Provodnikov took control of the bout in the opening round and was never really under any sort of pressure before Castillo was eventually stopped in round 5. Barnaul, Russia A second Russian card came from Barnual and attracted much less attention from the boxing world. Theunder-card hear features 3 bouts with one of those being an all debutant 4 rounder that saw Mahir Pashayev (1-0) out point Abbas Turgunbaev (0-1). The show's sole upset came in an 8 rounder as Vladyslav Yeromenko (2-1) out pointed Artem Merzlikin (5-1-1, 3). The show's sole 10 round bout saw the unbeaten Yury Kashinsky (5-0, 5) continue his stoppage streak as he stopped Yuriy Barashian (27-8, 18) in the 7th round The main event here saw PABA Light Middleweight champion Pavel Mamontov (10-1-2, 1) retain his title with a 12 round decision win over Oscar Roberto Medina (24-7-2, 9). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Thursday was a quiet day in Asian boxing though there was still some action of note.
Cotabato del Sur, Philippines In the Philippines fans had a small show courtesy of SANMAN promotions. The main event here saw a minor upset as JR Mendoza (10-17, 4) took a decision over the once promising Adam Diu Abdulhamid (3-2, 1). This was Abdullhamid's second loss in 3 bouts and it seems his career us now on the rocks with the hope of him becoming a star now effectively over. Despite that loss it wasn't all bad for prospects on this card with all 3-unbeaten fighters on the card winning their bouts. One of those unbeaten fighters was Romeo Duno (3-0, 2) who scored a second round KO against the much more experienced Rowel Garcia (6-15-3, 1). Another unbeaten fighter who scored a win inside the distance was Michael Angelo Plania (3-0, 1) who defeated Frejun Dela Cruz (2-4-1) with a 6th round KO. The one unbeaten prospect that didn't score a stoppage was the heavy handed Raymart Gaballo (6-0, 5) who was taken the distance by the unbeaten but tough Rodel Garde (0-11-1). Chelyabinsk, Russia In Russia the unbeaten and highly touted Konstantin Ponomarev (26-0, 13) continued his winning run as he defeated Behzod Nabiev (22-9-1, 16) who was forced to retire due to injury. This was Nabiev's 4th straight loss and 7th loss in his last 8 and it's fair to say that he's no longer the test that he once was. Koki Eto retains OPBF title, Taiki Eto scores decision win, Robert Yamamoto claims debut win11/27/2014 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan On Wednesday in Tokyo fans were treat to the latest Shirai Gushiken Sports show which was streamed live on the Gushiken Ustream channel. The main event of the card was an OPBF Flyweight title bout that saw the usually exciting Koki Eto (16-3-1, 12) scoring a 10th round knockout against Filipino challenger Cris Paulino (14-2, 4). Paulino had given himself a fantastic account of himself, despite the score-cards, though his lack of championship level experience did cost him as he began to run out of steam late in the bout. In the chief support contest Yuki Fukumoto (17-9, 5) scored a 5th round technical decision over the tough Hyobu Nakagama (17-12-4, 12). Nakagama had entered this bout as a Japanese ranked fighter so we suspect that Fukumoto will enter the rankings shortly. Another of the main support bouts saw former Japanese title contender Taiki Eto (14-3, 10) take a clear win over the tough but limited Zoren Pama (6-12-3, 3). This was the second time this year that Pama impressed us having also taken the best shots from Srisaket Sor Rungvisai before losing a technical decision to the heavy handed Thai. The remaining 6 bouts on the card were all 4 rounders though it was just one of those bouts that really caught the attention. That was the debut of entertainer Robert Yamamoto (1-0, 1) who scored a 4th round stoppage of fellow debutant Riku Takahashi (0-1). Yamamoto is best known for comedy work in Japan though genuinely looked like a promising fighter here, just a shame he's at an advanced age. From what we understand Yamamoto is considering competing in the 2015 Rookie of the Year and we wish him the best as he's shown genuine commitment to try and make a name for himself in the ring and it's good to think that this won't be a 1-off. Other stoppages on this under-card saw Daigo Higa (3-0, 3) score an opening round stoppage against Keisuke Fujii (3-6, 2) whilst Hokuto Kawana (4-0, 3) scored a second round KO against J Soul Maeda (2-2-2, 1). In bouts that went the distance Shun Wakabayashi (2-1) took a very close unanimous decision over the well matched Takeshi Yamagata (1-3-1) whilst Daichi Yamamoto (2-2-1, 1) took a razor thin split decision Naoki Inaba (2-3) and Resierto Nagaike (3-1-1) also took a split decision as he over-came Naoki Morooka (2-2, 2). (Image courtesy of boxmob.jp) This past Tuesday was a busy day in Asian boxing with several interesting fighters in action through out Asia. Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan In Japan fans had the chance to see the latest in the Dangan series of shows and, on paper, this was a great card with several very promising young fighters in action in what were really interesting tests. The most notable of the youngsters who we thought was being tested was Masayuki Ito (16-0-1, 7) who took on Filipino foe Ryan Sermona (16-7, 9) in what looked like an interesting bout. Ito, who beat Masao Nakamura last time out, was expected to to do what he usually does and box and move though began the bout by holding his ground and landing some very clean and damaging shots. Those managed to quickly cut Sermona and inside a round the referee was forced to stop the bout due to the cut. This was the quickest of Sermona's stoppage defeats and notably Ito's 4th stoppage win in 5 fights suggesting he is growing in belief of his own stopping power even if he didn't stand and trade with Nakamura. Another very interesting bout at the top of this card saw Ryoichi Tamura (3-1-1, 1) score an 8th round TKO over Kenji Kubo (5-3-1, 2) in a bout that was everything a boxing fan could hope to see. Both men gave their all before a tired looking Kubo was dropped late in the bout. It was one of the bouts that again suggested we down-rate fighters for their records and Tamura showed the ability to go a long way, don't be fooled by his record. A third man who we were excited to see in action was Yusaku Kuga (10-1-1, 6) who struggled to a technical decision win over tough southpaw Kenta Takahashi (10-9-3, 3). The bout was stopped in the 5th round with Kuga taking the unanimous technical decision though it does appear that he will need a few more bouts before moving to title level. A fourth 8 rounder on this card saw former OPBF title challenger Valentine Hosokawa (18-4-3, 9) scored a 5th round TKO against the light hitting and relatively soft Takeshi Goda (7-3-1, 2) who suffered his third stoppage loss. This was Hosokawa's second win following his loss to Min Wook Kim in an OPBF title fight in South Korea last year. Further down the card fans saw the talented Daishi Nagata (1-0-1) score his first career win as he took a 6 round split decision over the more experienced Jeffrey Arienza (12-3-1, 7). Although Nagata went into this bout having only drawn on his debut he was matched hard and it seems clear that he's not going to be given many easy bouts in his career. Another 6 rounder saw Kyosuke Sawada (2-2, 1) take a clear decision over Yamato Nakagawa (4-5, 2). At the start of this card fans saw Ryo Ueda (3-0, 2) take a clear decision over Regent Kusumoto (2-1) whilst the debuting Toru Wakamatsu (1-0, 1) managed to defeat Yutaka Kato (0-1) with a 4th round stoppage in an all debutant affair. Dumaguete City Hall Quadrangle , Dumaguete City, Philippines As well as the show in Japan we also had a card in the Philippines headlined by the unbeaten Mark Bernaldez (15-0, 10). We'll admit we are high on Bernaldez but he was less than impressive here as he struggled to a majority decision win over Cristian Abila (12-15-3, 4) Another unbeaten fighter at the top of the card was Brian Lobetania (9-0-3, 7) who managed to live up to expectations as he stopped Renante Suacasa (6-13, 1) in the fourth round to extend his winning run. On paper the win was expected by Lobetania though no one would have expected him to stop Suacasa who had been just once in his 8 bouts. In the sole 8 rounder Jonas Sultan (6-2, 4) scored a 7th round stoppage against Andrew Palas (3-3, 1) in the 7th round of the bout. Another stoppage win came for Crispin Parba (8-7, 5) who took out the very experienced Elmer Colve (6-31-3, 2) in the fourth round of a 6 round whilst it took Jess Rhey Waminal (5-0, 3) a round less to stop Alvin Sibugan (1-2-1). The only 6 rounder that actually went the distance was that of the debuting Jesson Horteza (1-0) who out pointed James Paul Talaman (2-1, 1). In 4 rounders fans saw Michael Estrella (1-0) out point Noel Rosa (0-4) and Junder Gregorio (1-0) defeat Jamjam Ungon (1-7) in two wins for debutants. Thailand Unfortunately we've not got all the Thai results yet though the one we do have is that of PABA Welterweight champion Teerachai Kratingdaenggym (28-0, 22) who stopped Abraham Peralta (14-3, 12) in the 8th round of their bout. Teerachai has continued to show improvements though we are worried that he'll never become the fighter that his team had hoped and bouts like this aren't likely to really help him develop in the way he could. (Image, of Ito landing a clean jab on Sermona, courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Monday was an incredibly busy day though unfortunately we were very slow to receive the results for the day, hence why we're only able to put them up now, almost 48 hours after the bouts. Thankfully in the interim we have managed to get together some video's from some of the bouts, so we guess it wasn't all bad. IMP Hall, Osaka, Japan One of two Osaka shows came from the IMP Hall and was probably the most notable of the 4 Asian cards. The show wasn't big by any means but did feature but some interesting bouts and a very notable pro-test bout. The first of the pro-tests saw Juiki Tatsuyoshi, the second son of the legendary Joichiuro Tatsuyoshi, qualify for the C license with the intention for him to make his debut next year in a rookie style match up. Unlike his father he's not got a deep amateur pedigree but is said to possess genuine power, something his father also had. The main event on this card saw saw former OPBF Flyweight title challenger Myung Ho Lee (17-4-1, 5) struggle past Takashi Omae (12-4-5, 1) with a very competitive unanimous decision. Omae put up a great fight but was narrowly beaten by the more experienced Lee. One of the chief support bouts saw the heavy handed and unbeaten Ryuto Kyoguchi (13-0-1, 9) take a 7th round technical decision against Shohei Fujimoto (9-4-3, 8). Prior to the finish Kyoguchi was comfortably in the lead on two cards whilst the third had the bout close, he had however scored a knockdown early in the bout and seemed to be able to cope with Fujimoto's determined effort to upset the unbeaten man. For us the most interesting bout on this card was the contest involving the much touted Sho Nakazawa (5-0, 4) who stepped up brilliantly to over-come former OPBF Super Bantamweight challenger Jhunriel Ramonal (14-8-4, 7). Ramonal lasted the 8 round distance with Nakazawa though failed to win a round in what was a genuinely impressive performance by the Japanese youngster who we suspect will move into the title mix in 2015. Prior to this bout Nakazawa looked like he was very flawed though this performance was a much more mature and complete one that we had expected and we now suspect that he is as talented as the hype suggests. This card consisted of 3 undercard as well as the main trio of bouts. The first of those saw the unbeaten Kyosuke Tsutsumimoto (2-0, 2) stopping Tetsuya Kudo (3-4, 2) in the third round. Another of the under-card contests saw Kei Fujita (3-2, 1) take a very close decision over Kenji Khisa (2-2, 1) in a bout that was really close on all 3 cards which read 39-38, all in favour of Fujita. The third under-card bout was an all debutant clash that saw Ryo Inagaki (1-0, 1) stopping Yoshihisa Tanabe (0-1) at the very end of the first round, despite both of these guys being debutants were impressed by both. Sumiyoshi Ward Center, Osaka, Japan The other show in Osaka came from the Sumiyoshi Ward Center and also featured a notable pro-test bout as well as 4 interesting main bouts. The pro-test fighter here was 17 year old Hinata Maruta, a man who some in Japan are tipping as a future world champion despite his age and his pre-debut status. Maruta was very impressive in his test bout and has received a B class license and it seems that his intention is to have a US based training camp next year before debuting in the fall against a world ranked foe. Yes Maruta want's to debut against an opponent with a world ranking, it's fair to say he's ambitious, young, talented and going to be very fun to follow. As for the actual bouts on this show the most notable was a Middleweight bout between #6 ranked Japanese Middleweight Koki Tyson Maebara (7-1-1, 7) and WBC Youth Light Middleweight champion Petchsuriya Singwancha (12-9, 6). Petchsuriya, a talented Thai who has been in great form recently, was no match for Maebara who was far too big and too strong for the Thai who was dwarfed in comparison to the Japanese fighter who announced that he will be targeting a Japanese title fight in 2015. As well as the Maebara bout there were 3 other notable contests. The most interesting of those saw the heavy handed Jumbo Oda Nobunaga Shoten Petagine (9-2, 7) avenge his most recent loss as he out pointed Shohei Kanemoto (9-9-1, 3) and even the score for a loss in April to Kanemoto. A second bout that went the distance saw Cyborg Nawatedani (8-2-2, 3) take a hard fought and well earned decision over Shunji Nagata (10-12-2, 3). The most exciting of the main bouts to watch saw Yuta Uetani (16-5-1, 7) pull himself off the canvas to stop the usually tough Marjohn Yap (19-12, 10) in the 5th round of a back and forth bout. Uetani was down earlier though recovered well to drop Yap who looked unsteady when he recovered his feet and it forced the referee to stop the bout. On the lower part of the card fans saw two draws from the 5 undercard bouts. One of those draws saw the unbeaten Kaminoko Okamura Kentokid (3-0-3, 2) fight to a split draw with Takuya Sugiyama (3-3-1) whilst the other saw Hiroaki Iwakura (2-1-1, 2) fight to a draw with Ryota Shimizu (3-6-1, 1), both the draw were split decision draws. As well as the draws there 3 other undercard results. One of those went the distance and saw Tadao Iwaya (1-2) record his first win as he out-pointed the still win-less Shinchi Yokozato (0-4). The other two both ended in stoppages with Daiki Miyayama (3-2-1, 2) scoring an opening round victory over Yosuke Taniguchi (2-3) whilst it took 3 rounds for Takuya Olivia Hase (2-0-1, 1) to defeat the debuting Shigi Hosokawa (0-1). Industrial Hall, Gifu, Japan A third show in Japan was held in Gifu where the promising Genki Hanai (3-0, 2) battled against Filipino foe Crison Omayao (16-9-2, 4). Omayao, a man familiar to Japanese following losses to super prospects Naoya Inoue and Kosei Tanaka, surprisingly managed to see out the 8 rounds with Hanai and actually took a few points from Hanai who in some ways showed he was a full level behind his much touted compatriots. The main event here was the only standout bout on the show and was supported by 7 relatively uninspiring undercard bouts including a trio of 6 rounders. One of those saw Yujiro Nakamura (5-8-1, 2) taking a fifth round technical decision over Takayuki Morimoto (5-10, 3). The other 6 rounders both went the distance as Reiko Sugiyama (4-4-3, 2) out pointed Masami Moriizumi (5-5-1, 4) and Shota Okuda (5-2, 2) over-came Hajima Ikeda (4-5). In the 4 rounders on this card Kazuyoshi Toguri (4-6) out pointed Keita Sakai (1-1, 1) in a competitive contest, Yoshiaki Inoue (1-4-1) claimed his first win with a very close decision over Kenta Yokoe (3-9-1, 1), the previously win-less Kazunori Takai (1-0-1, 1) claimed a second round stoppage against Genki Inoue (1-4-1, 1) and the previously win-less Yusuke Kubota (1-2, 1) took a second round KO win over the debuting Takumi Koroki (0-1). Bukidnon, Philippines In the Philippines we got the results for one bout as Anthony Sabalde (9-4, 4) defeated Bonnie Makiling (5-8, 4) with a 10 round decision victory. (Image, of Maebara looking over a fallen Petchsuriya, courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Sunday was one of the busiest and most exciting this year, at least on paper. Sadly many of the bouts did leave us feeling under-whelmed though there was still more than enough to talk about. Macau In an impressive performance the exciting Filipino fighter Jerwin Ancajas (22-1-1, 14) scored an excellent stoppage win over the generally tough, and under-rated, Fadhili Majiha (15-6-4, 7). Going in to the bout Majiha had only been stopped once, by Vusi Malinga, and had given fighters like Pungluang Sor Singyu very good tests yet couldn't handle Ancajas who stopped him with a beautiful straight left in round 3. In an enjoyable encounter fans saw Hong Kong star Rex Tso (15-0, 9) take a very well fought decision over Indonesian visitor Espinos Sabu (11-3-1, 5). The fight was very enjoyable from the opening round to the final bell as Tso again added his reputation for excitement though it does seem clear that Tso is a very, very long way from a world title bout. For Sabu this was great exposure and we suspect we will see him in more notable bouts in Thailand or Japan in 2015 whilst for Tso it continued his development though it does seem like he's pretty much hit his peak and it's hard to see just where he really goes despite clearly beating Sabu. Following Tso's bout we then saw another local star in action as the very popular “Macau Kid” Kuok Kun Ng (6-0, 2) took a unanimous but painful decision over Steve Attard (5-1-2, 2). The bout started well for Ng who rocked Attard twice towards the end of the opening round. Unfortunately however the local fighter had a cut to deal with from early on due to a head clash that his corner seemed to be unable to deal with, and it got significantly worse following subsequent headclashes that really left Ng's face a mess and his confidence looking like it was shattered. It seems almost certain that for Ng to go further he will need a more professional corner though we do genuinely like him, a lot, and see him as one of the better Chinese fighters who is currently making a name for himself. Hopefully he can he get a corner that can help him when a situation like this arises again in the future. We've got to admit we were surprised by how close two of the cards here were, with 2 judges handing in scores of 57-56 making the contest seem closer than it really seemed. It wasn't a great show for all the local talent however as Qu Peng (6-1-1, 4) suffered a split decision loss to Andrew Robinson (3-3, 2) in a 4 rounder. In the first of the show's main fights we saw Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9) battle against Mexican Antonio DeMarco (31-4-1, 23) as Vargas defended the WBA Light Welterweight title for the second time. The bout was a real gem to watch after a slow start and saw both men landing some cracking shots in the middle rounds as the defenses of both fighters left a lot to be desired. In terms of skills it wasn't the best fight we've seen recently but in terms of action and excitement this was fantastic and the Macau fans really did get a treat. Although Vargas was the winner here we do suspect his reign won't be a particularly long one considering the fact he lacks genuine power and always seems to make things into a struggle. The second of the world title bouts on the show saw Ukraine's exceptionally talented Vasyl Lomachenko (3-1, 1) defend his WBO Featherweight title with a dominant victory over Thailand's experienced Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (52-2, 33). Piriyapinyo was dropped in round 4 and played with in every subsequent round despite the fact Lomachenko seriously damaged his left hand in the middle of the fight. How Lomachenko put on a 1-handed masterclass is a genuine mystery but it was incredibly impressive from the Ukrainian fighter who looks insanely talented. In the co-feature Zou Shiming (6-0, 1) showed off his ability at times as he dominated Thailand's previously unbeaten Kwanpichit OnesongchaiGym (27-1-2, 12). The first round was very quiet before Shiming began to let his hands go in round 2 and dropped the Thai fighter twice in what was a sensational round from Shiming who perhaps should have had a stoppage at the end of the round. Shiming again dropped Kwanpichit in round 6 and exploded with some lovely punches though didn't manage to sustain it enough to see off the Thai, who was also deducted a point in the 6th for low blows. Sadly a headclash later in the bout left Shiming fighting one eyed and when that happened he became rather negative. At times Shiming showed some world class ability though over-all it was. The main event on this show saw Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao (57-3-2, 38) put on a commanding performance on route to a very wide decision win over Chris Algieri (20-1, 8). The bout, for Pacquiao's WBO Welterweight title, was one sided with Algeiri's best “weapon” being his non-stop movement which seemed to neutralise Pacquiao at times, though the Filipino still managed to hurt the American numerous times and score 6 official knockdowns, albeit several were debatable. After the fight Pacquiao hinted at the long awaited Mayweather bout though it seems to us that that bout is no longer the “once in a generation” fight that it was a few years ago. Aichi, Japan Result from Japan were slow to reach us from this weekend. With the main event result reaching us days before the others, the main event saw an expected victory for Yushi Tanaka (13-0-3, 9). Tanaka successfully over-came Indonesian visitor Rendi Stone (3-3-1, 2) with a 3rd round KO to retain the WBC Youth Bantamweight title. Hopefully we'll get the other results from this show shortly. In the chief support bout Shota Hayashi (24-5-1, 15) had to struggle somewhat to over-come Indonesian visitor Jason Butar Butar (16-15-1, 12) in what was a tough test than expected for the Japanese fighter who we believe is hunting a title fight at some point next year. On the undercard fans saw 5 bouts, all of which were scheduled for 4 rounds. Of those bouts two managed to go the complete schedule. One of those bouts saw the previously win-less Takashi Kagamihara (1-1) take a decision over Tom Hamaguchi (1-2) whilst the other distance bout saw the debuting Yuta Ando (1-0) over-come the previously unbeaten Yuta Imaizumi (1-1). Of the stoppages the quickest was scored in the second round by the unbeaten Daiuki Ichikawa (3-0, 2) who took out Yoshihito Takahashi (2-3, 2). Another stoppage that occurred in the second round saw the debuting Takushiro Mizoguchi (1-0, 1) defeat fellow debutant Sho Yasuda (0-1). The remaining stoppage saw Naoki Miyagi (2-1, 2) stopping the win-less Mitsukazu Oshita (0-2) in round 3. (Image courtesy of Sumio Yamada) This weekend is genuinely massive with so many big fights that it's been hard to stay focused on any single fight for long. Thankfully a lot of action is great though this may have actually been overkill! Kanagawa, Japan A huge weekend of fights kicked off in Japan as Teiken promotions put on a solid card of fights in Kanagawa. The show opened with the under-card which featured 5 bouts that all went to the score-cards. In the sole 6 rounder fans saw Shunsuke Fukushima (4-3-2, 2) fight to a majority decision win over Yu Kinjo (4-4, 3). In the 4 rounders fans saw 4 very close bouts, one of which saw Rei Ichiyama (4-5, 1) claim a very close majority technical decision over Naoya Nishimura (3-7-1, 2) a second technical decision saw Yuichi Kitayama (1-1-1, 1) fight to a technical draw with the unbeaten Ryotaro Tokusa (1-0-1, 1). A second draw occurred in the bout between the debuting Ryota Toyoshima (0-0-1) and the still unbeaten Toshiro Tarumi (1-0-2, 1) where the bout ended in a split decision draw. The remaining under-card bout saw Hideaki Onuki (1-0) begin his career with a unanimous decision win over Hiroki Imamura (0-3). The first of 3 notable bouts on this card saw the heavy handed Ryo Akaho (25-1-2, 17) score a 4th round KO over former world title challenger Antonio Tostado Garcia (14-4, 6). Garcia, who has now lost 4 of his last 7, was too small for Akaho who called out Tomoki Kameda after the fight and it now seems clear that Akaho will be hunting a world title fight in 2015. For the Japanese slugger this was his 6th win, 5th by stoppage, since losing to Yota Sato in a WBC Super Flyweight title fight back in December 2012 and it appears the heavy handed Japanese fighter has rebuilt his confidence enough to eye up the likes of Kameda who appears to be a man in demand right now. The first of two title fights saw WBC Flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez (41-0, 35) make the first defense of his title as he dominated Filipino road warrior Rocky Fuentes (35-8-2, 20) prior to stopping the Filipino hard man in the 6th round. Gonzalez, quite possibly the best fighter on the planet, was fighting just weeks after he stopped Akira Yaegashi to win the title and it now seems clear that there are very, very few who can with stand the Gonzalez offense. After the fight Gonzalez seemed to hint that he would like another fight in Japan next year against wunderkind Naoya Inoue or a second bout with Juan Francisco Estrada, both of those bouts would be great to watch though may it may be a little too early for Inoue. Following Gonzalez's win we then saw Takashi Miura (28-2-2, 21) make the third defense of his WBC Super Featherweight as he stopped Mexican fighter Edgar Puerta (23-5-1, 19). The bout, a mandatory defense for Miura, never looked difficult for the “Bomber” who dropped Puerta in the opening round before forcing the referee to save the Mexican who was beginning to take some monster shots from the Japanese fighter. Following this fight Miura hinted that he wanted a rematch with Takashi Uchiyama and if he gets that bout he will be attempting to avenge a 2011 loss to “KO Dynamite” and be hoping to unify the WBC and WBA world titles. Liverpool, England In the UK we had another world title fight as former Japanese national champion Hidenori Otake (22-2-3, 9) took on WBA Bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (30-0-2, 22). Sadly for Otake he came up very short against Quigg scarcely winning a round in what was a very one sided yet entertaining fight. Otake, who entered the bout as an unknown outside of the Japanese fans left the British fans know that he was a tough guy with an incredible engine, sadly however he lacked the skills, power and accuracy to really threaten Quigg. Saying that however the British fighter was forced to work very hard, something he's not had to do in a long time. We also suspect we'll be getting results from Thailand in the coming days, sadly however these will have to be added when we get them, which we suspect will be Monday. (Image, of Miura landing a hard jab on Puerta, courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Friday was ultimately the calm before the storm and this was proven in the fact that so little Asian action actually took place.
Sara Buri, Thailand The only card in Asia came from Thailand where the talented Nawaphon Por Chokchai (25-0, 18) defeated the over-matched and under-sized Mateo Handig (13-7, 7) to retain the WBC Asian Boxing Council Flyweight title. Handig was stopped in the 5th round of the bout as Nawaphon really just did as he pleased and continued to make us wonder about when he will step up and even how he continues to make Flyweight. On the under-card fans had 3 bouts including 1 that is currently un-listed by boxrec.com. The unlisted bout saw Thai veteran Chaiyong Sithsaithong (35-12-4, 25) stopped the much taller Bryan Dennis (?-?) in the 5th round of their bout. Prior to the stoppage Dennis had given the Thai a good test though seemed to quit in round 5 after taking a few solid shots including a innocuous looking body shot. Dennis is currently not listed at all on boxrec.com though we don't believe this was his debut, hence the unknown record. The most enjoyable of the under-card bouts saw Jaipetch Chaiyonggym (3-2, 2) take an entertaining 6 round decision win over Denchai Por Korbkua (0-1) in a contest that started slowly but grew into a very interesting and fun to watch bout with both men landing solid shots in the middle and later rounds. Sadly the remaining bout was certainly not competitive as Jaoboy Kengchiangrai (1-0, 1) began his career with a dominant, albeit fun to watch, victory over the game but thoroughly out gunned Toto Sakornsukhothai (0-1), with Toto being stopped int eh second round of the contest. Western Australia, Australia In Australia was saw 3 Asian's in action though not one of them was ever expected to do much more than put up a fight with wins ruled unlikely the second the bouts were made. Surprisingly however all 3 men went the distance, albeit in clear losses. One of the three was Indonesian veteran Angky Angkotta (27-11-1, 14) who was almost shut out by the very talented Paul Fleming (19-0, 13). Although a clear loser here we were impressed by the fact Angkotta went the distance in a bout made well above his natural weight class and made several years after his prime. Another Indonesian who surprisingly went the distance was Roy Tua Manihuruk (15-12-2, 11) who managed 8 rounds against Brandon Ogilvie (9-1, 3) in what was another heavily 1-sided bout. The remaining Asian on this show was Thailand's Patomsith Pathompothong (10-3, 4) who came up short against Nathaniel May (8-1, 4) in another bout scored in favour of the home fighter. (Big thanks to Rob Slocombe for updating us on the results, sadly we've had to delete the original article as it appears our host don't like articles being edited and updated) This past Wednesday wasn't a huge day in the boxing world but it did feature two shows a number of fighters scoring stoppages.
Sanaa, Yemen One of the two Asian shows that took place came from Sanaa as the now cult favourite Ali Raymi (24-0, 24) continued his interesting year with his 4th successive victory over compatriot Prince Maz (9-4, 7). The men, meeting for the first as Light Flyweights, found that the additional 3lbs of weight didn't make any difference to the result as Raymi managed to stop Maz in 2 rounds. Not only was this Raymi's 4th win over Maz in just a few months but it also saw him claiming the UBO Light Flyweight title to become a "2-weight world champion", having previously held the IBI Minimumweight title. On the same show we also saw the charismatic Hani Ansi (10-0-1, 9) take a 3rd round TKO over Taha Kawkabani (2-3, 1). We suspect that Ansi and Raymi could be matched in the future and having seen both men in action we think that would be the final "interesting" bout either man could have in Yemen. Ko Samui, Thailand In Thailand we had a trio of bouts between Thai's and Indonesian's. Sadly for Indonesian fans none of the three bouts went in favour of their fighters. The most interesting of the three contests saw Petchmanee Kokietgym (4-0, 1) score his first stoppage as he defeated the previously unbeaten Ardi Tefa (4-1, 3) and claimed the WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental Minimumweight title. Tefa, unlike many Indonesian's who fight in Thailand, made a real go of this early on and tested Petchmanee who we think will have taken a lot from this bout despite being tagged several times. In another title fight we saw the unbeaten Saenganan KKP (10-0, 6) stop Demsi Manufoe (9-4, 6) to retain his WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental Light Flyweight title. This bout was less interesting than the other one though again saw the Thai taking a relatively easy win with Manufoe looking exhausted prior to the stoppage. The third bout saw Yokthong KKP (16-4, 11) defeat journeyman Domi Nenokeba (11-22-1, 7) who has continued his long losing streak. Yokthong, known for bouts with Ryuji Hara and Zou Shiming, took a decision here in what we think was his first bout since losing to Shiming in Macau. |
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