Tokyo, Japan On Wednesday in Japan fans got the chance to see an interesting Misako gym card which featured a bit of everything even if the action wasn't fought at the highest level. The shock of the day happened in the main event where Filipino fighter Arnel Tinampay (22-16-1, 8) shocked the Japanese ranked Koshinmaru Saito (20-7-1, 11) with a surprise second round TKO. The writing was on the wall in the first round when Tinampay dropped Saito and the Japanese never seemed to recover lasting just seconds into the second round. What made this result very remarkable was that Tinampay was only a late replacement after Kengo Nagashima was pulled out of the bout for ill health. Sadly for Saito he is now the third Japanese victim for Tinampay who also shocked Shoma Fukumoto in a recent bout. In another upset, albeit a less surprising one, fans saw Kazuki Matsuyama (10-5, 5) over-come former Japanese title challenger Masayoshi Kotake (9-9-2, 5) with a narrow but well earned decision. This was Matsuyama's 4th straight win after falling to 6-4 whilst Kotake is now 0-2-1 in his last 3 bouts and 2-4-2 in his last 8. Another minor upset saw Hideyuki Watanabe (8-6-2, 6) score a 7th round TKO against Ryu Onigashima (12-7-1, 7). One bout that went as expected saw the once beaten Seiya Fujikita (8-1, 1) score a decision over Masafumi Otake (14-13-3, 7). This was a near shut out over 8 rounds with only a single judging giving Otake any type of credit for his effort. Another bout that went the way the records would have suggested saw Satoshi Hagizaki (7-8-1, 3) fighting to a draw with Yudai Ueno (7-7-3, 6) in a bout that always looked highly competitive on paper. On the undercard fans saw Fumihiro Ijima (3-2) take a decision over Satoshi Hongo (2-3, 1) whilst the debuting Yuto Takahashi (1-0) began his career with decision over Kazutaka Matsunishi (1-2-1). (Image courtesy of boxingews.jp)
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Shanghai, China The only show this past Tuesday was an interesting one from Shanghai as Top Rank continued to grow their presence in the great untapped market of China which is only beginning to show signs of really coming alive. The main event of the show saw China's very own Ik Yang (18-0-0-1, 13) claim the IBF Pan Pacific Light Welterweight title as he defeated Thai veteran Fahsai Sakkreerin (42-5-1, 22), who retired from the bout citing and injury. Yang, one of the most fan friendly fighters in China, now seems set to fill into the Light Welterweight division and we'd not be shocked if he becomes one of China's first real stars. His style is made for TV and he has certainly got the ability to appeal to both a domestic and international audience, something few Chinese fighters currently have. In the co-feature was saw another Chinese fighter claiming a title as Ma Yi Ming (12-5, 7) took a clear decision over Tommy Seran (24-4, 15). The win for Ming saw him picking up two regional titles and recording his 9th straight win, completely turning around his career which began 3-5. For Seran this was his 3rd loss in 4 bouts and we suspect he'll now become little more than a journeyman on the Asian scene. In the sole 6 round bout on this card fans saw Zhou Yun Fei (4-0, 1) over-come Joe Rea (10-16-3, 4) with a unanimous decision. The undercard on this show featured 4 bouts of 4 rounds. The most disappointing of these was a 2nd round technical draw between Adi Li (0-1-1) and Mike Mirafuentes (2-1-1, 2) following Mirafuentes suffering a nasty cut from a headclash. Another bout that failed to go the distance saw Xu Que (1-1-1, 1) claim his first win as he stopped Hu Liang (0-2) inside a round. In a very hard fought bout fans saw Yelie Qiata (2-0) take a split decision over the previously unbeaten Liu Yong Cai (1-1-2, 1). The other bout saw Wang Yin Gang (2-0, 1) over-cone Halimubieke (1-1) (Image courtesy of http://www.shanghaidaily.com) Tokyo, Japan Earlier today Japanese fans got a treat thanks to Ichiriki promotions who put on “Fighting Bee Vol 10” from the Korakuen Hall. The card wasn't a blockbuster card of international names and thrilling contests but was as good a domestic card as you are likely to see anywhere on the planet. It featured everything from former world title challengers to hungry young prospects, from former national champions to veterans looking to recapture some former glory. The card began with it's weakest contest. A 6 rounder between Tatsuya Otsubo (6-6-1, 3) and Yudai Tamagawa (6-6-1, 2). On paper it was was almost perfectly matched and it showed at Otsubo narrowly took home the win with a competitive unanimous decision. Whilst it was a “weak bout” in some ways it was the sort of competitive bout that you can't help but love and beats the typical prospect Vs loser that we see all too often in the west. A bout that ended up being well matched bout saw Tonko Nakagawa (12-6-2, 4) take an 8 round majority decision win over Ryuta Wakamatsu (10-11, 7). This was a third meeting between the two men and for the first time Wakamatsu managed to see out the schedule. Strangely upon entering all 3 bouts Wakamatsu had even records reading 4-4, 6-6 and now 10-10. For Nakagawa this was his first win in over 18 months, which may explain why he was matched with his old foe. The one bout that always looked like a mismatch ended the way many would have suspected as Yudai Arai (6-1-3, 3) easily over-came the limited but tough Yasuhiro Sakurai (7-18) with a very clear decision win. For us the most impressive result was scored by the hotly tipped Hikaru Marugame (3-0, 2) who made surprisingly easy work of the usually durable Ryoji Okahata (9-10-5, 1). Okahata had been stopped once in his previous 23 bouts, a 6th round TKO to Shingo Wake, though was no match for Marugame who took him out in just 2 rounds and sent out a real statement of intent. Aged 25 Marugame may well be amongst the best “hidden gems” in world boxing though this was his first fight in 13 months and hopefully they'll be no more long breaks like that. Marugame's stablemate Naoto Uebayashi (7-0-1, 4) scored the best win of his career as he clearly beat former world title challenger Oscar Blanquet (32-9-1, 23). Sadly whilst this looked great on paper it really was a case of Uebayashi being much too big for Blanquet. Uebayashi is a natural Bantamweight, though he has tested the waters at Super Bantamweight, whilst Blanquet is best known as a Flyweight, where he fought Akira Yaegashi and Roman Gonzalez, and that size difference really told in the end, despite Blanquet proving his toughness here and climbing off the canvas in round 7 In the chief support bout fans saw the return to the ring of Gosuke Seki (16-1-2, 3) who was fighting for the first time since he failed in a Japanese Featherweight title tilt to Satoshi Hosono back in June. Seki managed to bounce back with a win as he over-came the under-rated Yuta Nagai (28-11-4, 19) with a 5th round technical decision though things were close prior to the bout being stopped. Prior to the stoppage both men were bleeding and the cuts were getting worse. The main event ended with a genuine unset as the unheralded Tomoya Yamada (12-5, 3) managed to take a split decision over former Japanese Lightweight champion Akihiro Kondo (20-5-1, 9). Tomoya, a former Rookie of the Year winner, was dropped in round 4 though gritted his teeth and engaged in a war with Kondo to take a razor thin split decision. The win was Yamada's first in more than 3 years. Sadly for Kondo it was his second loss in 3 bouts and he may well be considering his future. Cebu, Philippines In the Philippines ALA put on a small 5 fight card that would have gone below the radar were it not for the fact that 8 of the 10 men involved were unbeaten going into the show. One of those bouts saw Jeffrey Concerman (2-0, 1) scoring his first stoppage as he over-came Adrian Paul Varona (0-1-1) in the 3rd round in a bout scheduled for 4 rounds. Notable the other two 4 round bouts both ended in draws with Ricardo Sueno (1-0-1, 1) fighting a level bout with Kenneth Neron (1-0-1) and Archie Moyani (1-0-1, 1) was unable to over-come Ronnie Campus (1-0-1, 1). As well as the 4 rounders the fans also got a pair of 6 round bouts. One of those ended in a small shock Rafael Sueno (3-1, 3) scored an opening round blow out against the previously unbeaten Robert Ates (3-1, 2). The remaining bout saw Peter Apolinar (4-0, 4) over-come the win-less Takaoki Noma (0-4-1), who was stopped in the 6th round. Eastern Cape, South Africa In South Africa fans saw Filipino fighter Roli Gasca (22-7-1, 6) come up controversially short against the heavy handed Lusanda Komanisi (18-3, 16) in a bout for the IBO Featherweight title. From the reports we've been sent Gasca was on the bad end of a poor decision that was similar to the recent Mauricio Herrera/Jose Benavidez one where by a light punching fighter seems to have been punished for not having KO power despite outlanding and out skilling his heavy handed foe. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp, from the Uebayashi Vs Blanquet fight) Hyogo, Japan Earlier this year we saw Japanese Super Flyweight Teiru Kinoshita (20-1-1, 4) find out the difference between being the top of the Japanese domestic scene and what it was like to compete at world class. The 28 year old southpaw was "exposed" in some ways when he fought for the IBF Super Flyweight title and came up very short against Zolani Tete. This weekend however he returned to action and scored a 2nd round out win as he began the road to redemption. Sadly for those in attendance however that win came over the frankly hapless Thai visitor Brukluk Kor Narong Service (0-3), who had previously been stopped in Japan by Taiki Eto, inside a round, and Sho Ishida, in 2 rounds. Having mentioned Eto and Ishida it's likely that those two will be on Kinoshita's radar for 2015. Whilst Kinoshita was the main event his bout was 1 of 4 separate 8 rounders. The most competitive of those 8 round bouts saw Kazuhiro Nishitani (14-2-1, 7) being unexpectedly held to a 6 round draw by Yushi Fujita (6-6-4, 1). Another of those 8 rounders, and possibly the one that looked the best on paper, saw Kazuya Murata (10-4, 4) score a 6th round TKO over Kazuyasu Okamoto (9-4, 3). The remaining 8 rounder was a mismatch as the experience Mento Matsushita (33-9-6, 13) took out debutant Bank TJ Gym (0-1) of Thailand. The sole 6 round bout saw Munehito Kijima (6-6-1) level off his record with a narrow win over Tatsuya Sakamoto (4-6, 1). Fans got a pair of 4 rounders on this under-card. One of those saw Giraffe Kirin Kanda (3-1, 2) score a 2nd round TKO over the limited Keigo Yokoyama (1-2-1) whilst the other ended in a minor upset as Shota Nakashiam (3-1) out pointed the previously unbeaten Nobuya Nakazawa (2-1, 2). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Saturday was a busy day in the world of boxing with fights all over the place involving some wonderfully talented fighters. Nevada, USA On a Golden Boy Promotions show in Nevada we had two Asian fighters in action and both had lost there most recent bout. The first in action was OPBF Welterweight champion Yoshihiro Kamegai (25-2-1, 22). Kamegai was fighting for the first time since his all action loss to Robert Guerrero in June and managed to make very light work of the over matched Oscar Godoy (13-4, 6). Godoy was down several times before eventually being stopped by Kamegai who is now 2-2-1 (2) in the US. Kamegai was watched by fellow Teiken fighters Takashi Miura and Shinsuke Yamanaka who were in attendance for the contest. The other Asian fighter was former WBA Light Heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov (15-2, 10) who stopped Bobby Thomas Jr (14-3-1, 9). Shumenov was fighting as a fully blown Cruiserweight for the first time and although he is ranked #2 by the WBA it's hard to see him winning a world title at his new weight. Nevada, USA On a Top Rank promoted show, also in the US, we had two Russian's in action. The first of those was Denis Shaifkov (35-1-1, 19) who over-came the heavy handed Miguel Angel Mendoza (21-5-2, 21) in an entertaining contest. The fight was shown on Toprank.tv and seemed to be about keeping Shafikov busy ahead of a possible world title fight in early 2015. The other Russian was former amateur standout Matt Korobov (24-1, 14) who was stopped in 6 rounds by Irishman Andy Lee (34-2, 24). The bout, for the WBO Middleweight title, was one of the worst of the weekend with a very slow start, consisting of 4 rounds of the two men failing to engage. When the two did start to come to blows at the start of round 6 they hurt each other with Korobov failing to recover before Lee wailed away and forced referee Kenny Bayless to step in and stop the previously unbeaten Korobov. Nuevo León, Mexico In Mexico fans had the opportunity to see former IBF Light Flyweight champion John Riel Casimero (21-2, 13) in action, albeit not for long. Casimero, fighting in an IBF Flyweight eliminator, destroyed Armando Santos (14-4-1, 8) in just 2 rounds. Santos was dropped in the opening round by a huge left hand before being dismantled at the start of round 2 by the Filipino road warrior who will now be looking for an opportunity to become a 2-weight world champion. Osaka, Japan In Osaka fans got the chance to see a small card which was headlined by Satoru Sugita (9-2-1, 6) who scored a 5th round TKO against Akira Shono (7-7-2, 4) with a devastating flurry of shots. In the chief support bout fans saw a decision win for the light hitting Il Che (7-8-4, 1) who easily over-came Tomonori Ota (6-5, 4). Che used excellent movement and was a run away winner in a bout that was surprisingly 1-sided given the records of the two men involved. The other notable supporting bout saw the light hitting Tatsunori Fukunaga (5-5, 2) score just his 2nd stoppage win in 10 bouts as he over-came the debuting Anucha Sor Soda (0-1) from Thailand. The 6 under-card bouts here were all 4 rounders and many were close, in fact only 1 of the under-card bouts failed to go the distance as Maya Uegaki (1-0, 1) began her career with a 2nd round KO of fellow debutant Shizuka Nakamura (0-1). The closest of the under-card contests saw Masaru Hasegawa (0-2-1) fighting to a draw with Kewpie Tsubawa (0-1-1) though there nearly a second draw as Takashi Okura (3-3, 1) take a majority decision over the win-less Daiki Haraguchi (0-8). Ryo Ishida (2-1, 1) narrowly escaped with a win as he over-came Shota Oka (1-1) with a razor thin decision and Koji Nakamura (4-6) took a close one over Ryuto Araya (2-7-1, 2). The only clear cut decision here saw the unbeaten Takuya Uehara (3-0, 1) clearly beat Thai visitor San Saknarong (0-1). Metro Manila, Philipines Filipino fans got a rather interesting domestic card from Metro Manila which featured several interesting contests. The most interesting of those was one of two GAB title fights on the card. This one in particular saw Benezer Alolod (16-5-5, 5) narrowly over-come Renren Tesorio (13-6-3, 4) to retain the GAB Light Flyweight title. Alolod scored the win with a split decision but it could easily have gone the other way. The other title fight on this show left nothing to chance as Dan Nazareno Jr (21-12, 17) showed off his power and retained his GAB Welterweight title with an opening round blow out against Dennis Padua (9-10-2, 4) in what always looked like a mismatch. Both of the chief support contests ended in the 9th round. The most entertaining of those was a knock-down filled Super Bantamweight bout that saw Danilo Gabisay (6-3, 4) stopping the Angelito Merin (7-5-3, 1). Merin was down 4 times as Gabisay battered his light hitting foe. In the other support bout Ernesto Saulong (16-1-1, 6) stopped Jimmy Aducal (8-4-2, 6) dropping Aducal prior to the stoppage. Lower down the card Toto Landero (4-0-1, 1) narrowly kept his unbeaten record intact with a narrow majority decision win over Jeven Villavite (3-3-3, 1). We had a minor upset as Julius Bala (4-2, 1) dominated Arnil Caoctoy (5-3, 2) en route to scoring a 2nd round TKO. We also saw a female contest as former world title challenger Jessebelle Pagaduan (7-1, 4) took a clear decision over the debuting Florivic Montero (0-1) Eastern Cape, South Africa Staying with Filipino's it's fair to say one of them won't be happy in the run up to Christmas. That will be Michael Dasmarinas (18-2, 11) who will have felt the judges gave a gift to South African Lwandile Sityatha (18-3-1, 7). The Filipino went to Sityatha's homeland in an attempt to claim the IBO Super Flyweight title but was “beat” by split decision with score cards that were all over the place. On the same card Marbon Bodiongan (11-2-2, 9) came up short against Xolani Mcotheli (11-1, 8) in a bout scored a clear win for the South African fighter, who won the IBO Inter-Continental Super Featherweight title. From what we're been told this was a near shut out by the South African fighter. Kiev, Ukraine In Ukraine fans saw unbeaten Kazakh Roman Zhailauov (13-0, 8) continue on his winning ways with a stay busy bout against the win-less Artem Komar (0-3). We like Zhailauov but cannot understand why 2014 has been such a write off for such a young and talented boxer who could have achieved so much more this year. Victoria, Australia In Australia fans saw Thailand's Terdkiat Siththeppitak (1-9) suffer his 9th straight loss as he was out pointed by the debuting Kayne Pettifer (1-0) in a 4 round contest. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp and Sumio Yamada) There wasn't much action this past Friday but there was still a number of fights with titles on the line.
Bangkok, Thailand Much of the days most notable Asian action came from Bangkok where we had several notable fights, though unfortunately we have incomplete records for the show. The most notable result saw former Japanese Light Middleweight champion Takayuki Hosokawa (26-10-3, 9) take an incredibly quick victory over the genuinely poor Moses Seran (24-19, 11) on Indonesia. This win for Hosokawa saw him claiming the IBF Asia Light Middleweight title and we now expect that he'll climb up the IBF rankings when they are next updated. Another title that found it's way around the waist of a new champion was the IBF Asia Light Flyweight title which was won by Thai youngster Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr (26-3-1, 15). Fahlan was forced to go the distance but was successful as he over-came Filipino foe Armando dela Cruz (24-14-3, 10) with a decision. East London, South Africa We saw another Filipino in action over in South Africa and unlike dela Cruz the one wasn't to be denied. This time it was the turn of Raymond Tabugon (15-3-1, 6) who out pointed South Africa's very own Luzuko Siyo (13-3, 10) to claim the IBO Inter Continental Light Flyweight crown. Fedor Chudinov claims "interim" title with chilling KO, Ustinov bests out of shape Welliver12/12/2014 Moscow, Russia
This past Thursday didn't have a lot of boxing action but there was a notable card in Russia where we saw several interesting contests even if they were FOTY contenders. The most notable of the bouts did result in something that needs to be considered in the end of year award articles you'll see posted around various sites in the next few weeks. That was a KO of the Year contender scored by unbeaten Russian Super Middleweight Fedor Chudinov (12-0, 10) who claimed the WBA interim Super Middleweight title with a frightening KO against the previously unbeaten Ben McCulloch (14-1, 11). McCulloch, the PABA champion, started well and had some success though was happy to get engaged in Chudinov's type of fight. That proved to be a big issue for the Australian who was forced eat some devastating shots, including a right hand that left him unconscious on the canvas for several minutes. In the co-feature on this show fan saw Alexander Ustinov (30-1, 21) defeat the gruesomely over-weight and ill prepared Chauncy Welliver (55-10-5, 22) with an 8 round decision. Ustinov did as he wished whilst Welliver became a human punch bag and to say Welliver's work rate was poor be the under-statement of the year. Possibly the most exciting thing about this entire contest was Ustinov's ring entrance with the big man stumbling when vaulted the ropes, aside from that this was a nasty stain on the world of professional boxing. Although the co-feature was an 8 round bout with nothing really on the line there had been two title fights early on the show. One these was a farce as the talented Konstantin Piternov (18-6, 9) took out the inexperienced and limited Alexey Stakanchikov (3-2, 2) inside a round to claim the Russian Light Heavyweight title, thankfully the other was a more worthwhile bout as Dilmurod Satybaldiev (6-1, 2) took a clear win over Karen Avetisyan (9-8-1, 4) to win the Russian Super Middleweight title. In an 8 rounder from the under card Alexander Sharonov (4-0, 2) defeated the tough Vyacheslav Yakovenko (7-19-1, 3) in a good experience building contest for the unbeaten 22 year old. Another fighter who got some rounds was Heavyweight hopeful Pavel Doroshilov (2-0) who took a 4 round decision over Morris Okola (4-2, 2), this was Doroshilov's second decision win following a decision on debut against Danny Williams. Another bout that failed to see a stoppage saw Ramal Amanov (7-0) take a technical decision over Solomon Bogere (12-2-2, 10). One bout that didn't last long saw Isa Akberbayev (14-0-0-1, 10) take out the horribly mismatched Ihar Karavaeu (6-8, 5) inside a round in a clear and pointless mismatch. This past Tuesday has certainly been a hectic day with bouts coming across Asia with titles up for grabs in 4 separate countries! Korakuen Hall, Japan In Japan we had the most notable bout of the day in many ways as fans got the chance to see an OPBF title bout. Sadly aside from that bout the card was relatively lacklustre and even that title bout wasn't something to write home about, despite it's regional significance. The title bout in question saw Yuzo Kiyota (27-4-1, 25) stopping Fuji's Abhay Chand (16-14-4, 10) in the 5th round of their bout. Kiyota, a genuinely heavy handed guy, was deducted a point in round 4 for a low blow but seemed to feel that the body was Chand's weak spot and a jab in round 5 to the challengers guy put him down for the 10 count in what was a really poor challenge of the title. In the co-feature of this card Kenta Nakagawa (8-2, 6) scored a 3rd round TKO against Ryo Nakamura (7-5, 3) who was stopped almost as soon as round 3 began. Also on the Japanese card were 6 undercard bouts. Of those 6 bouts only one ended with a stoppage as Akihiro Yamanaka (4-3, 1) scored his first stoppage win and defeated Muneyuki Kishii (3-5, 2) in the 4th round. One other bout that failed to go the distance saw Joji Tsuchiya (1-2-1, 1) fight a 1 round technical draw with Takuya Yamaguchi (1-2-2, 1), in a bout that lasted just 160 seconds. A competitive undercard bout saw Shunta Terai (0-2-1) fight to a 4 round draw with Hiroaki Tokuoka (0-1-1) whilst a similarly competitive contest between Ryuji Kohama (1-1) took a split decision over the debuting Yuki Nakajima (0-1). A third competitive contest saw Daisuke Sudo (3-2) taking a narrow win over Takuya Suzuki (1-2-1, 1). The only other bout was a female bout which saw Yunoka Furukawa (4-1-2-1, 2) take a decision over Mikiko Muto (2-2) Bangkok, Thailand Staying with title action and Japanese fighters there was also a Japanese fighter in action in Thailand as part of an interesting card in Bangkok. The Japanese fighter in question was 17 year prospect Riku Kano (5-1-1, 3) who claimed his first title, the WBA Asia Minimumweight title, with a 12 round shut out against Indonesian fighter Madit Sada (9-19-1, 3). Kano, who hasn't made his Japanese debut yet, looked like he has the ingredients to go far and win world titles somewhere down the line however the big fear is that his promoter burns him out too early, a real fear considering this was his 6th bout this year. A second bout on this card saw Petchchorhae Kokietgym (10-0, 7) defeat Indonesian visitor Johan Wahyudi (9-31, 5). The Indonesian really was outclassed from the off and Petchchorhae was made to look sensational at times before finishing the bout with a vicious body shot in the second round. Prior to the finishing blow the visitor had been down from a swiping left upstairs, it was however the body breaking uppercut that finished the show that really left a lasting impression. Also on the same show in Thailand fans saw Petchmanee Kokietgym (5-0, 1) winning an easy decision over journeyman Jack Amisa (20-32-2, 14). Amisa has now lost 20 times in Thailand and it appears clear he has no intention of trying to win when fighting in the country. He appears to know that losing is what he'll be doing in his career and he's now won just 1 bout in the last 6 years! Metro Manila, Philippines In the Philippines fans got their share of fills and thrills with an array of knockouts, including one by a very highly ranked Super Flyweight. The aforementioned Super Flyweight was Warlito Parrenas (23-6, 20) who retained his WBO Oriental title with an opening round blow out against the horribly over-matched Hengky Baransano (11-5, 4). Parrenas, who will be angling for a world title fight next year, broke up his foes resistance with a body shot inside 2 minutes of the bout. Another body shot KO helped the destructive Richard Claveras (11-0-2, 11) continue his unbeaten run as he took out the experienced Rodel Tejares (20-32-6, 5). This was Tejares's 3rd loss this year and he may need to consider his future, especially considering he is now win-less since springing an upset over Lionel Mark Duran back in September 2012. A third notable knockout on the top part of this card saw Ardin Diale (26-9-3, 13) score a 2nd round KO against Ricky Manufoe (23-22-2, 10). Manufoe failed weight at the weigh in and had a 4lb advantage over Diale, that didn't help and Diale recorded his third successive stoppage since his own stoppage loss to Koki Eto in an OPBF title bout. In a WBC Youth Super Flyweight title bout on this show fans saw the unbeaten Jhaleel Payao (11-0, 6) over-come the defending champion Rene Dacquel (12-4-1, 4). Dacquel was attempting to record his first defense of the belt was out pointed over the 10 round distance in what was sadly the show's only genuinely competitive bout. The sole 8 rounder on the card went 3 as the heavy handed Jon Jon Estrada (6-1-1, 5) easily took care of Junjie Lauza (4-13-1, 1). In a 6 rounder Aljhon Osabel (9-2, 5) took care of the wonderfully named Daffy Dempo (2-4, 2) in the 3rd round, after dropping him twice in the second round. The other 6 rounder saw the unbeaten Lorence Rosas (2-0-2) take a technical draw after an accidental headclash cut Joel Lagusan (3-10-1, 1). In the 4 rounders we saw on go the distance as Jaymark Borbon (1-1) scored his first and over-came the debuting Rizalde Caballes (0-1). Caballes had been down in the opening round and will not see this as a debut to remember. The other 4 rounders saw Jermone Clavite (2-0-1, 1) score his first stoppage win as he took out the win-less Joshro Lindon (0-4), in the 4th round, and JayAr Diama (2-5-4, 1) also took his first early victory as his opponent Ronie Gaton (0-4) retired at the start of round 2. Daejeon, South Korea Yet more title action occurred in South Korea where fans got a title double in a relatively low key show. Domestically the key fight was a South Korean Light Welterweight title fight that saw Myung Soo Sun (2-0) make the first defense of his title with a decision win over the more experienced Jin Soo Kim (6-4, 3). Sun, who won the title on his debut against Jae Ho Kim, appears likely to become the KBC's poster boy and at just 20 years old does look to be a promising youngster who now has 2 complete 10 round bouts under his belt. The second title bout on this show saw the unbeaten Eun Hye Lee (6-0, 1) claim the WBO Asia Pacific female Flyweight title with a clear victory over the brilliantly named Lady Love Sampiton (2-3, 1) of the Philippines. The 4 under-card bouts here were all debutant affairs. At Featherweight fans saw Ye Chan Gang (1-0, 1) score a 3rd round TKO over Doo Hwa Lee (0-1). From the details we have it seems Lee, a 17 year old, had the size advantage with 5” of height, though probably lacked the physical maturity of the 22 year old Gang. At Lightweight Dae Won Sunwoo (1-0) took a decision victory over Bum Jin Kim (0-1) with a shut out. At Light Welterweight fans saw a well fought draw between Sung Koo Han (0-0-1) and Bo Kwan Shim (0-0-1). The other all debutant bout was all the way up at Cruiserweight where Sang Ho Kim (1-0, 1) stopped Jung Soo Lim (0-1) in the 2nd round. At 5'8” and aged 31 we can't see Kim going on to do much with his career unfortunately. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Tokyo, Japan On Monday Japanese fans got a real treat as they had an unexpected war and the chance to see one of the heaviest handed fighters in the country as well as 4 interesting under-card bouts. The star bout was, with out a doubt, the main event which saw Japanese Bantamweight champion Kentaro Masuda (21-6, 11) enjoy a real fight with tough challenger Tatsuya Takahashi (18-6-3, 13). Takashi showed his technical limitations repeatedly though seems to possess one of the best chins in the sport as he repeatedly took huge shots from Masuda without blinking. Masuda ran out to a clear lead on the cards but in the later rounds Takahashi began to get the better of things with the champion looking ragged and tired in the final rounds and the challenger really came on strong. For Masuda, who won a clear but very hard fought decision, this was the second defense of his title, for Takahashi however he certainly made a lot of fans with his guts, courage and never say die attitude. The chief support bout also saw a champion in action as OPBF Light Welterweight champion Keita Obara (13-1, 12) tested the waters at Welterweight and over-came Filipino Rodel Wenceslao (8-10-1, 2) in what was little more than a stay busy fight. Obara, pictured opposite, did as he pleased with the Filipino who was game but out muscled. The power of Obara took it's toll on the Filipino who was stopped due to cuts which appeared to be getting worse every time Obara landed on him. As well as the top bouts there was also some genuine talent on the under-card. One of those bouts saw Dai Iwai (16-3-1, 5) fighting to a technical decision win over the heavy handed Takumi Koyama (9-3-1, 7). Another of the 8 rounds saw Yosuke Kawano (8-4-1, 3) taking a very narrow win over Minoru Matsuo (6-4, 3) in a split decision that could easily have gone the other way. The remaining 8 round bout saw the once beaten Hiroaki Teshigawara (9-1-1, 4) score a clear win over the light punching Gaku Aikawa (6-3-1, 1). The only 6 round bout on the card saw Naoya Okamoto (8-4, 4) take a 5th round technical decision over Naoto Fujimoto (7-4-1, 4). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Sunday was an insanely busy day of action with 2 shows at the IMP hall and 5 shows in total. Osaka, Japan The most interesting of the two shows from the IMP Hall this past Sunday came from Green Tsuda promotions who put on several interesting contests including a very anticipated debut of a talented youngster who is tipped for the top. This card began with the relatively mundane undercard which featured 4 undercard bouts involving low level novices. These undercard bouts featured two very competitive bouts with Yuta Nagano (2-0, 1) narrowly seeing out Yusuke Kosaka (1-1, 1), with a razor thin majority decision, and Michitaka Muto (4-1-1) taking a narrow majority decision over Yoshihisa Inoue (2-3, 1). The other two bouts from this part of the card were much less compelling and ended rather quickly with Tomoaki Matsumura (2-0, 2) taking out the debuting Marco Antonio Okuhama Meza (0-1) in a round and Takaaki Kanai (3-3, 2) stopping Toshiki Kawanishi (2-3, 1) early in the second round. In a 6 rounder we had relatively competitive action as Hiroshi Konoura (6-4) narrowly took out a unanimous decision over Yuki Nagashima (5-2, 2) in the first of two bouts scheduled for 6. The other 6 rounder here saw the debut of the much touted former amateur standout Kazuki Tanaka (1-0, 1). Tanaka, a former amateur team mate of Kazuto Ioka, made extremely light work of his Thai opponent, Sunthonpetch Korat Sport School (12-4, 3)*, The bout lasted just 99 seconds though it was very clear that Tanaka had the talent to go far and fast. From the 3 bouts scheduled to go 8 rounds here we saw only a combined 15 rounds of action. More than half of those rounds came in the bout between Ryuya Yamanaka (8-2, 2) and Takahiro Murai (9-6-2, 3), with Yamanaka taking a competitive but clear decision over his compatriot. A second of the 8 rounders saw Takayuki Okumoto (13-6-2, 6) taking out the limited Yusaku Suzuki (8-13-2, 5), very early in the second round of their clash. The main event here saw former Japanese Bantamweight title challenger Yu Kawaguchi (22-6, 10) stopping the over-matched Yuta Sasaki (6-6, 1) in the 5th round of their bout. Osaka, Japan The other show at the IMP Hall was a Taiho promoted show that also featured novices on the bulk of the undercard with only really the main event standing out on paper. Early in the card we had a bout between win-less fighters which saw Shosui Kitajima (1-3, 1) scoring a 2nd round KO against Osamu Katayama (0-4) in what turned out to be the shows only stoppage. The stoppage was one of the few clear victories on the lower end of this card which also included a competitive but clear decision win for Noboru Osato (4-2-3, 1), who out pointed Kenji Nakayoshi (2-4, 1) in a solid under-card bout. The most competitive of the under-card bouts here saw Ruka Shobu (0-0-1) being held to a debut draw by Shoji Nakamura (1-0-1, 1) in a split decision draw, it wasn't the only razor thin bout on the card. A second split decision saw the unbeaten Daijiro Yuki (4-0, 1) narrowly over-come Kazuma Fukuyama (3-4-3) in a bout that could just as easily have gone the other way. The other 4 rounder saw the debuting Kazumi Hara (1-0) get off to a good start with a competitive decision win over Tsyuyoshi Furusha (0-2) in what was one of the real treats of the year and surprisingly fun to watch bout. The sole 6 round contest saw the unbeaten Takuma Hayashi (5-0, 3) score a competitive but solid win over Akira Takasuka (4-7). Takasuka fought well against his unbeaten foe though was really unable to impress the judges as he'd have wished, he did however prove he was a good test for young prospects. In the co-feature Ippo Nishiwaki (7-3-1, 4) over-came Yasuyuki Otagaki (5-3-3, 1) in a competitive looking bout on paper. The bout wasn't as competitive as we'd have expected though we can't really complain that one guy was better than expected. In the main event Ryota Kajiki (24-9, 15) managed to score a very one-sided win over Kota Fukuoka (15-6-2, 12). Kajiki was never under any real pressure and did as he pleased in a near shut out win which saw Fukuoka out punched, out fought and generally just beaten in every which way. Aichi, Japan A lesser show from Japan came from Aichi where Matsuda promotions hosted a 10 fight card that failed to really excite us when it was announced. The main even here saw the experienced Roque Lauro (12-16-4, 2) take a unanimous 8 round decision over the heavy handed Daisuke Hayakawa (8-3, 7). The only other 8 rounder on this card saw Yuji Shimizu (17-8-1, 1) take a narrow decision over Tatsuya Kaneko (7-11-1, 1). In the sole 6 rounder here fans saw the heavy handed but limited Marcos Sogabe (6-9-1, 5) stop the light hitting and chinny Tetsuya Muraki (8-12, 1). Of the 10 bouts on this card 7 were scheduled for 4 rounds. Of those 7 bouts 3 ended early with the shortest of those ending at 2:07 of round 2 as Hiroki Yajima (2-5, 2) saw off Takanori Terashima (1-2, 1), the other stoppages both came in round 4 with Takuya Mizuno (3-0-1, 3) stopping Ryusuke Hoashi (0-2) with less than a minute left and the debuting Takuma Matsushita (1-0, 1) stopped Ryunosuke Yamashita (1-4). In bouts that went the distance there was one very close bout as Shuichi Inagaki (2-2, 1) took a majority decision over the debuting Shoei Oshiro (0-1). Another close decision saw the unbeaten Kiyoshi Nakamura (2-0, 1) over-come the debuting Masami Muramatsu (0-1), a third decision saw Kohei Furusawa (3-5) out-point Isshin Hamada (0-1) whilst the unbeaten Akihisa Buma (2-0-1, 1) beat fellow novice Keigo Serizawa (0-2). Yamaguchi, Japan In yet another Japanese card we had some relatively interesting action with a number of visitors putting up a good effort. In the main event the experienced Leonardo Doronio (14-9-3, 9), a Filipino visitor, held the well regarded Accel Sumiyoshi (4-3-1, 1) to a draw. The result apparently angered some from the Philippines with a number of them feeling their man had deserved more than a draw. Another Filipino who was said to have been unlucky was the highly experienced Edgar Gabejan (26-31-6, 8) who lost a close decision to Burning Ishii (6-2-1, 2). One bout that left no doubt about the winner was the bout won by Koichi Ito (10-3-2, 9) who stopped Genki Horiuchi (5-1-3, 3) in the 3rd round. This was one of 3 stoppages on this card with others going to Hiromichi Kurokawa (3-2-1, 1), who surprisingly stopped Fever Maki (4-2-1, 2) in the 4th round, and Fine Arai (3-1, 1), who took out Thai visitor Nattapol Sithsaithong (0-2) in the 3rd round. In the sole 6 round we saw a draw as Takanori Hayashida (5-9-3) fought to a split draw with Sho Yamamoto (4-5-1, 2). In another draw fans saw Jump Ikeo (3-1-2, 2) battle to a 4 round majority draw with Koki Ikawa (1-0-1). The remaining bout was also close as Change Hamashima (2-0) narrowly over-came Koki Tomio (3-6, 3). Chonburi, Thailand As well as the shows in Japan there was also a 6 fight card in Thailand. The main event on this show saw Thailand's Myung-Goo Yuh (23-4-1, 18) fight the inexperienced Ningel Emile (0-1) and, unsurprisingly, Yuh took a relatively easy win stopping the debutant in the 4th round of a scheduled 10. In a female bout Hee-Jung Yuh (14-2, 5) scored a 7th round KO against the win-less Rathsada Sor Worasin (0-2). In another 8 rounder the debuting Ricardo Redbluegym (1-0, 1) scored a 3rd round KO against the win-less Kanpet Pinyou Muaythai (0-2) whilst Ricardo's stablemate Gurlal Redbluegym (2-0, 2) took 6 rounds to stop Alessandro Rossi (0-1). Another debutant who came up short was Sukhbir Singh Gahlot (0-1) who was stopped in 2 by Joaquim Mahe (7-0, 3). An all debutant bout on this card saw Juyeon Jeong (1-0, 1) defeat Petdam Tor Buamat (0-1) making it a great day for South Korean fighters who went 3-0 on this show. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp from the Kajiki Vs Fukuoka fight) *record taken from Japanese sources |
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