Boy, did we ever have a busy Saturday with fights taking part all over the globe. Some were thrilling, some were close, some were one sided, some ended in upsets and some were controversial but man did we ever have a lot of action! Tokyo, Japan The first card of real significance for the month came from the Korakuen Hall where Nakaya put on a brilliant show with a trio of main event level fights. The card began with the 4 rounders that typically make up and under-card. These 4 rounders saw Sho Nagata (2-1, 1) score his first decision win as he over-came the limited Ryo Sugimoto (1-7-1) with a clear decision and Takahiro Yoneshige (2-1, 1) also claimed his first decision win as he defeated the win-less Kazuya Nomura (0-3-1). The only stoppage in the 4 rounders was scored by the debuting Shuji Kato (1-0, 1) who began his career with an opening round win over Masayuki Kondo (1-2, 1). The show's only real upset came in it's only 6 round bout as the limited Quaye Peter (6-5-2, 3) easily out pointed Japanese ranked Lightweight Kazuya Maruki (17-3, 11). This loss for Maruki ends a 6 fight winning streak whilst Peter scores his first win in in over 2 years and ends a run of 5 fights without a victory, including a loss to a then debuting Koki Koshikawa. The first of the main bouts was a truly compelling Japanese Super Bantamweight title bout between Yukinori Oguni (14-1, 4), the former OPBF champion, and Yasutaka Ishimoto (24-8, 7). The bout was close through out with neither man managing to take control of the contest. Although neither man came close to stopping the other it was highly competitive and the sort of even match up we love even if the action isn't explosive. For Oguni this sees him winning his second professional title and it appears he has eyes on a world title fight next year though in all honesty he's unlikely to beat any of the division's top fighters. In the second of the 3 big fights fans saw unified Japanese and OPBF Middleweight champion Akio Shibata (24-8-1, 10) scoring a rare stoppage as he retained his titles and forced the referee to save former world title challenger Makoto Fuchigami (21-10, 12). Fuchigami was down early in the bout and never seemed capable of really testing the champion who has now won 3 straight since being stopped a then debuting Ryota Murata back in August 2013. For Fuchigami this really could be the end and he's now 3 of his last 4, and 4 of his last 6. The highlight bout of the show wasn't a title bout but was a rubber match between current Japanese Lightweight champion Yoshitaka Kato (29-5-1, 9) and former champion Nihito Arakawa (25-5-1, 16). The bout, fought in great spirits, saw Kato having too much for the tough Arakawa who was competitive but never seemed to be quite able to get into any sort of a groove. It's a shame that Arakawa has now lost 3 of his last 4 though we wouldn't be shocked to see him back in the ring next year against a possibly lower level opponent. For Kato this bout is a perfect ending to the year, a year that began with him losing the OPBF Lightweight title to Masayoshi Nakatani, and it could be that 2015 will see him kick on with things and possibly even work towards a world title fight. Pathum Thani, Thailand In Thailand we had two bouts, one of which was interesting and one of which wasn't interesting, at all. The less bout saw the world ranked Norasing Kokietgym (13-0, 10) make very light work of Indonesian visitor Jack Madison (2-4) in a bout that really wasn't worth making. Madison genuinely looked like someone who didn't want to be there and Norasing looked like he was embarassed by how poor his opponent was. Without trying to sound too rude we never want to see Madison fight again. The more interesting contest saw the very promising Kongthara KKP (6-0, 5) go the 12 round distance as he defended the WBA Asian Boxing Council silver Super Bantamweight title against former world title challenger Nouldy Manakane (27-16-1, 17). Manakane came in to the bout to win though was clearly beaten despite putting up a solid effort. Despite his record Manakane is a solid fighter for a prospect like Kongthara and this bout will certainly not have done Kongthara's any harm despite the fact his stoppage run has come to an end. Cotabato (del Norte), Philippines In the Philippines there was an interesting but low profile show courtesy of Sonshine Sports Management. The headline bout here saw Rolando Magbanua (25-2, 17) make light work of the over-matched JP Macaumpuis (9-5-1, 3), who has now been stopped 5 times in 15 bouts. A more interesting bout was the co-feature which saw the heavy handed Lorenzo Villanueva (27-1-0-1, 14) go the 8 round distance with the incredibly tough Jamie Barcelona (38-57-1, 10). Villanueva may have had the clear edge in power but was fortunate to come out on top here with a majority decision over the experienced Barcelona. Another majority decision went the way of Jaime Quitoriano (2-3, 1) who narrowly beat Vergel Deguma (2-2). The rest of the card was thrills and spills as prospects scored blow out after blow out on local journeymen. The most notable of those prospects was youngster Jade Bornea (2-0, 2) who dispatched Armando Yee (2-6-3, 1) in the 2nd round. Jade's brother Jake Bornea (8-1, 4) also took a win in the 2nd as he stopped Rowel Garcia (6-16-3, 1). Others to score stoppages were Roskie Cristobal (10-0, 8), who stopped Rey dela Cruz (2-8, 2) inside a round, Jelbirt Gomera (8-0, 4), who beat Dingdong Quinones (4-12-1, 2) and Michael Bravo (7-1, 2) who beat Jessie Suacasa (3-4, 2) Sonora, Mexico Possibly the most surprising performance of the day came from unheralded Filipino Joebert Alvarez (14-1-1, 6). Alvarez was, and still is, an unknown in the eyes of many but he genuinely gave a really tough test to unified Flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada (31-2, 22) in a bout much, much more competitive than the score cards suggest. The bout, scored 99-91, 99-91 and 98-92 to Estrada make the bout look like an easy win for the Mexican but it was anything but easy for “Gallo”. Hopefully we see Alvarez back in the ring soon and hopefully in the mix for an OPBF title as he has the ability to go a long way though seems to lack the experience at the moment. Nuevo León, Mexico Sadly it wasn't just in Sonora where the judges failed to show their impartiality and in Nuevo León fans saw Shindo Go (14-3, 9) lose the WBC female Flyweight title to Arely Mucino (21-2-2, 10) with a split decision defeat. The bout, a very competitive one, was marred by the regular “WTF” card which read 99-91 in favour of the home time town fighter. The other card in favour of Mucino had the contest 96-94 whilst one judge had the contest 96-93 in favour of Go who unfortunately loses for the second time on the road. We suspect that Go's team will begin to think twice before allowing the fighter to compete outside of Japan as both of her losses on the road were controversial to say the least. California, USA In the US the ever popular Brian Viloria (35-4-0-2, 21) made light work of Armando Vazquez (21-12, 4) as he attempts to rebuild towards another world title fight. This really wasn't much of a work out for Viloria who stopped his foe in the 4th round of their contest with a left to the body. Incidentally there is now talk about Viloria getting a rematch with Estrada. On tonight's performances Viloria actually has a chance against the man that almost stopped him last year. New South Wales, Australia In Australia there was a pair of Indonesians who were both embarrassed by unbeaten Australian's. One of those was Gun Tinular (11-19-1, 6), who was announced as “Gumilar”. Tunilar was stopped inside a round by Tony Bates (10-0-1, 8), who previous to this bout had stopped a trio of Thais. The other was Elly Pangaribuan (3-5, 1) who was stopped in the second round by Ahmed Dib (15-0, 9). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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Bangkok, Thailand December 5th is a major day in Thailand as it's the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej, better known as the King of Thailand. In the past there have been various key bouts fought on this date, including the WBA Super Featherweight title bout between Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai and Lamont Pearson, in 2002. Today there wasn't any world title bouts but Thai fans still got a trio of regional title bouts with the contests being rather entertaining on the whole. The best of the bouts saw Chatpetch Sithmorseng (9-3-1, 5) successfully retain his PABA interim Super Flyweight title with a very well fought draw against Filipino Fernando Ocon (13-8-1, 5). For Ocon this was his 6th bout in Thailand and his experience of fighting in the country showed as he put on a genuinely great performance, on that possibly deserved a win. For Chatpetch this draw ends a run of 9 straight wins though we suspect that he'll be happy to have kept his title and put on a very memorable performance in a really good fight. Although Ocon gave a great account of himself in his draw he wasn't the only visitor to give a good effort as Indonesian fighter Ichal Tobida (10-13, 8) also gave a great effort as he tried to over-come the much touted Eaktawan Mor Krungthepthonburi (7-0, 6) and claim the WBA Asia Super Flyweight title. Unfortunately for Tobida his effort was for naught as he was stopped by Eaktawan in round 4. Despite the loss Tobida did impress and we suspect his real "fighting weight" is around 115lbs and not the 110lbs he fought Ryo Miyazaki at back in September, hopefully he'll get the chance to fight again at Super Flyweight. For Eaktawan this was the sort of fight he needed with someone trying to fight back against and we saw the Thai take a few shots before finally seeing off his Indonesian foe. Although both Chatpetch and Eaktawan had to work for their wins the same cannot be said for teenage prospect Stamp Kiatniwat (11-0, 5) who retained his PABA interim Flyweight title with an easy victory over Filipino foe Geboi Mansalayao (9-18-4, 3). Stamp again showed off why fans in Thailand are excited about him though we're now hoping to see him move up a level and face more opponents who are either going to extend him rounds or attempt to beat him, Mansalayao did neither before crumbling to Stamp's body shots. Bangkok, Thailand In a different Thai show a visitor did actually win as Brayd Smith (12-0, 10) managed to stop Indonesia's Anshori Anhar Pitulay (8-14-2, 6). (Image courtesy of our great friends over at Thairec.com) Bangkok, Thailand
On Thursday in Thailand fans got a small but notable show which was headlined by former WBO Bantamweight world champion Pungluang Sor Singyu (48-3, 32), who was in action for the second time since being stopped by Tomoki Kameda in the US. The experienced Pungluang was defending his interim WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight title as he took on Filipino challenger Eranio Semillano (10-7, 3), a man who had lost to Nop Kratingdaenggym in his only previous venture to Thailand. Unfortunately for Semillano he again came up short in the "Land of Smiles" as Pungluang stopped him in the 3rd round. The result was expected, despite the fact Pungluang hadn't looked good in recent bouts, though the win did come with a little bit of controversy as Pungluang clearly hit Semillano whilst the Filipino was on a knee. It was a shame Pungluang did it, and whilst it didn't seem vicious just a little bit unnecessary. Thankfully Semillano wasn't hurt in the slightest and nor did he milk it. Another bout on this card saw Thaminkhao Sor Tharnthip (4-10-1, 3) score a rare win as he stopped Yodpetch Superchamps (?-?) in the second round. Yodpetch was cut in the opening round and the blood seemed to see him become ultra aggressive in round 2, unfortunately for him that caused him to walk into a counter and soon afterwards he was stopped by the referee. We are hoping to get the rest of the results from this card soon Sanaa, Yemen
This past Tuesday the unbeaten Hani Ansi (11-0-1, 9) claimed his first professional boxing title as he scored a 3rd round DQ win over the previously unbeaten Muhammad Harazi (4-1, 1) and claimed the Yemeni Flyweight title. Ansi, a highly entertaining fighter, has now won 10 in a row though has sadly seen his 9 fight stoppage run come to an end. Sadly specific details of the contest are hard to come by and we've not yet received any footage of the contest, unfortunately. This past Sunday was a busy day in Asia with cards across the area. Sadly however whilst we had a lot of fights we haven't yet got all the result.
Wuhan, China In China we had a major eye opening result as unbeaten Chinese Heavyweight Zhang Junlong (8-0, 8)* stopped American veteran Jason Gavern (26-18-4, 11) in 2 rounds in what was a very one sided bout prior to the stoppage. The win for Junlong was by far his notable and was an especially impressive one given that Gavern managed to go 4 rounds with future world title challenger Deontay Wilder. Also on this card was a win for David Gegeshidze (14-7-1, 3) defeat Stacy Fraizer (16-16, 15) to claim the the CPBF Heavyweight title. (Information here courtesy of Brent Bowers, the trainer of Zhang Junlong) Rizal, Philippines The most notable show in the Philippines came from Rizal as we had several note worthy fighters in action and a pair of title bouts. One of the most interesting men in action on this card was former WBC Minimumweight title challenger Denver Cuello (35-5-4, 23) who scored a “gimme” win over the over-matched Ardi Tefa (4-2, 3), who appears to have been a late fill in for busy journeyman Sammy Hagler. Cuello, who is hunting a second shot at a world title next year, stopped Tefa in the 3rd round of their scheduled 10 rounder. The other major name on this card was former WBC Flyweight champion Sonny Boy Jaro (38-13-5, 27) who managed to take a decision win over Danilo Pena (26-21-3, 11). On paper this result looks relatively poor however Pena was a Featherweight on the scales whilst Jaro was fighting at Super Bantamweight, a weight well above that which we usually see Jaro fighting at. In terms of title fights Yuya Nakamura (2-1, 2) claimed the inaugural WBC Asian Boxing Council silver Bantamweight title as he over-came Rochmad Santoso (11-5, 6) in the 2nd round of their bout. The other newly crowned champion was Kenta Ide (2-1-1, 1) who stopped Edsil Jungco (1-8-5) with a body shot in the 3rd round to claim the PBF Welterweight title. Nakamura and Ide were2 of 3 Japanese fighters on this card with the other being Kyota Otsuka (5-0, 3) who stopped local fighter Ricky Oyan (4-23-2, 2) in the 3rd of a scheduled 8 rounds. Lower down the card fans saw the quick finishes with debutant Arnel Baconaje (1-0, 1) scoring the quickest of them as he easily dispatched Jonathan Pedrosa (0-7-1) inside a round. It took 4 rounds for another debutant, Lawrence Ladrada (1-0, 1) to see off Maurito Placios Jr (0-3). The once beaten Crisanto Contemprato (3-1-1, 2) scored a body shot stoppage over Remus Orcada (2-3-2) in round 3 whilst Roman Canto (9-5-2, 4) stopped Jonel Borbon (1-15-1, 1) in the 3rd round. Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines A second Filipino card came from Zamboanga del Sur and was a much smaller card than the one in Rizal. The main event here saw Dexter Alimento (7-0, 5) score a 4th round KO against the limited but experienced Jherom Tuyor (6-20-2, 3), who suffered his 10th stoppage. Another stoppage saw Ryan Ralozo (8-15-2, 2) being stopped in the 7th round by the light punching Jaysever Abcede (6-3, 2) whilst Jhon Rey Lausa (9-9-3, 4) forced the 9th round retirement of Rogen Flores (13-26-5, 6). The only bout on this show that actually went the distance saw Elvis Bicoy (5-2-1, 2) taking a split decision over the previously undefeated Freddie Bisande (5-1-2, 2). Ishikawa, Japan Results from Japan are few and far between at the moment though we do have two results from the Ishikawa card. On the under-card unbeaten Filipino prospect Neil John Tabanao (10-0, 7) made light work of Thailand's win-less Tiendchai Sor Kanitsorn (0-4) with an opening round KO. This was Tabanao's 5th win of the year and his first outside of his native Philippines, it does however look like he's ready to step up significantly. In the main event the once beaten, though still promising, Daryl Basadre (14-1-1, 10) claimed a WBC Youth title as he stopped Thailand's previously unbeaten Yodsingdaeng Jor Chaijinda (6-1, 4) with an 8th round TKO. Basadre is now 5-0 (4) since being stopped in 6 rounds by the world class Suriyan Sor Rungvisai in September 2009. Another Filipino in action on this card was Mark Gil Melligen (21-4-1, 12) who also managed to stop his over-matched Thai foe, Apichat Kangkan (0-1) inside a round. The remaining 5 bouts on this show saw Chinese fighters battling against Japanese locals and included a pair of female bouts. The most notable of those 5 contests saw Yukiya Hanabusa (7-2-2, 1) taking a 6 round decision victory over the win-less Cai Xuyuan (0-2). It wasn't all good for Japanese fighters however as Cai Zongju (2-1, 1) stopped Japan's previously unbeaten Miki Matsumoto (2-1) in the most notable of the female bouts. The other female bout saw Asami Jinnari (2-0) out point Bi Xinyue (0-1). The remaining contests on this show saw Yohei Fukui (2-0, 1) score a 3rd round TKO against Zhang Fangyong (1-1) and Katsuteru Yoshifusa (3-0) extend his winning record with a shut out decision against Hou Tinglong (0-1). Kagoshima, Japan On the other Japanese show fans got 7 bouts, albeit at a very low level. The most notable of those 7 bouts saw Naoya Haruguchi (6-5, 2) take a clear decision over the limited Takeshi Nakayama (3-7-2, 1) in one of the 2 bouts scheduled for 6 rounds. The other 6 rounder was unfortunately ended partway through round 3 resulting in a technical draw between Tomohiro Nagakari (6-2-1, 1) and Takuya Taniguchi (4-5-2, 1). The only stoppage on the card saw Mitsuyoshi Fujita (3-2, 1) take a 3rd round TKO against the debuting Kento Iha (0-1). In more competitive action Genyu Nakano (0-0-1) fought to a 4 round split draw with Yuta Motoyama (1-3-1) whilst Junya Mishima (3-7-1, 3) also fought to a draw Yudai Yamakawa (2-3-1, 1). The remaining bouts both saw winners. These included Kota Hama (2-0, 1), who out pointed Takayoshi Kurokawa (1-1-1, 1) as well as Kensuke Minato (1-0) who won a debutant show down with Yusuke Tominaga (0-1) We'll be hoping to get the rest of the results from China shortly. *We were told earlier this year that Junlong was 17-0 (17) so we now assume he is really 18-0 (18) |
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