This past Friday was a busy day in the world of Asian boxing, both regionally and internationally.

Mendoza, Argentina
In Argentina fans saw a WBA Flyweight title fight that saw interim champion Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep (34-2, 20) attempt to unify his title with “regular” champion Juan Carlos Reveco (35-1, 19). Sadly for Yondmongkol he was stopped in the 5th round as Reveco unloaded on his and forced the referee to step in. Prior to the stoppage both men had scored knockdowns with Reveco going down in round 2 and Saengthep down just prior to the stoppage.

Quebec, Canada
In Canada was saw several Russian's in action and all of them seemed to have very different nights.

The most disappointing of the Russian's was Dmitry Sukhotsky (22-3, 16) who looked awful, genuinely awful, as he challenger Adonis Stevenson (25-1, 21) and put up a nothing effort. Sukhotsky did little more than follow the champion who landed left hands at will before stopping Sukhotsky in round 5 after scoring a trio of knockdowns in the round.

Another notable Russian on the card was the unbeaten Artur Beterbiev (7-0, 7) who over-came Jeff Page Jr (15-1, 10) with a 2nd round TKO. Whilst on paper the result was a good one the performance was terrible from Beterbiev who was dropped in the opening round and showed little more than crude power as he came out swinging for the fences whilst setting nothing up. It was, in many ways, a humbling performance from one of the most touted up-and-comers in the sport and will hopefully serve as a reminder that he needs to use his boxing ability as well as his power.

A third Russian was the debuting Vislan Dalkhaev (1-0) who scored a clear win over journeyman Csaba Toth (13-25-1, 8).

Samut Prakan, Thailand
The feature bout in Thailand saw former world champion Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (28-6-1, 17) bounce back from his recent loss to Shinsuke Yamanaka with a very easy win over the horribly over-matched Tony Arema (3-6). Arema was never able to put the That under any pressure and midway through the opening round Suriyan landed a nasty left to the body which put Arema down in agony, where he stayed for the count. Strangely this bout was for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Bantamweight title and see Suriyan getting immediately back into the mix for a world title fight in 2015.

In a stay busy fight we saw former WBC Super Flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (31-4-1, 28) score a straightforward win over limited journeyman Jemmy Gobel (18-16-5, 13). Srisaket tried to pick his shots in a controlled opening round as it appeared he was attempting to get some rounds under his belt though Gobel didn't take the chance to test the Thai, despite landing some clean uppercuts in the opening round. In round 2 Srisaket went to work and broke down Gobel with steady and hurtful body shots that quickly had Gobel in trouble, a follow up attack up top dropped the visitor who stopped soon afterwards.

Another bout on this card saw the limited, but unbeaten and exciting, Kongfah Nakornluang (18-0, 10) over-come the win-less Vichannoi Chaiyonggym (0-3) with a 6 round decision in what was an unexpectedly close fight. As is often the case Kongfah made life very difficult for himself but very entertaining for us and we don wonder how many times he can get away with having such damaging fights though we can't complain about the entertainment as he is great value every time he's in the ring.

Possibly the stand out performance came from debutant Jirapan Nakornluang (1-0, 1) who dominated fellow debutant Toto Lookmuangbangklang (0-1) en route to securing a 4th round TKO. If we were to suggest that Jirapan was the most complete Thai prospect we've seen recently we wouldn't be lying and he looks like he has the potential to be the real deal. He showed a nice sharp jab at range and really great body work up close, that body was eventually what ground out Toto. This guy is one to watch.

The remaining bout on the show saw Denchai Por Korbkua (1-1) claim his first professional win as he over-come the more experienced Namphol Sithsaithong (7-9, 5) to take home a 6 round split decision. The scoring was a bit all over the place here unfortunately.

Hyogo, Japan
We're sorry it's taken us a while to get all the results from this show, which was the only Japanese show last Friday and came courtesy of Shinsei Promotions.

In the main event fans saw the very promising Shun Kubo (6-0, 4) score his best win to date as he took a decision over the world ranked Luis May (15-8-1, 7). Both men had knockdowns rules against them, though the one against Kubo did seem harsh, and May had a point deducted to leave us with weird looking scorecards but it was a clear win for Kubo who has announced himself with this win. Although clearly a novice Kubo has called out Japanese champion Yukinori Oguni and has made it clear that the domestic title is his aim for next year.

An interesting co-feature saw Toshiya Yokogawa (7-7-1, 6) score a shock win over Tokiya Nishioka (9-4-2, 5) with a 2nd round KO. Another bout from the top of the card saw Takahiro Shigee (12-1-1, 10) score a 5th round TKO against Petchfankaen Keelanakornpatom (0-1), this was Shigee's first bout since he was stopped by Rodrigo Guerrero. The least interesting of the 8 rounders saw Kenta Sugimoto (8-7-1, 1) score his first stoppage as he over-came Saengpetch Lukmatulee (0-1) in the 2nd round.

The undercard here featured 5 bouts scheduled for 4 rounders with only a single bout failing to go the distance. The one bout that didn't go to the final bell saw Makoto Mizoshita (3-1, 2) score an opening round blow out against Hiroki Yatomi (2-1, 1).

In bouts that went the distance we saw Shintaro Yano (1-0) take a debut win with a split decision Shin Tomita (1-1-2), another close decision saw Taichi Sugimori (3-1) take majority decision over Ryusuke Tanaka (3-3, 1). The closest bout saw Ryo Sumiya (1-1-1) fighting to a draw with Shohei Matsuo (1-1-1). The only clear decision saw the unbeaten Kenta Sakata (2-0-1) take a clear decision over Kodai Nakashoya (0-2)

(Image, from the Kubo fight, courtesy of boxingnews.jp)

It's fair to say that 25 years ago the world was a very different place to what it is now. The cold war is certainly over and there is no need to fear the Russian's...right? Well this past Saturday the boxing world found out that it should fear the Russian's, in a big way. In fact the Russian fighters appear like they are set to take the higher weights and make them their own in what is a worrying time for American fighters.

Quebec, Canada
We'll start our results in Canada where one of the Russian fighters really stated their class, intention and ability on the planet with a tremendous and eye opening victory that showed off a ruthless killer instinct and vicious power. That man was Artur Beterbiev (6-0, 6) who put the entire Light Heavyweight division on red alert with a 1-sided destruction of former IBF world champion Tavoris Cloud (24-3, 19). Cloud was dropped 3 times in the opening round and was lucky the bell came when it did or he'd have been stopped inside a round. Sadly for Cloud his survival in round 2 was limited and he was stopped after just 38 seconds of round 2. For Beterbiev this was a coming out party to remember and will have essentially launched him into the world rankings when they are updated. Interestingly the record for fewest bouts to win a Light Heavyweight world title is 10 fights, a record that Beterbiev must have in his sights right now.

Moscow, Russia
Whilst the result in Canada was a great one for Russian boxing it wasn't the only notable win for a Russian fighter on Saturday, in fact it was one of a number with many other impressive wins taking place on a show that actually took place in Moscow.

One of Beterbiev's fellow prospects who also scored a notable win was Sergey Lipinets (4-0, 3) who managed to see off the tough Daniel Lomeli (22-5, 11) in 7 rounds. Prior to the bout Lomeli had only been stopped once, Eduardo Escobedo more than 5 years ago, and that took 10 rounds. Lipinets may not be as explosive or as good as Beterbiev but at 25 years old Lipinets is clearly a prospect to keep a close eye on and he certainly has the potential to go a long way at Light Welterweight or Welterweight, depending on where he settles.

Although Lipinets is at the start of his career there were several Russian's who at major crossroads today. One of those was Grigory Drozd (39-1, 27) who may not have been the most entertaining but really did what was needed of him to take the WBC Cruiserweight title from Poland's tough but frustrating Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (49-3-1, 35). At times Drozd looked sensational with great lateral movement, excellent hand speed and lovely combinations at other times however he looked like he was full of self doubt and worried with repeated holding and some odd backing off late in the fight when Wlodarczyk looked ready to go. It really a mixed performance that showed Drozd has got the skills but we were left wondering if he can put it together against a more determined opponent than this version of Wlodarczyk who really was poor ene by his own inconsistent standards.

Whilst Drozd, finally, got his hands on a world title it was also nice to see the return to the ring for Denis Lebedev (26-2, 20) who had been out of the ring for over a year following his "loss" to a drug-assisted Guillermo Jones. Although we expected a lot of rust on Lebedev it took him less than 2 rounds to dismantle the previously unbeaten Pawel Kolodziej (33-1, 18). Lebedev might not have been quite as destructive as Beterbiev was in Canada but it was hard not to be impressed by Lebedev who successfully defended the WBA Cruiserweight title with this win. It does appear there are a lot of good fights out there for Lebedev though we're unsure which option he will be taking right now, saying that he's too fun to ignore no matter who he is up against.

Metro Manila, Philippines
In the Philippines Renan Trongco (16-4, 9) narrowly retained his WBC International Flyweight title with a majority decision over Japan's Hayato Yamaguchi (12-5-1, 2). We've been told that this was a razor thin fight that could have gone either way though the win for Trongco should help him retain his world ranking with the WBC.

In the 3 lead support bouts we saw a trio of stoppages. The quickest of those came in 64 seconds as Joe Noynay (6-0, 1) took out the more experienced Junjie Lauza (4-12-1, 1) with a love body shot. It take too much longer for for Jeffrey Arienza (12-2-1, 7) to force a retirement of Ronald Postrano (7-21-2, 3) who quit after 3 rounds. It took just 4 rounds for the other bout to end as Rolly Sumalpong (5-0-1, 2) forced Ricky Oyan (4-22-2, 2) to retire at the end of round 4.

Another bout that failed to go the distance saw Bebong Manalo (10-2, 7) take a 5th round KO against Menard Zaragosa (6-19-1, 4) in one of the two scheduled 6 rounds. The other 6 rounder did go the distance as Lady Love Sampiton (2-2, 1) took a majority decision over Carleans Rivas (3-2-3) to claim the GAB female Flyweight title.

In the 4 rounders we saw 2 bouts fail to go the distance. One of those saw Jun Blazo (2-1-1, 2) take a second round stoppage against Rolando Prima (0-3) whilst Alvin Medura (2-0, 2) forced a retirement of the debuting Elvis Lagman (0-1). The bouts that did go the distance saw Cris Ganoza (4-0) take a split decision over Jiro Saonoy (1-4) whilst Anthony Villanueva (2-0, 1) clearly out pointed Joshro Lindon (0-3).

Ibaragi, Japan
In Japan fans in Ibaragi had the chance to catch a small profile show. 

The most notable fight on the show saw Tatsuya Takahashi (18-5-3, 13) defeat limited Thai Kheaw Sod Sit Krupak (9-6-1, 1)* in the second round. After the win Takahashi announced that he would be returning to the ring on December 8th to challenge Kentaro Masuda for the Japanese Bantamweight title.

In the main support bouts, both scheduled for 6 rounds, fans saw Shoichi Eiraku (6-4, 5) make very light work of Hitoshi Ando (4-8-1, 3), in just 35 seconds. The second 6 rounder saw Hideki Suzuki (5-4-1) out point Corrales Kawashimo (4-5-1, 1).

The card began with 5 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. In the Lightweight division fans saw Yuichi Kitayama (1-1, 1) over-come Akira Onishi (0-2) with a 4th round stoppage, at Featherweight we saw another stoppage as Makoto Nakamura (1-0, 1) won one of 3 all-debutant match ups stopping Shohei Kamiya (0-1) in the second round. A third early stoppage came in a Bantamweight bout as Seiyu Gunji (1-0, 1) scored an excellent debut win as he took out Kazuma Sugiura (1-1, 1) in 140 seconds.

The other under-card bouts saw Fumiya Naoi (1-0) take a victory over Takeshi Honda (0-1) with a very narrow split decision whilst Yuya Nemoto (2-4) out pointed Makoto Takahashi (2-6-1, 1) in a clear win.

(*record taken from boxingnews.jp)

It's been a whilst since we had some fights though this past Friday was chock-a-block with fights taking place through out Asia. The day had cards in Thailand, the Philippines and Japan and gave us a share of shocks, blowouts, predictability and excitement reminding us why we all love boxing, even in it's down periods. 

Tokyo, Japan
For us the most notable of the shows was the reason promoted show at the Korakuen Hall that featured a trio of notable match ups alongside 7 lesser fights. The card wasn't an amazing one but was notable and significant on the Japanese and Asian boxing scene due to the main trio.

The first of that significant trio was Taiki Eto (13-3, 10) who bounced back from his loss last time out to Yohei Tobe and simple destroyed Brukluk Kor Narong Service (0-2) in just 2 rounds. Whilst Eto was stopped in a Japanese title fight by Tobe it's interesting to note that Brukluk's only previous fight was a loss to current Japanese champion Sho Ishida who, just like Eto, stopped the Thai in 2 rounds.

The second of the significant bouts also ended in the second round as the heavy handed former Japanese, OPBF and PABA champion Akinori Watanabe (31-4, 27) easily took out Thailand's Chatchai Sithsaithong (8-4, 6). This bout was Watanabe's return to the ring after a 9 month break though it's obvious from this performance that he still has enough to compete at title level.

In the main event Super Featherweight hopeful Shingo Eto (14-2-1, 9) made light work of Arnon Sithsaithong (0-1) who was stopped inside a round. After the fight it was announced that Eto would be fighting Japanese champion Rikki Naito in October in what looks almost certain to be a fantastic bout.

Whilst the main trio of bouts went a combined 5 rounds it's worth noting that the 7 undercard bouts also all ended early, in fact those 7 bouts went a combined 13 rounds!

The quickest of those undercard bouts saw the debuting Tsubasa Koura (1-0, 1) score a notable opening round blow victory against Naoki Morooka (2-1, 2). Aged just 19 Koura may be worth keeping an eye on desite his bout here only last 142 seconds. The only other opening round victory scored on this undercard was by Daichi Yamamoto (1-2-1, 1) who took just 25 seconds longer than Koura to score his victory. For Yamanoto he got his maiden victory with a KO over the still win-less Kazuma Fukino (0-3).

Of the 7 undercard bouts 4 went into the second round. The quickest of those 2 round bouts saw Shunsuke Mori (1-2, 1) scoring a stoppage 28 seconds into the round as he punished Takuya Sagehashi (0-1). It took Ryotaro Tokusa (1-0, 1) a further 20 seconds, 48 seconds of round 2, to take out his debut foe Hiroshi Higuchi (0-1) in an all debutant bout. Another debutant who suffered a set back was Kaiki Oshira (0-1) who was beaten by Hokuto Kawana (3-0, 2) at the 2:22 mark of round 2.

The other man who scored a second round KO was 19 year old Daigo Higa (2-0, 2) who were impressed by on his debut. Higa made light work of Thai visitor Rotthang Wor Por Srisaket (0-3) who was stopped at the 2:40 mark of the second round.

The only bout on the entire show to go beyond 2 rounds saw Kazumichi Ishizawa (3-4, 1) taking a 3rd round stoppage victory over Motonobu Suzuki (2-5). On paper this was one of, if not the, most evenly matched bout but even that didn't help it go the distance.

Hyogo, Japan
At the Kobe Central Gym there was a small but very notable show courtesy of Shinsei Gym. The card featured just 6 bouts though a number of them were fought as part of a small Japan Vs Philippines event. 

The show opened with a 4 rounder between Koichi Sumiya (0-1-1) and Yuki Arakawa (0-1-1) that ended in a split decision draw. The only other "under-card" bout saw Ryo Kosaka (8-3-1, 4) taking a second round KO over Monkey Shuhei (5-5-1, 2) in a scheduled 6 rounder.

The first of of the main bouts was a win for the Philippines as as the battle hardened and experienced Roque Lauro (11-16-4, 2) took a split decision over Japanese teenager Ryuya Yamanaka (7-2, 2). On paper this was a mismatch though delving below just the raw records suggests that Lauro is a very capable foe and has been in with a relative who's who whilst fighting well above his natural weight. With wins over Joan Imperial, Ronelle Ferreras and Myung Goo Yuh we'll suggest that Lauro is one of those potential banana skins, as Yamanaka found out here.

The second bout was another win for the Philippines as former OPBF title challenger Jhunriel Ramonal (14-7-4, 7) took a narrow split decision over Kota Fukuoka (15-5-2, 12). Ramonal had been stopped, in 3 rounds by Shingo Wake, last time he was in Japan though appears to have found that his level here with this win, a great result given that he had been stopped in his 2 previous bouts.

The Philippines made it 3-0 as the criminally under-rated Renoel Pael (14-1-1, 5) scored a dominant decision over the heavy handed Yuki Yonaha (3-2, 3). This bout wasn't even close and there was no debating the winner here as Pael put on a masterclass against a man who looked out of his depth. We'd suggest keeping an eye Pael as he appears to have plenty of skills and has no fear fighting on foreign soil, in fact his best performance came in Thailand against Noknoi Sitthiprasert just 6 months ago, the judges gave that to Noknoi though Pael really did deserve the win.

The only win for Japan came in somewhat disappointing circumstances as the the highly regarded Shun Kubo (5-0, 4) defeated Renren Pasignahin (6-4-1, 2) with a 4th round TKO. From what we understand the Filipino suffered a nasty injury that forced him to suffer his first stoppage defeat. In saying that we do suspect that Kubo would have won regardless of the injury but it is still a disappointment from the all involved. Pasignahin was robbed of his chance to compete after less than 4 rounder and Kubo was robbed of a "clean" win, a real shame.

Makati City, Philippines
As well as the action in Japan we also had two cards in the Philippines. 

At the bottom of this card was a number of novices, including the debuting Mark Angelo Plana (1-0) who successfully kicked off his professional campaign with a clear decision over fellow debutant Lordy Pateno (0-1) in a 4 round. The Plana/Pateno bout was one of two 4 rounders with the other one being won by female hopeful Naome Tacda (2-0, 2) who defeated Aisah Alico (5-4, 4) in the second round. In the sole 6 rounder Jonathan Dela Cruz (5-0, 2) recorded a second round KO against the usually durable Jomar Borbon (4-19-2, 2). 

The bulk of the show's contests were 8 rounders and these featured the show's most competitive bouts. The compeititve contests featured a surprising split draw for Ronelle Ferreras (14-7-3, 6) with JC Francisco (6-8-3, 2), a further shot to Ferreras's career which has really taken hit after hit this year, and also a split decision win for Eric Panza (6-2-1, 1) who narrowly over-came Pablito Canada (4-4-1, 1) in a very close contest.

In less competitive contests we saw a pair of stoppages for Japanese fighters. The less significant of those bouts saw Ryuta Wakamatsu (10-10, 7) stopping Aroel Romasasa (11-7, 5) in the second round in a slight upset. The other bout shocked no-one as Momoko Kanda (7-6-2, 1) stopped Nongnun Mor Krungthepthonburi (2-3) in 4 rounds and claimed the WBC Asian Boxing Council female Minimumweight title. This was the second bout between Kanda and Nongnun, the first time they met Kanda took a decision over 6 rounds but this time it seems she was fighting with real confidence and forced the stoppage of her Thai opponent.

The card featured a pair of 10 rounders but neither of them was even close to being competitive. One of them saw popular world ranked power puncher Warlito Parrenas (21-6, 18) completely dismantling Richard Garcia (25-20-1, 7) in the third round. Parrenas, one of the hardest puncher in the Super Flyweight division, broke apart Garcia with body shots in the third round and left Danrex Tapdasan with no option but to stop the contest. The other 10 rounder lasted a mere 36 seconds as Rey Juntilla (18-5-3, 11) detonated a body shot on Cris Leon (7-11-4, 3) who failed to recover. 

Sadly the main event was equally as one sided with Richard Claveras (9-0-2, 9) defending his WBC Asian Boxing Council Light Flyweight title with an opening round KO against Thailand's Sangthong Chor Pakdee (4-1, 4). We expected this to be explosive, but we didn't think it was going to be over quite so quickly.

Metro Manila, Philippines
The second Filipino show took place in Metro Manila at the The Flash Grand Ballroom of the Elorde Sports Complex and proved to relatively full of mismatches.

The card opened with a pair of 4 rounders, both won by men who went into the bouts as unbeaten. These saw Robin Langres (2-0, 1) take a 4th round TKO over Jonathan Pedrosa (0-6-1) and Jetlee Formentera (2-0, 1) take an opening round blow out victory against Roberto Mendano (0-2). 

Although the opening contests didn't last long the pair of 6 rounders both went the scheduled. These saw Wilbert Berondo (4-0, 2) score a near sut out over Roy Albaera (2-24-5) whilst the once beaten Diomel Diocos (4-1-2, 2) took a majority decision over Vincent Bautista (1-2-1). Strangely the Diocos/Bautista bout was scored 59-54 by two judges whilst the third had contest level at 57-57. The final "undercard" bout was the sole 8 rounder which saw Jeffrey Francisco (10-0-1) extending his unbeaten run with a clear decision over domestic journeyman Jeson Berwela (4-17, 2).

The bulk of the card was the trio of 10 rounders. The first of those saw Giemel Magramo (11-0, 8) taking and early and easy win over over the experienced but limited Jovel Romasasa (10-20, 4). Romasasa retired at the end of the 2nd round giving Magramo his 11th win though hopefully he will be matched more competitively next time out. Sadly much of the top bouts here were uncompetitive and in Featherweight action Juan Miguel Elorde (16-1, 8) took a 5th round TKO over Paulus Baransano (0-4). Juan Miguel Elorde wasn't the only member of the Elorde family to score a win as his brother, Juan Martin Elorde (16-1-1, 7), defeated Juniston Simbolon (7-12-1, 3) via a 6th round technical decision. At the end of the bout Elorde was bloody from an accidental headbutt hence going to the cards early. Both of the Elorde's were facing Indonesian foes.

The main event saw another easy win for a Filipino against an Indonesian as Dennis Laurente (48-5-5, 29) stopped the very limited Elly Pangaribuan (3-4, 1). This was Pangaribuan's second successive second round stoppage following on from his defeat to Nobuhiro Ishida just over a year ago.

Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
In Thailand we saw PABA Featherweight champion Thong Sithluangphophun (10-0, 7) defend his title with a 3rd round KO against Indonesian challenger Yakobus Heluka (7-8). For Heluka this was a 4th straight loss and it seems like he's generally just getting in the ring to lose right now, a real shame. The ended for this one was a bit on the nasty side from Thong though it does appear that Heluka decided that he didn't want to continue.

Quebec, Canada
In Canada fans got to see the heavy handed and very promising Artur Beterbiev (5-0, 5) take a very quick win over the over-matched Alvaro Enriquez (12-13-2, 4) in what was clearly a stay busy fight after spending 7 months out of the ring. We now expect to see Beterbiev facing former world champion Tavoris Cloud in September in what looks to be a genuinely fantastic bout.

(Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)

It's fair to say that this Saturday was the biggest day of boxing this year. It may not have had a world title fight but for the first time in 2014 it felt like a big fight weekend, at least in the west. Unfortunately it wasn't the best of weekends for Asian's fighting in the west, though we did see some interesting contests closer to home.

Pontianak, Indonesia
We'll start out look at the results from Saturday at Pontianak where we had a small and somewhat obscure show in Indonesia. The card, which apparently only featured 4 bouts, was short but interesting.

The main event, and by far the most interesting bout, saw Rommy Wassar (8-15-7, 3) dropping a 10 round decision to domestic stalwart Falazona Fidal (25-38-1, 8). The bout, which was Wassar's first since August 2012, was interesting one on paper though one that did look somewhat one-sided. Not only did Wassar have a worse record but his recent inactivity certainly didn't help him, especially when you consider it was Fidal's 11th bout inside a year. Of course neither of these two are going to become star, or notable names on the global scene, though it was certainly a good win for the 36 year Fidal.

On the undercard fans saw Ki-Chang Kim (5-1-1, 1) claim his third straight victory with a decision over journeyman Samuel Tehuayo (17-19-2, 3) in a 6 round contest. Tehuayo, better known to some as Sammy Hagler, has now won just 3 of his last 24 contests after starting with a perfect 14-0 record.

Also on the under-card was a stoppage victory for the previously win-less Yasmet Star (1-1, 1) who stopped the debuting Bud Kalbar (0-1) whilst Yohannes Yordan (13-2-3, 2) managed to overcome Wellem Reyk (17-9-3, 5). Reyk, who is known as "Fort Reyk", put up a good effort against Yordan, the younger brother of Daud Cino Yordan, though was certainly the loser in this 4 rounder.

Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Unfortunately results from this card are still sparse. The key ones that we've got are that unbeaten female fighter Wenie Cline Verano (2-0, 2) scored a stoppage against an as yet unidentified opponents whilst the unbeaten Macrea Gandionco (10-0-1, 6) stopped Allan Doronilla (9-10-1, 3). We've not got the specifics of either bout as of yet sadly, though we do hope to get them sooner rather than later.

Quebec, Canada
Russian Light Heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (4-0, 4) may not be getting his fights televised so far but the powerful former amateur standout is just simply steam rolling opponents. Beterbiev's latest victim was Gabriel Lecrosnier (16-26-3, 1) who survived in to round 4 but "surviving" was the best that he could before eventually being stopped.

Jalisco, Mexico
The first of two international fights involving a Filipino and a Mexican ended very badly for Fernando Lumacad (29-7-3, 12). Lumacad, who was traveling to Mexico for the 5th time in his career, was destroyed in a round by the unbeaten Horacio Garcia (25-0, 17). We had given Lumacad a decent chance at testing Garcia though unfortunately the Filipino just couldn't cope with Garcia's natural power and size. With this victory the unbeaten Mexican claims the WBC Continental Americas Super Bantamweight title, a title we couldn't understand Lumacad qualifying for.

Sonora, Mexico
Unfortunately for Filipino fans Marco Demecillo (19-2-1, 14) couldn't avenge Lumacad's victory as he too was stopped. We had given Demecillo a solid chance at recording the upset against David Sanchez (24-2-2, 19) though the Mexican was simply too strong and too powerful. The opening round was bad for the Filipino and by round 3 and early ending seemed imminent. The closing sequence came in round 4 with Sanchez launching a sustained attack whilst Demecillo was on the ropes, Demecillo dropped to the canvas where he took the count. With this victory Sanchez, who is highly ranked with a number of the governing bodies, claims the WBA international Super Flyweight title. Interestingly the last WBA international Super Flyweight champion was Daiki Kameda back in 2011!