This past Saturday was one of the busiest and longest days of the boxing year so far with fights taking place across the globe, from Australia to New York. New York, USA The biggest fight of the night came in New York where popular Kazakh puncher Gennady Golovkin (30-0, 27) successfully retained his WBA Middleweight super title and advanced his KO% to a simply insane 90%. Golovkin was supposedly facing his toughest test so far as he battled former unified Middleweight champion Daniel Geale (30-3, 16) though he made it look like a cake walk. The opening round was a seeing out round for Golovkin who did little until an assault late on stole him the round. The second round saw him warming up and dropping Geale whilst the third round saw him stopping Geale who was dropped for a second time before telling the referee he wasn't okay to continue. This was supposed to be a tough fight but the champion really made it all look way too easy. Metro Manila, Philippines The most interesting of three Filipino shows took place in the Mandaluyong Gym in Metro Manila courtesy of former fighter-turned-promoter Gerry Penalosa who had two of his nephews on the show. Both of the promoters nephew's managed to take home wins though things were a little bit hairy for Dave Penalosa (9-0, 6) who was dropped hard by Danilo Gabisay (5-3, 3) in the third round of their fight. Penalosa, who was dropped for the first time in his career, seemed to take the knockdown personally and dropped Gabisay twice in the following round before finishing him off in the following round. For Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr (13-0, 12) things were much easier as he saw off the very limited Dicky Amtiran (3-9) in round 3 courtesy of a solid body shot. Amitran had been down in the opening round and looked completely out of his depth from the opening bell. Sadly the show's most interesting bout on paper ending in the most disappointing fashion as Bernabe Concepcion (32-6-2, 18) suffered an accidental cut and was forced to accept a 3rd round technical draw with Eden Sonsona (32-6-2, 10). The hope was that the winner would go on to fight in a solid international bout but with this sort of ending it seems that a rematch makes more sense than anything else for either man. A fourth bout of note on this show saw former OPBF Bantamweight title challenger Richard Pumicpic (15-6-2, 4) clearly defeating domestic journeyman Rex Olisa (10-25-1, 8) in an 8 rounder decision. Pumicpic, one of the more under-rated Filipinos, came in to this bout following a majority decision loss to Ryosuke Iwasa and seems likely to get another title fight in the next year or two. A real danger man Pumicpic is a fighter than people will likely avoid due to the "high risk-low reward" factor that he brings to the ring, though we'll admit we're impressed when fighters do beat him. We hope to get the remaining results from this show soon. Metro Manila, Philippines A second show in Metro Manila took place at The Flash Grand Ballroom of the Elorde Sports Complex and featured 8 bouts in total. This show saw 7 bouts going the distance including the shows opening bout between BJ Sampiton (1-1) and Rolando Prima Jr. (0-2). Sampiton was dropped in the opening round of the 4 round contest but managed to recover well to win the remaining 3 rounds and take home the decision with scores of 38-37 across the board. As well as the opening bout going the distance so to did the 6 bouts scheduled for 6 rounds, these include some very competitive bouts. The most even of the contests was a was a split decision draw between Jun Blazo (1-1-1, 1) and Ryan Medez (1-2-2) with the judges really struggling to split the men over the 6 rounds. Another close bout saw Jonathan Ligas (8-5-1, 1) taking a majority decision over Roy Lagrada (3-7-1, 3). A third close bout was probably the most shocking result on the card as the young Warlight Dapidran (3-1, 2) saw his unbeaten run come to an end at the hands of Gilbert Donasales (5-7-1, 3) courtesy of a split decision loss. Strangely the judge who gave the bout to Dapidran had it a near shut out, 59-55, in his favour suggesting he was watching a very different fight to the other judges who both gave Dapidran just 2 of the 6 rounds. One of the most one sided of the decision bouts was the win for the unbeaten Joe Noynay (5-0) who dropped Mark Postrano (2-3, 1) in the opening round before taking a clear decision. Another clear decision was won by the experienced Lionel Mark Duran (13-10-2, 5) who out pointed Ruben Traza (4-7-3, 1). The remaining 6 round was a near shut out in favour of the world ranked Lionel Legada (12-6-1, 5) who over-came the over-matched Ricky Oyan (4-21-2, 2). The only bout to see a stoppage was the main event which saw Bebong Manalo (9-2, 6) blowing away Jovill Marayan (8-18-3, 3) in just 122 seconds to score an eye catching victory. Bohol, Philippines At the moment we're awaiting the full set of results from a show in Bohol though we've been informed that the excellent Mark Magsayo (7-0, 5) scored a 6th round stoppage against Ernesto Tata Fontanilla (11-6-1, 5). Hopefully the rest of the results will hit us in he next few hours. Hidalgo, Mexico Sadly Mexico wasn't a happy location for the visiting Takahiro Shigee (11-1-1, 9) who suffered his first loss as he remained in his corner at the end of round 9. Shigee, fighting out side of Japan for the first time, was unable to cope with the pressure and experienced of the very talented Rodrigo Guerrero (21-5-1, 14) who has now scored back-to-back wins since losing to Daiki Kameda last year. With this win Guerrero also claimed the interim WBC Silver International Bantamweight title. As with a number of other shows we are awaiting the other results from this show. Queensland, Australia In Australia locals fans will have been pleased to see Jason Cooper (11-3-1, 6) defeat Thai visitor Phissanuthep Chaiyonggym (4-11-1, 3) to claim the IBO Asia Pacific Super Bantamweight title. Cooper is best known to us for his loss, in China, to Qiu Xiao Jun earlier this year. Since that loss Cooper has scored a trio of victories may well turn his attention back to Jun for a rematch of what was a competitive contest. Pennsylvania, USA Back in the US fans had the chance to see unbeaten Uzbek Heavyweight Akhror Muralimov (16-0, 13) continue his winning run as he scored a 2nd round TKO over American who stopped Jason Bergman (23-11-2, 16) to claim the NABA USA title (Image courtesy of Thegarden.com)
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This past Friday was a busy one for boxing fans in Asia with notable fights in both the Philippines and Thailand. Bueng Kan, Thailand The most notable bout of the day was in Bueng Kan in Thailand as the world ranked and very highly regarded Teerachai Kratingdaenggym (25-0, 19) successfully defended his PABA Welterweight title, super version. Teerachai, ranked #7 by the WBA, continued his rise by stopping former foe Behzod Nabiev (22-8-1, 16) in round 7. This was the second meeting between the two after Teerachai was forced to take a decision over Nabiev last year. The first bout saw the Thai being knocked down and forced to struggle to a decision this time though an improved Teerachai did what was expected and became just the second man to stop the Uzbek fighter. Bangkok, Thailand As well as the Thai card with Teerachai on their was a second Thai card, this time in Bangkok. This card was a much deeper show with 4 bouts on it as opposed to just one though for us none were as notable as Teerachai/Nabiev II. The shows opening bout on the broadcast saw the very highly ranked Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat (52-2, 34), the WBA #3 Bantamweight, take an 8 round decision over the game but completely out classed Shark Mac (0-2). Mac, who was on the receiving end of a controlled beating, hardly landed a punch of note during the 8 round contest though he will likely be welcome to return to Thailand for more fights like this given his proven toughness. The main event on this show saw the unbeaten Thong Sithluangphophun (8-0, 5) defend his PABA interim Featherweight title for the first time. Thong, who won the belt back in January, made very light work of the over matched Tony Arema (3-5). Arema was down twice in round 2 before being down again in round 3 as the towel came in. From what we saw of Thong here he looks very promising and at 21 years old he has a lot of time to develop into an excellent fighter. Technically he has a fantastic jab that he likes to throw and although he needs to step up he does look a little bit special. The third fight on the show saw baby faced southpaw Hanuman Sithluangporphun (2-0) take a decision over the more experienced Thaminkhao Sor Tharnthip (3-9-1, 2) before Yodsingdaeng Jor Chaijinda (4-0, 2) stopped the debuting Kaewkangwan Sithporkae (0-1) in 4 rounds. Metro Manila, Philippines In Metro Manila MAG Pacman put on a very interesting 8 bout card at the San Juan Arena. The main event here featured 2-time world title challenger Michael Farenas (38-4-4, 30) who scored a controversial cut stoppage over Mexican veteran Hector Velazquez (56-21-3, 38). Velazquez, who suffered a genuinely nasty cut, was ruled to have been damaged by a punch though replays seem to show it was a clash of heads that forced the early conclusion to the bout and the bout should have been a 2nd technical draw. In the chief support bout fans got to see the promising Giovanni Escaner (11-2, 7) score a 7th round KO over the usually tough Jaymart Toyco (14-5, 10) who suffered just his second stoppage defeat. The show's only 8 round contest saw the unbeaten John Vincent Moralde (8-0, 4) struggle past his toughest test so far. The touted Moralde was genuinely given a great work out by Roman Canto (8-4-2, 3), who some felt may have deserved more respect on two of the score cards. Whilst Moralde struggled fellow unbeaten Dave Penalosa (8-0, 5) did as he was expected to and clearly beat the game but out classed Alem Robles (6-5-2, 2). A third unbeaten prospect, Jake Bornea (6-0, 3) was given an unexpectedly tough contest from Felipe Cagubcob Jr (1-2-4) who showed why he gets so many draws with his ability to keep things close and competitive. The only other 6 rounder on the show saw Jestoni Autida (4-1, 1) out point Eric Pansa (3-2-1) in what looked like a very competitive bout on paper though proved to be very one sided in the actual ring. In the 4 rounders Mark Macabales (1-2) defeated the debuting Jocel Calantos (0-1) whilst fellow debutant Jiffy Castaneda (1-0) out pointed the win less Felipe Suyom (0-3). (Photo courtesy of Boxrec.com) |
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