Igarashi and Shimoda pick up wins in Japan, Yordan claims a close one, Sonsona fortunate in the US6/7/2015 This post Saturday was a hectic one for Asian fight fans who seemed to have action everywhere they looked. Tokyo, Japan For Asian fight fans the most notable show of the day was in Tokyo where two former world champions were in action. The most notable of those former world champions was former WBC Flyweight champion Toshiyuki Igarashi (21-2-1, 11) who took a very hard earned win over talented Filipino Renerio Arizala (12-2-1, 5). Igarashi was forced to work incredibly hard for this win, despite the fact Arizala took on the bout on just 3 weeks notice. Sadly for Igarashi the win seemed to prove that he was miles away from being at world level as a Super Flyweight and it seems clear he shouldn't be looking at a world title bout any time soon. The other former world champion was former WBA Super Bantamweight champion Akifumi Shimoda (29-4-2, 12) who out pointed former Japanese Featherweight title challenger Gosuke Seki (16-2-2, 3). For Shimoda this was his first fight in 16 months, following his spectacular KO loss to Marvin Sonsona, and whilst it was a win it's hard to imagine him ever mixing at the top level again. In the chief supporting bout fans saw the heavy handed Kenichi Ogawa (15-1, 13) score a 6th round KO against Raymond Sermona (17-6-5, 8). Sadly for Sermona this was a second successive stoppage loss and it's hard to see where he goes. As for Ogawa he's now in the mix for a domestic title fight at Super Featherweight. Another big puncher in action was Yuichi Yokoyama (15-3, 13) who was surprisingly taken the 8 round distance by Genki Horiuchi (5-2-3, 3). Another 8 round bout saw Musashi Suzuki (11-3, 4) take a technical decision over Hideyuki Watanabe (8-7-3, 6), in a bout that was taken the the cards in the 7th round. On the under-card the unbeaten Teppei Kayanuma (4-0, 2) extended his winning record with a decision win over Kanehiro Nakagawa (2-2, 2) whilst the hard hitting Masato Niikima (3-0, 3) continued his perfect start with a 3rd round KO against Fumihiro Ijima (4-3). Surabaya, Indonesia In Indonesia fans had a treat as two of the best local fighters were in action. Of the two notable Indonesian fighters in action it was Daud Yordan (34-3-0-1, 24) who stood out as he took a very hard earned victory over the tough Maxwell Awuku (40-3-1, 26). Yordan, a former world title challenger, was pushed all the way by his foe from Ghana but a did just enough to convince the judges hat he deserved the decision. With the win Yordan claimed the WBO Africa Lightweight title, some how, and added that belt to his WBO interim Asia Pacific Lightweight belt. The other Indonesian in action was the heavy handed Defry Palulu (12-1, 11) who easily saw off Kaenpetch Manonprungroj (4-4, 2) in the 3rd round. This was Kaenpetch's third stoppage loss and his third straight defeat. Cebu, Philippines In Cebu fans saw the unbeaten Arjan Canillas (11-0-2, 9) continue his unbeaten run as he scored a 5th round KO against former world title challenger Balweg Bangoyan (19-10, 8). Sadly for Bangoyan he is a long way removed from the fighter who once challenged Toshiaki Nishioka for the WBC Super Bantamweight title. Macao, Macao Fight fans in the growing Asian hub of Macau also got a show. This wasn't as big or as interesting as the Bob Arum shows in the area but did feature some title action and some interesting fighters. In the only 12 round bout fans saw Filipino hopeful Michael Enriquez (11-3-1, 7) score a 5th round TKO against Indonesian Oscar Raknafa (12-10, 5), who's career has totally fallen apart since his loss to Heri Amol back in July 2013. This was Enriquez's first bout since he was involved in a war with Rex Tso earlier this year and it's fair to say that he's going to be a fun fighter to follow. In a bout at Super Middleweight fans saw China's Liu Yu (0-2) fail to claim the IBF Youth title as he was stopped in the 9th round by Andrey Kalyuzhnyy (8-1, 6). We're not sure how the IBF sanctioned Yu to fight for the belt considering his record. Another title bout saw Filipino veteran Jujeath Nagaowa (13-15-1, 8) claim the WIBA International Light Flyweight title with a decision over Luo Yu Jie (3-7, 1). In an interesting 6 rounder Estoni Autida (8-3, 3) took a decision over Wang Xinghua (11-11-1). Technically this bout was a “majority” decision but with two judges scoring it 59-55 to Autida it's hard to believe this was really a close bout. In an all debutant bout Wang Jian Zheng (1-0, 1) took a 5th round TKO win against Sagidolla Muhamethali (0-1), in a bout scheduled for 6. Another all debutant match up saw Ye Rong Cheng (1-0) take a well fought 4 round decision against Anthony Waldon (0-1). One other debutant who picked up a loss was Li Le Shan (0-1) who was narrowly out pointed by Gabriel Royo (11-12-2, 8). Gauteng, South Africa South African fans got one of the highlights of the weekend as Kazakh prospect Roman Zhailauov (15-0, 9) scored a highlight reel KO against Luyanda Jako (9-10-2, 4). Zhailauov is tipped by some as the future of Kazakh boxing and his KO here showed just how under-rated his power is. Frightening KO and a genuine highlight of he weekend. California, USA The most notable Asian fighter in action in the US was former world champion Marvin Sonsona (20-1-1, 15) who narrowly over-came the under-rated Jonathan Arrellano (15-6-2, 3). On paper this looked like a mismatch but Arrellano gave his all and may well feel unlucky not to have had a draw, at the very least. New York, USA In New York fans saw Chinese Heavyweight hopeful Zhang Zhilei (4-0, 2) continue his perfect record as he dominated Glenn Thomas (1-4). The scorecards, all of which read 40-33, summed up just how one-sided the bout was. Zhilei, who may have been disappointed not to have scored the stoppage, now needs to take a step up in class rather than wasting time fighting at this level. Virginia, USA In Virginia fans saw Uzbek born prospect Zarifbek Nishanbaev (2-0, 2) score his second early victory as he saw off Norman Allen (6-15, 3) in the 3rd round of their bout. (Image courtesy of boxingews.jp)
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This past Tuesday may not have been a huge day in the Asian boxing world it was certainly a notable one with several interesting bouts and a very notable show. Shanghai, China The show of note happened in Shanghai and saw the Top Rank expansion into Asia expend as the American promoter put on their first show on the Chinese mainland and grew from merely being an outfit that has shows in Macau. The card started with some very low level bouts that would have raised the interest of very few fans. These saw 4 bouts scheduled for the 4 round distance and featured mostly local Chinese talent. One of those bouts saw the win-less Xu Que (0-1-1) fight to a split draw with the still unbeaten Liu Yong Cai (1-0-2, 1), it's fair to assume neither of these guys are going to be making a name for themselves in a rush. A more promising result was that of the lanky Light Heavyweight hopeful Qu Peng (6-0-1, 4) who took out former OPBF Middleweight title challenger Marlon Atla (12-5, 9) in 3 rounds. Whilst this is 3rd straight stoppage loss for Alta it was also the quickest and came 2 rounds earlier than the stoppage scored by Zac Dunn last November and 3 rounds quicker than the one scored by Makoto Fuchigami back in October 2012. We won't say Peng is a star in the making but we'd keep an eye on him. Another man we'd keep an eye on is Halimubieke (1-0) who scored an excellent, at least on paper, debut win by over-coming Thailand's Phompetch Twins Gym (6-1, 3) and claiming a 4 round decision win. Whilst we won't make Phompetch out to be anything special it's still notable that Halimubieke beat an unbeaten man with more experience. The only other 4 rounder saw Ma Yi Ming (11-5, 7) scoring a 3rd round KO over Morakote Patanakan Gym (8-5, 4). In the sole 6 rounder the unbeaten Zhou Yun Fei (3-0, 1) scored a 6th round TKO over Australian Marcos Amado (4-2, 2). Notably this was the first stoppage loss of Amado's career. The first of the main bouts featured hard hitting Chinese Lightweight Ik Yang (17-0-0-1, 12) who claimed the Asia Pacific Lightweight title with an 8th round TKO win over Thailand's Sukkasem Kietyongyuth (13-3, 8). Yang, fighting for the 3rd time this year, Imposed himself from the off and dropped Sukkasem in the opening round. From then on it always looked likely that Yang was going to get the Thai out of there at some point, it was just a shock it took 8 rounds for it to happen. Following Yang's title victory fans then got the big one as Filipino fighter Randy Petalcorin (22-1-1, 17) finally got his shot at a "world title". Petalcorin took on Panama's Walter Tello (20-8, 8) in a battle for the WBA interim Light Flyweight title and although the Filipino didn't have things all his own way he was in charge when he dropped Tello in round 7. Tello, to his credit, got up but the referee waved off the bout quickly. It wasn't the best stoppage from Raul Caiz Sr but the bout was looking like an easy win by Petalcorin who was starting to up the ante and break down Tello. Jakarta, Indonesia As well as the show in Shanghai there was also on in Jakarta. The headline fighter here was Defry Palulu (11-1, 10) who bounced back from his loss to AJ Banal last time out and stopped Thailand's Khunkhiri Wor Wisaruth (15-9-1, 10) in 7 rounds. The talented and promising Palulu is only 23 and we'd advise keeping an eye on the youngster who looks like he could be the next star of Indonesian boxing. Although it's highly unlikely Palulu will become as big as Chris John he is certainly worth following. Whilst Palulu is the most exciting man in Indonesian boxing right now he isn't the only "name" fighter in the country. Another "name" is that of popular journeyman Rasmanudin (18-5-3, 9) who fought to an 8 round split decision with Ruben Manakane (13-11-1, 8). In the other bouts from this show Dicky Amtiran (4-9) took a majority decision over Benigno Nino (1-3-1) and Philipus Rangaa (8-7, 1) took a 6 round unanimous decision over the previously unbeaten John Ruba (1-1, 1). (Image courtesy of www.the13thround.com) |
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