Wanheng, Chanachai and Kongputorn all retain titles

2/5/2015

Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
This year has certainly been a very slow one to get going but it seems like we now have life in the world of boxing and today we saw the first world title bout in Asia for 2015. We also saw a couple of youth title bouts and a couple of other contests.

The show, which was televised on Thai channel 7, began with one of the WBC Youth title fights as WBC Youth Minimumweight champion Chanachai CP Freshmart (2-0, 1) successfully defended his title. Chanachai was battling against the more experienced Wilber Andogan (10-18-4, 4) and although Chanchai did show signs of inexperience he thoroughly dominated Andogan who did very well to survive the scheduled 10 round distance. Whilst this was the first we'd managed to see Chachai in action he did look impressive and we're going to look forward to see him again in the future as he looked a very aggressive and exciting young fighter.

Following the starter we then got the main event bout which was another bout at Minimumweight as WBC world champion Wanheng Menayothin (37-0, 12) made the first defense of his title. Wanehng, who won the title last year when he stopped Oswaldo Novoa, was taking on unknown Filipino challenger Jeffrey Galero (11-1, 5) and a it seemed in the early rounds as if Wanheng was trying to figure out his Filipino opponent who had success in the opening rounds with his smart movement and intelligent boxing. Sadly for Galero he was then put under 10 rounds of increasingly stiff pressure and although he survived the pressure he was the clear loser come the final bell.

In the show's third bout we again saw title against as the brilliant Kongputorn CPFreshmart (6-0, 4)* retained his WBC Youth Flyweight title with a brutal beating of the very badly over-matched Zhang Fang Yon (0-2). Yon showed some bravery early on but took a pounding before being saved in round 3 by the referee. By the end Yon was bleeding from various cuts, was having his head snapped back and rocked repeatedly and the bout was becoming a show case for the very talented Kongputorn who we hope to see matched a little harder in the next few months.

After the title bouts fans then had the chance to see a former world title challenger in action as Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym (43-2, 25), best known for his loss in 2013 to Koki Kameda, dismantled a horribly over-matched Indonesian foe, believed to be Edo Anggoro (7-3), in 3 rounds. The match was a farcical mismatch in what Anggoro did little other than show his guts as he picked himself of the canvas repeatedly. We're unsure if Angoro was the opponent though if it was it seems his record is massively incomplete.

As the broadcast went off air there was still a fight going on involving Noknoi Sitthiprasert (52-4, 30) who managed to over-come the win-less Mongkol Patanakan Gym (0-8), who had been stopped in 6 of his previous 7 defeats.

California, USA
In the US the unbeaten Ruslan Madiev (3-0, 1) recorded his first stoppage as he took 102 seconds to defeat Cesar Martinez (4-5-2, 1)

*Boxrec still fail to recognise Kongputorn's debut win over Veeradej Manoprungroj, which can be seen here

(Image courtesy of Thairec.com)

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Patomsuk struggles, Galero beats Mabao, Bodiongan batters Marcos

9/2/2014

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Lanao del Norte, Philippines
In the Philippines fans got a small but notable show that featured a trio of interesting contests.

The least significant of those bouts saw Ricardo Roa (12-9-2, 4) score and unexpectedly quick blow out against Jherom Tuyor (6-19-2, 3). Roa, not a puncher, took just a round to see off Tuyor who has now been stopped in his last 3 contests. Tuyor wasn't the only man on the show to be taken out earlier as the feather fisted Donriel Marcos (10-23-1, 1) also failed to see out a round as he took on the heavy handed Marbon Bodiongan (11-1-2, 9). Aged just 20 we are expected by Bodiongan who has now won 7 bouts since his sol loss more than 2 years ago. Powerful, aggressive and fun we'd suggest fight fans world wide keep a mental note Bodiongan.

The only other fight on card saw the unbeaten Jeffrey Galero (11-0, 5) take a decision over domestic journeyman Donny Mabao (21-22-1, 4). For Mabao this was his first bout since his loss to Ryuji Hara in and in many ways it's made us really question Hara whilst also accepting that Galero might well be one to keep an eye on, even if he doesn't look like a concussive puncher.

Osaka, Japan
As well as the show in the Philippines there was also one in Japan with 8 bouts, including one world ranked fighter. Although the card was a low profile one it was thoroughly competitive from start to end.

The main event here saw Masato Morisaki (9-3-1, 5) taking an 8 round majority decision over Tomohiro Nagakari (6-2, 1). The bout was competitive though the right man did win the bout and scored his first win over an opponent with a winning record. Sadly for Nagakiri this will be a hard loss given that he was a Rookie of the Year winner last year.

The world ranked fighter on this show was Thailand's Patomsuk Pathompothong (29-2-1, 18) who showed that his world ranking was very questionable as he struggled past limited Japanese fighter Tatsunori Fukunaga (4-5, 1) in a 6 round split decision. Ranked #8 by the IBF at 140lbs it's fair to say that Patomsuk is not ready for a world title fight and in fact many will doubt if he's ever going to be ready.

Another competitive bout on this card saw Takeshi Sone (5-3-2, 1) fighting to a 6 round split decision draw with Il Che (6-8-4, 1).

The competitive bouts were also seen throughout the 4 rounders. These included a pair of split decisions as the debuting Takuya Uehara (1-0) over-came Ryo Sumiya (1-1) and the win-some lose-some Akira Takasuka (4-6)defeated Takashi Abe (2-2-1). In majority decisions Takehiro Tode (1-3) scored his first win as he over-came the debuting Shin Hatta (0-1) whilst Shota Oka (1-0) made a successful start to his career with a win over Takahiro Morishita (0-4-1)

The only cut result on the entire card was the opening bout as Koichi Wakita (1-1) took a unanimous decision over debutant Kodai Nakashoya (0-1).

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