 Bangkok, Thailand
This past Wednesday saw the action continuing with fights in Thailand featuring several notable fighters, including a man some are tipping for world honours and another fighter who looks to be a very promising young prospect. The prospective world title holder is Palangpol CP Freshmart (8-1, 5) who made relatively light work of Filipino foe Bimbo Nacionales (12-8-1, 2), who was stopped in the 4th round of a scheduled 12. There is now talk that Palangpol, who currently holds a minor title at Light Flyweight, will be dropping to Minimumweight in an attempt to claim a world title though we're unsure if that will come to any more than just idle chatter from his team. It took the very talented Kongfah CP Freshmart (12-0, 7)* just 3 rounds to see off his over-matched opponent, Geboi Mansalayao (9-19-4, 3) in a bout that really was little more than a training exercise for the very promising Thai youngster. We're now hoping to see Kongfah facing a slightly stiffer test to try and speed up his development, though we understand protecting him a little bit given his young age. Another talented youngster on this card was Kongputorn CPFreshmart (8-0, 6)** who easily over-came Kompetch Twins Gym (0-5). Kompetch did come to fight but was broken down and took the count having felt the effects of Kongputorn's solid and hurtful punches. A less significant, though more evenly matched bout on paper, saw Ratchasak KKP (26-3-1, 12) score a 2nd round win against Junio Bajawa (14-5, 7) of Indonesia. This was Ratchasak's 3rd win since his loss to Rex Tso last May, in a bout that saw Tso being dropped twice. For Bajawa this was unfortunately his 4th straight loss, 3rd by stoppage. *Boxrec.com are missing one of Kongfah's fights **Boxrec.com are missing THIS bout and 2 of Kongputorn's previous bouts (Image courtesy of Thairec.com)
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 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) Thailand
On December 26th, a date known as "Boxing Day" in Great Britain, Thai fans had a small, but notable and genuinely interesting, show that featured 2 of the most promising young fighters in Thailand as well as a former world title challenger. The former world challenger was Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym (42-2, 24) who out pointed the ultra-busy Samuel Tehuayo (18-29-2, 3), who has now gone 1-11 for the year. Panomroonglek has been said to be in talks about getting a world title fight in 2015 and although we can't see him beating any of the top Bantamweights right now he may as well chase a big fight at this point in his career. Notably this was the Thai's 5th straight win since his 2013 loss to Koki Kameda in a bout for the WBA Bantamweight title. As for the prospects one of those was the excellent Kongputorn CPFreshmart (6-0, 4) who went the scheduled distance with the tough Filipino Joel Kwong (1-8, 1). Kwong may not be the best fighter but he's been giving some of the best in Thailand really good work outs in the last 18 months, having gone the distance with Ratchasak KKP, Sod Kokietgym, Petch Kokietgym and Petchbarngborn Kokietgym. We are big fans of Kongputorn and a work out like this will not do him any harm at all, especially as it helped to show up some of his defensive holes and will give him areas to work on. The other prospect in action was Kongfah CP Freshmart (10-0, 5) who stopped his opponent with a devastating uppercut. Unfortunately we've not got the name of Kongfah's foe but we do know that this was Kongfah's second brilliant KO of the year following his eerie knockout against Sangthong Chor Pakdee back in August.  Bangkok, Thailand
If we were to say that this past Thursday was a quiet day in Asian boxing we really wouldn't be bending the truth at all, despite the fact we had a world title bout and a bout featuring one of the most promising Thai prospects, both televised. The world title bout in question was a WBC Minimumweight title bout saw the unbeaten Wanheng Menayothin (36-0, 12) prove that his record wasn't a paper one and that he had genuine talent as he over-came Mexico's Oswaldo Novoa (14-5-1, 9) to claim the world title in a thrilling contest. The boat was Novoa's second defense, since upsetting Xiong Zhao Zhong in China earlier this year for the belt, and although he was fighting in Thailand he showed no intention of giving up the belt in a real "ding dong" of a contest. At least until round 9 when the conditions and Wanheng both got to him forcing him to remain on his stool at the end of the 9th round. If you like hard fought bouts with a lot of heavy shots then this one is for you. On the same card fans saw the very talented Kongputorn CPfreshmart (5-0, 4) score an early victory over a mismatched foe who was decimated with a body shot from hell. The bout wasn't competitive in the slightest and it really was all Kongputorn prior to the stoppage which was very painful looking. Sadly at the moment we don't have the name of Kongputorn's opponent. One other bout on this card saw Kongfah CP Freshmart (9-0, 4) take a decision over Filipino visitor Cris Alfante (10-4, 3) in a regional WBC title fight. Sadly for Alfante it saw him suffering a third successive loss this year following losses to Florante Condes and Knockout CP Freshmart. (*Note Kongputorn's boxrec.com record is very wrong and misses several fights of his sadly however we're not sure even our record of the supremely talented Thai is actually right.) Queensland, Australia Unfortunately it wasn't all fine and dandy in Australia for Thai's as Pramool Boonpok (1-8-1) lost for the 8th time in 10 fights. Boonpok was narrowly out pointed by the limited Will Parsons (4-2, 2) in a 4 round bout that appears to have judges scoring the bout all over the place. (Image courtesy of Thairec.com)  Some days are amazing with great fights all over, others are merely interesting. We would suggest that this Thursday was certainly an interesting day for Asian boxing fans.
Tokyo, Japan Probably the most notable card of the day was in Japan where Ohashi Gym promoted "Phoenix Battle 50". The show it's self wasn't a mind blowing card but it did feature a number of notable fighters, the most notable of which was WBA Atomweight champion Ayaka Miyao (18-5-1, 3) who was in the main event and defeated Thailand's still win-less Yokfah Mor Krungthepthonburi (0-7). As you may assume from the records this was a clear stay busy fight for Miyao who stated she'd be back in action in October to defend her belt. Another major name on this card was Shin Ono (18-6-2, 2) who, like Miyao, was in a stay busy fight as he out pointed Petchnamchai Sor Sakulwong (1-1, 1). This was Ono's first bout since his loss to Katsunari Takayama in an IBF Minimumweight title fight and from what we've been told this bout was certainly not a memorable affair. As well as the bigger names on his show there were 7 other bouts with them all featuring either novices or young hopefuls. One of the young hopefuls was Kenichi Miyazaki (6-1-1, 1) who took a 6 decision win over the more experienced but less talented Naoto Takanashi (4-8-2, 3) and another was the heavy handed Yoshimichi Matsumoto (6-1, 5) who blasted out the completely over-matched Petchjah Sithphasean (0-4) inside a round. In terms of the bouts with novices there was a quintet of 4 rounders. These included an all debutant affair between Ryoji Suzuki (1-0) and Masayoshi Yamazaki (0-1) which Suzuki won via clear decision. Another debutant to pick up a win was Reo Watanabe (1-0) who out pointed Rasher Aoki (1-2) in a competitive contest. The only other man to secure a win on the undercard saw Kentaro Endo (4-4, 3) struggle to a majority decision win over Kensuke Sakamoto (3-6, 1). The two remaining bouts both resulted in draws as judges struggled to split Shin Tomitaka (1-0-1) and Yo Takekawa (1-0-1, 1), in what was a split decision draw, or Daigo Yamamoto (0-1-1) and Takaya Tsuji (1-3-1, 1) which was a 38-38 draw across all 3 cards. Bangkok, Thailand In Thailand we had another notable show, even if it was a short one with just 3 contests on it. One of those bouts saw the very promising Kongputorn CPFreshmart (3-0, 2) take a clear 10 round decision over Zhu Yuan Kai (0-1) to claim the WBC Youth Flyweight title. Kongputorn again showed off the traits that have caught the eye since he made his boxing debut back in June though did fail to see off his Chinese foe which may some question just how good the Thai really is. In honesty however you just need to watch Kongputorn to see his potential and if you've not yet seen him we have got the video of this bout here. The other notable bout on this show saw the much touted Palangpol CP Freshmart (4-0, 4) continue his stoppage run and successfully defend his WBA Asia Light Flyweight title as he over-came Filipino Joan Imperial (9-5-6, 4) to defend his WBA Asia Light Flyweight. For Imperial this was his 5th loss in 7 bouts and it seems that his 9-0-4 start to professional life is now well behind him. As with Konputorn's bout we managed to get the video of this bout here for those interested in giving it a watch. A third bout on this show saw Petchmai Chor Sungnork (1-0, 1) score a debut blow out victory over Kwanpichit Twinsgym (0-1). Barranquilla, Colombia Another bout of interest took place in Colombia as the heavy handed Light Middleweight contender Kanat Islam (18-0, 15) defeated the experienced Fidel Monterrosa Munoz (32-10-1-1, 26) in the 5th round. Munoz had come out to attack early on and made a good start but Islam never looked in any danger and managed to turn the tables when he went on the offensive with his heavy artillery being far too much for Munoz. Hopefully Islam's next bout will be a step up towards a world title as this is enough of him wasting time on opponents that aren't capable of really challenging. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)  A great week of action ended on Friday with a lot of Thai action including a Thai show and Thai's in Australia.
Ayutthaya, Thailand The most notable action was in Thailand and televised on Channel 7. The main event from this card saw Thailand's very own Petch Sor Chitpattana (25-0, 16) given a very serious test by Filipino "Cinderella Man" Gerpaul Valero (17-15-3, 11). Valero, challenging for the WBC Youth Silver Bantamweight title, managed to drop Petch early in the contest and through 4 rounds he kept the contest very competitive with as he took the fight to the unbeaten champion. Unfortunately in the later rounds the contest Valero showed signs of exhaustion and Petch came on strong to take a 96-93 decision on all 3 cards. In one of the 3 support bouts fans got to see South Korean Myung-goo Yuh (18-4-1, 13) make very very light work of the thoroughly out-matched Morakote Patanakan Gym (8-4, 4) who was stopped in just 2 rounds by the hard hitting Korean, who was surprisingly fighting in Thailand for the 6th time. Yuh isn't a world class fighter but even he seems to realise that for a Korean fighter to make any type of name for himself he will have to travel and that's been something he's happy to do to get fights, hopefully more Korean's will follow suit. Another of the support bouts saw the WBC #1 Minimumweight contender Wanheng Menayothin (35-0, 11) take a pretty straight forward, though uninspiring, victory over Indonesia's Samuel Tehuayo (17-2-2, 3). Wanheng went through the motions for the first 4 rounds though came alive in round 5 and tried to stop Tehuayo. Tehuayo, to his credit, survived the storm but was a clear loser, despite inflicting a cut, albeit from a clash of heads, on Wanheng who saw out the round despite the pain and blood. The other bout on the show saw former Muay Thai fighter Kongputorn CPFreshmart (2-0, 2) stopping novice Lomnauo Sakberlin (0-1-1) in 4 rounds. Although boxrec.com have this down as an all debutant contest we have reported on the previous bouts of both men which, oddly, have passed boxrec. by. Victoria, Australia As well as the action in Thailand there was also Thai's in action in Australia. Unfortunately for these Thai's things didn't go as well as they did for some of the guys in Thailand. In Victoria the fans saw Yodmongkol Singmanasak (12-14-1, 7) suffer a very disappointing defeat at the hands of novice Martin Toma (1-1) with Toma taking a 4 round decision over the significantly more experienced Yodmongkol. This was Yodmongkol's 6th loss in Australia and we're starting to wonder if he will ever win "down under". In a bout fought at Heavyweight fans saw the 42 year old Komgrit Nanakorn (17-22, 7) suffering his 17th loss in Australia as American Pierre Karam (19-4-1, 6) took an 8 round decision over the Thai. Komgrit, to his credit, did get up from a knockdown but he now needs to think about his future as he can't keep taking shots at his age. (Image courtesy of boxrec,com) |
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