Bangkok, Thailand
One of two Thai shows this past Friday came from Bangkok where fans had the chance to see a number of local fighters continue their careers. The main event saw the promising Nop Kratingdaenggym (13-0, 3) retain his PABA Super Bantamweight title with a 4th round KO win against Indonesian veteran Nouldy Manakane (29-19-2, 18). For Nop, who scored just his third win, this was a good name on his record and came against a former world title challenger, saying that however Manakane has been stopped in 3 of his last 4 and it seems clear he's little more than an opponent now a days. In the co feature we saw Amin Sor Wangmoo (12-1-2, 10) fight to a technical draw with Julio de la Basez (20-18-8, 12), due to a nasty cut suffered by Basez following a head clash in what was a bout marred by clashes. In a clear mismatch Taiwo Ali (18-3-1, 13) made light work of Mikado Jittigym (0-2), with Ali taking an opening round KO. The Thai based Nigerian fighter is certainly one to keep an eye on and proves that foreigners can make a name for themselves in the land of smiles. Another mismatch saw Dennapa Kiatniwat (7-0, 4) score a 2nd round KO against Petchmanee Kor Kaewket (0-1) whilst the very promising Montree PKT College (3-0, 2) scored a 4th round KO win against Yodduangjai Lookmingkwan (0-1). It is worth noting that we know Montree's current boxrec record is incomplete due to the fact he has fought under an alternative name. Lampang, Thailand The other show in Thailand, put on by Kokiet Group, featured two of Thailand's most promising prospects along with a former world title challenger. Thet former title challenger was Samartlek Kokietgym (23-5, 8) who stopped Fanther Ndahiuw (7-5-1, 3) to claim the WBC ABCO Minimumweight title. Samartlek, best known for his bout with Naoya Inoue, has now reeled off 6 straight wins since his defeat to the Monster. Samartlek's stablemate Norasing Kokietgym (17-0-1, 13) made very light work of Indonesian teenager Kichang Kim (6-3-1, 1), who was stopped in the 2nd round of a regional title bout. Another unbeaten prospect in action here was Kongthara KKP (10-0, 8) who continued his unbeaten run with a 5th round KO over Ricky Morales (4-4-1). This was a step down in class for Kongthara who does look like a genuinely promising prospect. Another unbeaten fighter on this card was Petchsiam Sor Kulawong (3-0, 2) who beat Khunsuk Laos PDR (0-1) with a 6 round decision. Shanghai, China In China fans had the chance to see a number of novices in action with 10 bouts, all set for the 4 round distance. Of the 10 bouts on the show 3 failed to reach the final bell. The shortest of those bouts saw Chang Su (4-0, 3) score a 1st round TKO win over Baolin Li (0-1), who was one of numerous debutants on the card. Another stoppage saw Aizi Aili (1-0, 1) defeat Yubo Ruan (0-1) in the second round whilst Yongle Feng (1-0, 1) stopped Nan Zhao (0-1) in the third round. The most competitive bout ended in a draw as Alimu Tuersun (2-0-1) was unable to over-come Ju Xiang Huang (0-2-1). Another close bout saw Yeerduosi Jieensi (1-0) take a narrow majority decision win over YunFeng Zhou (0-1). A third close decision saw Xian hai Zhan (1-0) take a majority decision over Guo Ji Lin (0-1-1). The other bouts were all unanimous decisions. These included a win for Peng Chao (1-0), who beat Bo Hao Sun (1-1, 1), Zhi Quan Xia (1-0-1) who beat Zheng Peng Young (0-1), Li Quan Lin (3-1-1, 1), who beat Jun Zhao (0-1) and Yelieqiati Nihemaituola (4-0), who extended his perfect record with a win over Chenan Lu (0-1).
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Bangkok, Thailand
The action in Thailand continued on Friday afternoon when we had a trio of bouts in Bangkok, those bouts included a former world title challenger and promising prospect, two of which collided in a genuine barn burner. Incidentally all 3 bouts saw Thai locals taking on Indonesian visitors. The former world title challenger was former WBC Light Flyweight challenger Samartlek Kokietgym (22-5, 7) who scored a rare KO win as he stopped limited Indonesian Iwan Key (9-13-3, 1). This was Key's 7th stoppage loss and Samartlek is now 5-0 since being beaten by the sensational Naoya Inoue a year ago. One of the prospects on this card who picked up a win was Kongthara KKP (9-0, 7) who scored a 3rd round KO win against the visiting Rasmanudin (19-11-3, 3). For 2 rounds Kongthara fought in neutral gear and did very little before moving through the gears in round 3. When Kongthara upped the pace Rasmanudin had no answer and was dropped 3 times forcing the referee to stop the bout. The highlight of the card was a rematch between Indonesian teenager Iwan Zoda (7-1, 6) and the previously unbeaten Petchchohae Kokietgym (13-1, 8), in a bout for the interim WBO Asia Pacific Flyweight title. Last year Petchchorhae took a decision over Zoda this time around however it was Zoda coming out on top as he battered Petchchorhae to force a 12th round stoppage. Early on it was Petchchorhae on top, but in the middle rounds Zoda came on strong before brutally beating the Thai up in rounds 11 and 12 before the eventual finish. At just 18 years old we really do think that Zoda is going to be the next star of Indonesian boxing and this performance showed just how good he really is. Tokyo, Japan Japanese fans get to see hundreds of fights every year at the Korakuen Hall, the venue which is believed to host more fights every year than any other. This past Friday the venue hosted possibly the best fight this year as Masao Nakamura (20-3, 19) and Daiki Kaneko (24-5-3, 14) went toe-to-toe in a breath taking fight that combined everything a fight fan could wish to see. The action was intense from the off, both men were rocked, both men landed heavy leather and the fans were joining in on the action chanting through out. In the end it was Nakamura who just did enough to claim a split decision though neither man had anything to be ashamed by here in a bout that needs to be watched by every self respecting fight fan. Following the bout Nakamura signalled his intention to fight for the Japanese title, eyeing up a fight with Rikki Naito, and we'd not be shocked to see that made, possibly for December! For Kaneko, who has now lost back-to-back bouts, it would make sense to take an easy one though we'd not be shocked to see him in another exciting bout with talented opponent. In the chief support bout fans saw Ryohei Takahashi (7-1-1) score his 7th straight win as he out pointed Kenji Kubo (5-4-1, 2) over 8 rounds. Prior to this bout Kubo had stated that he would take a break from boxing if he lost and now it appears likely that he's likely to make good on his would. Sadly, given the expectation on Kubo when he turned professional, this is a very disappointing result. For Takahashi however it seems the future really is rather bright. A very close 8 rounder saw Kinshiro Usui (24-4, 10) claim a majority decision win over Yuta Horiike (9-5-3, 2). Horrike, on paper, was given no chance but he really performed well here against Usui, who is a former Japanese Bantamweight title challenger. In a 6 round bout fans saw the unbeaten Shogo Yamaguchi (8-0-1, 4) extend his perfect record with a unanimous decision win over Keisuke Arima (8-11-1, 1). Yamaguchi, a 21 year old Lightweight prospect, does appear to be worth keeping an eye on in a division that is relatively weak domestically. Another 6 rounder saw Hyuma Fujioka (6-3-1) over-come the limited Hokuto Sakata (5-6-1, 3) with a unanimous decision. Fujioka doesn't appear likely to make his mark as any sort of a contender but the 23 year old could well be in some interesting fights down the line. The card also featured a pair of 4 rounders. One of those saw 19 year old Seiryu Toshikawa (3-2, 2) take a unanimous decision over Atsushi Kudo (3-5-2, 3) whilst the other resulted in a draw between the win-less Jun Fudo (0-1-1) and the debuting Junpei Sato (0-0-1). Suwannakhet, Laos Thai fans who tuned in to channel 3SD also got action, including an all out war and a chance to see to promising fighters. The war that was aired on Thai TV saw Thai veteran Kompayak Porpramook (53-5, 37) claim a decision win against Filipino foe Jopher Marayan (7-7-2, 3), in a bout for the WBA Asia title at Light Flyweight. The bout saw Kompayak, a former WBC world champion, add to his long line of highlights which have also included bouts with the likes of Adrian Hernandez, Koki Eto and Oleydong Sithsamerchai. Although he picked up the win here the 33 year old Kompayak doesn't look like a fighter who is going to return to world level any time soon. One of the rising fighters on this card was Kongthara KKP (8-0, 6) who scored a 2nd round KO against the debuting Mathias Bernua (0-1) whilst the other was teenager Nampetch Kwanjaisrikod (6-1, 2), who scored a 5th round KO against Looksorn Sithsophon (0-1). Nonthanburi, Thailand Another televised on Thai TV came on channel 7 where fans had the chance to see one of the emerging stars of the Thai scene. The rising star is the unbeaten Teerachai Kratingdaenggym (31-0, 24) who made another defense of his PABA Welterweight title as he stopped Boitshepo Mandawe (14-7, 10) in the 6th round. The 23 yea old Thai will now be hoping to get some kind of WBA title fight though will likely plug away with his PABA until a bigger opportunity arises. Another promising fighter on this card was Ronnakit PKT College (4-0, 3) made very light work of Supertop Chalermprakiat Sport (0-1). Ronnakit appears to have fought under the “Technopoly Bangkok” name on this show. Former OPBF title challenger Kajornsak Sithsaithong (8-6, 8) came back from his recent trio of losses as he stopped the heavy handed but poor Khundon Chaiyonggym (7-2, 7) in the 2nd of their scheduled 6 rounds. We also believe that there were several other bouts on here featuring prospects, with Denappa Kiatniwat and Montree PKT College in action. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Sawan Vegas Hotel, Suwannakhet, Laos
This past Friday saw a small profile card in Laos which was televised on Thai TV and featured a pair of title bouts as well as a bout featuring a former world title contender. The most notable of the bouts, at least for us, was at Super Bantamweight where WBC Asian Boxing Council silver champion Kongthara KKP (7-0, 5) continued his unbeaten run with a clear decision victory over China's debuting Tan Zheng (0-1). For Kongthara this was a second successive distance bout, following his decision win over Nouldy Manakane, and it appears clear that he's proven his stamina. We're now hoping to see him step up in class as he has the ability to go a very long way. The other title bout saw Nampetch Kwanjaisrikod (4-1, 1) retain her WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental female Light Flyweight title with a 10 round decision victory over China's 21 year old Ouyang Jianping (0-1). For Nampetch this was her second defence of the belt and although she a long, long way from being world class it is nice to see her being kept active and this was her 3rd bout in just 5 months. The remaining bout saw former world title challenger Pigmy Kokietgym (55-7-2, 22) take a 6 round decision over the debuting Liempetchlek Sor Sekong (0-1). Boy, did we ever have a busy Saturday with fights taking part all over the globe. Some were thrilling, some were close, some were one sided, some ended in upsets and some were controversial but man did we ever have a lot of action! Tokyo, Japan The first card of real significance for the month came from the Korakuen Hall where Nakaya put on a brilliant show with a trio of main event level fights. The card began with the 4 rounders that typically make up and under-card. These 4 rounders saw Sho Nagata (2-1, 1) score his first decision win as he over-came the limited Ryo Sugimoto (1-7-1) with a clear decision and Takahiro Yoneshige (2-1, 1) also claimed his first decision win as he defeated the win-less Kazuya Nomura (0-3-1). The only stoppage in the 4 rounders was scored by the debuting Shuji Kato (1-0, 1) who began his career with an opening round win over Masayuki Kondo (1-2, 1). The show's only real upset came in it's only 6 round bout as the limited Quaye Peter (6-5-2, 3) easily out pointed Japanese ranked Lightweight Kazuya Maruki (17-3, 11). This loss for Maruki ends a 6 fight winning streak whilst Peter scores his first win in in over 2 years and ends a run of 5 fights without a victory, including a loss to a then debuting Koki Koshikawa. The first of the main bouts was a truly compelling Japanese Super Bantamweight title bout between Yukinori Oguni (14-1, 4), the former OPBF champion, and Yasutaka Ishimoto (24-8, 7). The bout was close through out with neither man managing to take control of the contest. Although neither man came close to stopping the other it was highly competitive and the sort of even match up we love even if the action isn't explosive. For Oguni this sees him winning his second professional title and it appears he has eyes on a world title fight next year though in all honesty he's unlikely to beat any of the division's top fighters. In the second of the 3 big fights fans saw unified Japanese and OPBF Middleweight champion Akio Shibata (24-8-1, 10) scoring a rare stoppage as he retained his titles and forced the referee to save former world title challenger Makoto Fuchigami (21-10, 12). Fuchigami was down early in the bout and never seemed capable of really testing the champion who has now won 3 straight since being stopped a then debuting Ryota Murata back in August 2013. For Fuchigami this really could be the end and he's now 3 of his last 4, and 4 of his last 6. The highlight bout of the show wasn't a title bout but was a rubber match between current Japanese Lightweight champion Yoshitaka Kato (29-5-1, 9) and former champion Nihito Arakawa (25-5-1, 16). The bout, fought in great spirits, saw Kato having too much for the tough Arakawa who was competitive but never seemed to be quite able to get into any sort of a groove. It's a shame that Arakawa has now lost 3 of his last 4 though we wouldn't be shocked to see him back in the ring next year against a possibly lower level opponent. For Kato this bout is a perfect ending to the year, a year that began with him losing the OPBF Lightweight title to Masayoshi Nakatani, and it could be that 2015 will see him kick on with things and possibly even work towards a world title fight. Pathum Thani, Thailand In Thailand we had two bouts, one of which was interesting and one of which wasn't interesting, at all. The less bout saw the world ranked Norasing Kokietgym (13-0, 10) make very light work of Indonesian visitor Jack Madison (2-4) in a bout that really wasn't worth making. Madison genuinely looked like someone who didn't want to be there and Norasing looked like he was embarassed by how poor his opponent was. Without trying to sound too rude we never want to see Madison fight again. The more interesting contest saw the very promising Kongthara KKP (6-0, 5) go the 12 round distance as he defended the WBA Asian Boxing Council silver Super Bantamweight title against former world title challenger Nouldy Manakane (27-16-1, 17). Manakane came in to the bout to win though was clearly beaten despite putting up a solid effort. Despite his record Manakane is a solid fighter for a prospect like Kongthara and this bout will certainly not have done Kongthara's any harm despite the fact his stoppage run has come to an end. Cotabato (del Norte), Philippines In the Philippines there was an interesting but low profile show courtesy of Sonshine Sports Management. The headline bout here saw Rolando Magbanua (25-2, 17) make light work of the over-matched JP Macaumpuis (9-5-1, 3), who has now been stopped 5 times in 15 bouts. A more interesting bout was the co-feature which saw the heavy handed Lorenzo Villanueva (27-1-0-1, 14) go the 8 round distance with the incredibly tough Jamie Barcelona (38-57-1, 10). Villanueva may have had the clear edge in power but was fortunate to come out on top here with a majority decision over the experienced Barcelona. Another majority decision went the way of Jaime Quitoriano (2-3, 1) who narrowly beat Vergel Deguma (2-2). The rest of the card was thrills and spills as prospects scored blow out after blow out on local journeymen. The most notable of those prospects was youngster Jade Bornea (2-0, 2) who dispatched Armando Yee (2-6-3, 1) in the 2nd round. Jade's brother Jake Bornea (8-1, 4) also took a win in the 2nd as he stopped Rowel Garcia (6-16-3, 1). Others to score stoppages were Roskie Cristobal (10-0, 8), who stopped Rey dela Cruz (2-8, 2) inside a round, Jelbirt Gomera (8-0, 4), who beat Dingdong Quinones (4-12-1, 2) and Michael Bravo (7-1, 2) who beat Jessie Suacasa (3-4, 2) Sonora, Mexico Possibly the most surprising performance of the day came from unheralded Filipino Joebert Alvarez (14-1-1, 6). Alvarez was, and still is, an unknown in the eyes of many but he genuinely gave a really tough test to unified Flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada (31-2, 22) in a bout much, much more competitive than the score cards suggest. The bout, scored 99-91, 99-91 and 98-92 to Estrada make the bout look like an easy win for the Mexican but it was anything but easy for “Gallo”. Hopefully we see Alvarez back in the ring soon and hopefully in the mix for an OPBF title as he has the ability to go a long way though seems to lack the experience at the moment. Nuevo León, Mexico Sadly it wasn't just in Sonora where the judges failed to show their impartiality and in Nuevo León fans saw Shindo Go (14-3, 9) lose the WBC female Flyweight title to Arely Mucino (21-2-2, 10) with a split decision defeat. The bout, a very competitive one, was marred by the regular “WTF” card which read 99-91 in favour of the home time town fighter. The other card in favour of Mucino had the contest 96-94 whilst one judge had the contest 96-93 in favour of Go who unfortunately loses for the second time on the road. We suspect that Go's team will begin to think twice before allowing the fighter to compete outside of Japan as both of her losses on the road were controversial to say the least. California, USA In the US the ever popular Brian Viloria (35-4-0-2, 21) made light work of Armando Vazquez (21-12, 4) as he attempts to rebuild towards another world title fight. This really wasn't much of a work out for Viloria who stopped his foe in the 4th round of their contest with a left to the body. Incidentally there is now talk about Viloria getting a rematch with Estrada. On tonight's performances Viloria actually has a chance against the man that almost stopped him last year. New South Wales, Australia In Australia there was a pair of Indonesians who were both embarrassed by unbeaten Australian's. One of those was Gun Tinular (11-19-1, 6), who was announced as “Gumilar”. Tunilar was stopped inside a round by Tony Bates (10-0-1, 8), who previous to this bout had stopped a trio of Thais. The other was Elly Pangaribuan (3-5, 1) who was stopped in the second round by Ahmed Dib (15-0, 9). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Saturday was a day where the boxing world turned their attention to the US where we had two major fighters in action whilst other bouts took place in Asia it's self. California, USA In the US we saw two world title fights with mixed success for the Asian fighters who were involved in the contests. For Filipino fighter Nonito Donaire (33-3, 21) the night was a painful one, a very painful one. The Filipino was attempting to defend his WBA Featherweight super title but was made to look small, weak and a long way from being a world class Featherweight as Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21) really "beat the shit" out of Donaire, to quote the Filipino himself. Donaire was dropped in round 3 before being sent down again in round 6, that time he wasn't fit to continue when he recovered to his feet. For Jamaican power puncher Walters this was a break out win whilst for Donaire it may have been a loss that sends him into retirement. The other bout saw Kazakhstan banger Gennady Golovkin (31-0, 28) continue to rip apart the Middleweight division as he destroyed Mexico's Marco Antonio Rubio (59-7-1, 51) in just 2 rounds. Rubio, who came in well above the Middleweight limit, looked a full division bigger than Golovkin though was battered in round 2 as Golovkin went to work in style. The win for Golovkin was his 18th straight stoppage and saw him defending his WBA Middleweight super title and claiming the WBC interim title as he moved one step further to proving that he was the best 160lb fighter on the planet. A third Asian on this show was Ruslan Madiev (2-0), also from Kazakhstan, who secured a 4 round decision over the debuting Oscar Rojas (0-1). Suwannakhet, Laos In Laos we had 2 more titles fights, both of which were at a much lower level. The more notable of these bouts saw Kongthara KKP (5-0, 5) score his first title win as he claimed the WBC Asian Boxing Council silver Super Bantamweight title. Konthara, who has also gone by the name Attanon Kunlawong in the past, stopped Macau's Kin Fong Leong (0-1) to record his 4th stoppage of the year and really build on an excellent victory over Japan's Shingo Kawamura. In the other title bout female fighter Nampetch Kwanjaisrikod (3-1, 1) out pointed Zongju Cai (0-1) to successfully defend the WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental female Light Flyweight title for the first time. As well as the results we currently have we have been made aware of two other shows. Hopefully we'll be able to add those results shortly though currently we've not have them made available to us. Negros Occidental, Philippines An interesting, albeit some what small, Filipino show took place in Negros Occidental. Sadly many of the bouts turned out to be relative mismatches. One of the mismatches was the main event which saw the very promising and unbeaten Melvin Gumban (18-0, 9) quickly dispatch of Roger Echavez (7-13-1, 4) inside a round. This blow out won't have done much for the long term development of Gumban but keeping him active over the coming years is likely as important as anything else. Although the main event was over quickly the co-feature dud go the distance as Juren Labordo (13-2, 8) took an 8 round decision over Ryan Tampus (11-12, 8), an astonishing result given that Tampus had been stopped 7 times prior to this bout. Another bout that went the distance saw James Paul Talaman (2-0, 1) take a decision over the win-less Sonny Basanez (0-3). Other bouts that went the distance saw Kenneth Neron (1-0) take a split decision over Jay Solomon (1-1, 1) whilst Jeffrey Concerman (1-0) began his career with a win over Holly Quinones (0-2). As for stoppages on the under-card fans saw Rafael Sueno (2-1, 2) blasted out Macmac Baribar (2-2-1) in a round and it took Ricardo Sueno (1-0, 1) just as long to see off Kavin Parrenas (0-1). The other stoppage on this card saw Archie Moyani (1-0, 1) stop Ronald Cajes (0-1) in the second round. Rostov-na-Donu, Russia We also got action from Russia with a 9 fight card that featured a trio of title bouts as well as one of the hardest hitting on world boxing. The shortest of the title bouts saw the unbeaten Viskhan Murzabekov (10-0, 5) successfully defend the WBC Youth Intercontinental title with an opening round blow out over Ramadhani Shauri (18-6-1, 10). This was the first defense of the title by Maruzabekov. In a UBO Middleweight title bout Aliklych Kanbolatov (10-2-2, 5) scored a 5th round TKO against Mada Maugo (17-12, 12) whilst a UBO InterContinental Super Middleweight title fight saw Varazdat Chernikov (8-2, 3) score a 6th round KO against Karama Nyilawila (18-11-2, 10). The most notable fight on the show saw Dmitry Kudryashov (15-0, 15) score a second round stoppage over Giulian Ilie (20-8-2, 6). Ilie was sadly forced to retire after just 2 rounds giving the heavy handed Russian an unexpectedly easy victory against the usually tough Romanian. Whilst Kudryashov's stoppage run continued we did see the run of Apti Davtaev (8-0-1, 8) come to an end after he was held to a 6 round split decision draw by Ante Verunica (3-1-1, 1). Davtaev's bout was one of 4 bouts that went the distance. Another saw Apti Ustarkhanov (8-1-2, 1) take a 6 round decision over the limited Murad Dalkhaev (3-4, 2). In 4 rounders Arbi Madaev (7-1, 2) took a unanimous decision over Andrey Zapisov (0-2), the unbeaten Robert Bagaev (2-0) defeated Oleksiy Shteplyuk (0-10-1) with a 4 round decision whilst Roman Ivanov (3-6, 1) struggled past Rustem Abdinanov (1-3-1) (Image courtesy of Sumio Yamada) |
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