 This past Friday was an eventful day in Asian boxing even if it wasn't a headline grabbing day.
Thailand The most notable action was in Thailand. Unbeaten Thai Petchchorhae Kokietgym (12-0, 7) was given an unexpectedly good work out by Indonesian journeyman Domi Neneokeba (11-24-1, 7). The result was never in doubt but the Thai had to work for his win in a bout that really saw the unbeaten man being forced to work hard for his win. The Indonesian, who is a regular fighter in Thailand suffered his 24th straight loss though made it clear why he gets invited back to Thailand so often, where he is now 0-15 In the main event Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (32-7-1, 15) successfully defended his WBO Asia Super Flyweight title as he forced over Tommy Seran (24-4, 15) to retire from the bout during the 5th round. A third bout of note on this card saw Petch Kokietgym (20-1, 3) take a decision over the limited Daiboy Sajiro (3-8-2). On paper this was farcical, even for Thailand, though Petch was fighting fro the first time since October 2013 and probably felt the need to shake off some ring rust. Interestingly this was the second time these two faced each other. Another bout saw Manachai Banchamek (4-0-1, 3) take a 4th round KO against Boonpon Rachawongsi (0-1-1). This was the second meeting between these two in the space of just a few weeks, with the first ending in a draw. This time Manachai wasn't going to waste time getting rounds and set off with the intention of getting the stoppage, that eventually came. New South Wales, Australia In Australia it wasn't a great day for Asian fighters. In the main event the once touted Filipino Marco Demecillo (20-4-1, 15) came up short against unbeaten Australian TJ Doheny (11-0, 7) in a bout for the PABA Super Bantamweight “super” title. Demecillo, who was once 18-0-1 has now lost 4 of his last 6, with this being the second successive decision defeat following a slightly shocking defeat last time out to compatriot Monico Laurente. Another Asian to pick up a decision loss here was Thailand's Komkit Chanawong (0-2), who dropped a 6 round decision to Darragh Foley (5-0, 3) in about fought just above the Lightweight limit. Thankfully Australian based Chinese fighter Zhang Yong (4-4-1, 1) managed to stop it being a clean sweep as he defeated win-less Australian Ehsan Shakero (0-5) with a 4 round decision. Tokyo, Japan In Japan we had some East Japan Rookie of the Year bouts. Originally there was 13 bouts scheduled for the show though due to pull outs fans “only” had 11 bouts, with them taking place from Light Flyweight to Welterweight. As with all Rookie of the Year qualifying bouts these were all scheduled for 4 rounds. At Light Flyweight it was Takuya Kihashi (2-2, 1) who scored a win as he narrowly over-came the previously unbeaten Kazunori Yorimasa (1-1, 1). In the Flyweight division fans has a couple of bouts. One of those saw Jun Ishimoto (5-3, 2) blow away Shunya Nagaoka (2-3, 1) in just 84 seconds. The other saw Norris Yano (4-1-1) take a very competitive decision against Gen Kawasaki (2-2, 2). At Super Bantamweight fans had a couple of stoppages. The quickest of those saw Masayoshi Yamasaki (2-1-1, 1) blow away Ryuichi Kakuni (3-4-2, 1) in just 62 seconds. The other saw Shun Wakabayashi (4-1, 1) stop Daigo Yamamoto (2-2-1, 1) in the 4th round. At Featherweight Shogo Sakai (4-2-1, 3) scored his first decision win as he defeated Yu Takegaki (4-4-1, 1) with a razor thin unanimous decision, scored 39-38 by all 3 of the judges. In the Super Featherweight division fans had three bouts. One of those was, on paper, the stand out bout of the show between unbeaten men as Genki Ishikawa (4-0, 2) over-came Hideaki Takagi (2-1) with a surprisingly 1-sided decision. Another bout ended in the most spectacular fashion as Tatsuro Jin (4-2, 2) scored a sensational KO again Taiga Suzuki. The remaining bout saw the inexperienced Yui Oikawa (2-0) take a comfortable decision over Teppei Tsukamoto (3-6, 1). The Welterweight division has two bouts. One of those saw the unbeaten Toshiro Tarumi (3-0-3, 2) extend his undefeated streak as he out pointed Kazuhiro Baba (2-3-1, 1) whilst the other ended in 71 seconds with Hiroki Ashizawa (3-1, 3) blowing away Teruhisa Komori (1-2) (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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Metro Manila, Philippines
The only show today came from the Philippines where Johnny Elorde Promotions put on a small, 6 fight show featuring 4 title bouts along side the Flash Elorde awards. The card wasn't a headline grabbing one with world title bouts but it was a significant one with bouts ranging from prospect bouts to an OPBF title bout and regional title contests. The show kicked off with one of the prospects in action as the talented Joe Noynay (8-0, 2) continued his unbeaten run and scored a 3rd round TKO against journeyman Jovill Marayan (8-20-3, 3). The 19 year old Noynay dropped Marayan with a body shot and Marayan did get back to his feet the referee made the wise decision to stop the bout. Sadly for Marayan this was his 8th straight loss , dating back almost 2 years, and his 3rd successive stoppage loss. The second bout saw the fantastic Giemel Magramo (13-0, 10) completely dismantle the over-matched Jayar Estremos (10-10, 4) who was blown away in the 2nd round. Magramo, who we really like, looked sensational and finished the bout in style as he recorded his 7th straight stoppage. Aged 20 Magramo has an excellent future ahead of him and we really can't wait to see him step up a level and move beyond the low level Filipino domestic bouts. Talking about the Filipino domestic scene the third bout was actually a Filipino title bout which saw veteran fighter Monico Laurente (25-12, 6) retain his GAB Bantamweight tittle with a clear decision win over the once promising Marco Demecillo (20-3-1, 16) who is quickly finding his career hitting the bricks. The champion, defending the belt for the 3rd time, seemed to know too much and be too good for Demecillo, despite being cut from a headclash early in the bout. This was Demecillo's 3rd loss in 5 bouts and the 18-0-1 (14) start to his career has really crumbled in recent bouts. The second title bout was one of two WBO Asia Pacific title bouts and saw Juan Miguel Elorde (18-1, 9) take a clear decision against limited Thailand's Tabthong Tor Buamas (14-3, 12) to claim the Super Bantamweight belt. Elorde was simply too good, too fast and too accurate for the Thai who was completely out classed from the first round to the last. Tabthong did well to see out the distance but was never in the fight. A second WBO Asia Pacific title bout saw Juan Martin Elorde (17-1-1, 7) retain the Super Featherweight belt with a narrow win over Japan's Hirotsugu Yamamoto (16-11-2, 2). The Japanese fighter went in as a massive under-dog and early on it seemed like he was set to be blown away after Elorde dropped him in round 2. Surprisingly however Yamamoto battled back hard over the following 10 rounds and almost did enough to upset Elorde. Although talented Elorde does need a lot more work before moving on to the next level. In the main event we saw another title bout as Vinvin Rufino (37-16-3, 16) claimed the OPBF Featherweight title with an 8th round technical decision win against Mark Gil Melligen (21-5-1, 12). Melligen was down twice early in the bout though managed to fight back well until a headclash saw us going to the cards at the end of round 8. Melligen's fight back had some how convinced one judge to score it even, at 75-75, though the other two judges both had Rufino as the clear, and rightful, winner. Whilst this is clearly a set back for Melligen it was third time lucky for Rufino who had lost in 2 previous OPBF title bouts. It's fair to say that this Saturday was the biggest day of boxing this year. It may not have had a world title fight but for the first time in 2014 it felt like a big fight weekend, at least in the west. Unfortunately it wasn't the best of weekends for Asian's fighting in the west, though we did see some interesting contests closer to home.
Pontianak, Indonesia We'll start out look at the results from Saturday at Pontianak where we had a small and somewhat obscure show in Indonesia. The card, which apparently only featured 4 bouts, was short but interesting. The main event, and by far the most interesting bout, saw Rommy Wassar (8-15-7, 3) dropping a 10 round decision to domestic stalwart Falazona Fidal (25-38-1, 8). The bout, which was Wassar's first since August 2012, was interesting one on paper though one that did look somewhat one-sided. Not only did Wassar have a worse record but his recent inactivity certainly didn't help him, especially when you consider it was Fidal's 11th bout inside a year. Of course neither of these two are going to become star, or notable names on the global scene, though it was certainly a good win for the 36 year Fidal. On the undercard fans saw Ki-Chang Kim (5-1-1, 1) claim his third straight victory with a decision over journeyman Samuel Tehuayo (17-19-2, 3) in a 6 round contest. Tehuayo, better known to some as Sammy Hagler, has now won just 3 of his last 24 contests after starting with a perfect 14-0 record. Also on the under-card was a stoppage victory for the previously win-less Yasmet Star (1-1, 1) who stopped the debuting Bud Kalbar (0-1) whilst Yohannes Yordan (13-2-3, 2) managed to overcome Wellem Reyk (17-9-3, 5). Reyk, who is known as "Fort Reyk", put up a good effort against Yordan, the younger brother of Daud Cino Yordan, though was certainly the loser in this 4 rounder. Misamis Oriental, Philippines Unfortunately results from this card are still sparse. The key ones that we've got are that unbeaten female fighter Wenie Cline Verano (2-0, 2) scored a stoppage against an as yet unidentified opponents whilst the unbeaten Macrea Gandionco (10-0-1, 6) stopped Allan Doronilla (9-10-1, 3). We've not got the specifics of either bout as of yet sadly, though we do hope to get them sooner rather than later. Quebec, Canada Russian Light Heavyweight Artur Beterbiev (4-0, 4) may not be getting his fights televised so far but the powerful former amateur standout is just simply steam rolling opponents. Beterbiev's latest victim was Gabriel Lecrosnier (16-26-3, 1) who survived in to round 4 but "surviving" was the best that he could before eventually being stopped. Jalisco, Mexico The first of two international fights involving a Filipino and a Mexican ended very badly for Fernando Lumacad (29-7-3, 12). Lumacad, who was traveling to Mexico for the 5th time in his career, was destroyed in a round by the unbeaten Horacio Garcia (25-0, 17). We had given Lumacad a decent chance at testing Garcia though unfortunately the Filipino just couldn't cope with Garcia's natural power and size. With this victory the unbeaten Mexican claims the WBC Continental Americas Super Bantamweight title, a title we couldn't understand Lumacad qualifying for. Sonora, Mexico Unfortunately for Filipino fans Marco Demecillo (19-2-1, 14) couldn't avenge Lumacad's victory as he too was stopped. We had given Demecillo a solid chance at recording the upset against David Sanchez (24-2-2, 19) though the Mexican was simply too strong and too powerful. The opening round was bad for the Filipino and by round 3 and early ending seemed imminent. The closing sequence came in round 4 with Sanchez launching a sustained attack whilst Demecillo was on the ropes, Demecillo dropped to the canvas where he took the count. With this victory Sanchez, who is highly ranked with a number of the governing bodies, claims the WBA international Super Flyweight title. Interestingly the last WBA international Super Flyweight champion was Daiki Kameda back in 2011! |
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