This past Saturday was an incredibly busy day in Asian boxing, as a result we've unfortunately been slow to get the results all up and ready.

Cebu, Philippines
The most notable, of 3 Filipino shows, came from Cebu where ALA Promotions put on the wonderful, and entertaining, “Pinoy Pride 31”. A card which really had everything.

The main event was a competitive bout at the top level which saw Donnie Nietes (36-1-4, 21) retain his WBO Light Flyweight title with a clear, but competitive, win over Mexican Francisco Rodriguez Jr (17-3-1, 11). Rodriguez, a former unified champion at 105lbs, went over to Cebu with real confidence and, at times, looked to have Nietes in trouble but the Filipino icon managed to use his experience and skills to take advantage of Rodriguez's flaws. Following the win Nietes has been linked to a world title fight at 112lbs where we expect he'll be fighting by the end of the year.

Another title bout on this show saw the highly touted Mark Magsayo (11-0, 9) pick up the IBF Youth Featherweight title with an excellent 5th round TKO against Rafael Reyes (16-5, 12). Reyes had come to fight and gave Magsayo a good test before being stopped from a wonderful Magsayo assault. Although the fight showed some flaws with the touted youngster it's clear he's going a long way and we can't wait to see him step up again.

Another talented young fighter in action here was Kevin Jake Cataraja (1-0, 1) who made a successful debut as he stopped Indonesian fighter Ardi Tefa (6-5, 4) in the 6th round. The debuting Cataraja looked sensational, despite his novice status, and looks likely to be on the fast track through the ranks. Although he was debuting he was considered as the 3rd most significant bout on the card.

Whilst we were impressed by the fighters in the main bouts there was a number of other bouts on the card. One of those saw former OPBF Super Bantamweight champion Roli Gasca (23-6-1, 7) score a sensational KO over Rasmanudin (19-10-3, 10). The typically light punching Gasca landed probably the best show of his career as creamed Rasmanudin in the early stages of round 2. Another KO saw Vic Saludar (10-1, 8) score a 4th round KO against Michael Kaibigan (3-3-2, 2). Saludar, another touted fighter, is tipped for success though does need to be matched harder than this now. One other Filipino to score a memorable KO was Elmo Traya (9-1, 7) who stopped Bryan Macamay (9-3-2, 5) with a nasty body shot in the 3rd round.

Sadly one other KO on this show came in a farce as Mexican politician Jorge Kahwagi (12-0, 12) scored an opening round “KO” against Ramon Olivas (13-4, 9). This bout, put on the card as a favour to Zanfer, was a joke and really was hilariously bad with Olivas looking like he had taken one of the most blatant dives in boxing history.

On the under-card a couple of bouts went the distance. One of those saw Carlo Demecillo (4-2, 1) score an upset against the previously unbeaten Virgel Vitor (4-1, 2). Another distance bout saw Raul Yu (6-1-1, 5) fight to a draw with Ricardo Sueno (2-0-1, 1).

Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
In Germany we had another “world” title fight as WBA Heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (34-2-1, 20) made light work of the awful Francesco Pianeta (31-2-1, 17), who lasted less than a round. Pianeta was dropped early in the opening round before being stopped at the end of the round by Chagaev who made the first defense of the title that he won, controversially, last year against Fres Oquendo.

Metro Manila, Philippines
A second notable Filipino show came from Metro Manila where two former world title challengers were in action as well as some talented young Filipino fighters.

One of those former world title challengers was Richard Claveras (13-1-2, 12) who scored his first decision win as he defeated Benezer Alolod (16-8-5, 5) in a relatively compelling bout for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Light Flyweight title. The other former challenger was Ardin Diale (29-9-3, 15) who scored a 6th round retirement victory against Heri Amol (35-24-4, 15). Interestingly Diale's victory was his 6th straight win following a loss, in an OPBF title fight, against Koki Eto last year.

The Claveras Vs Alolod bout was one of 4 title bouts on this show. Another title fight saw the much under-rated Michael Dasmarinas (21-2, 13) take a decision win over Jhaleel Payao (11-1, 6) to claim the WBC Youth Super Flyweight title that Payao had won last year. This was, on paper, a brilliant match up between two talented Filipino youngsters and despite the loss for Payao we don't really see it as a major setback with both of these fighters likely to on to big things in the future. Another title bout saw Jonas Sultan (9-2, 5) take a competitive decision win over Rene Dacquel (14-5-1 5) to become the new GAB Super Flyweight champion. The remaining title bout saw the experienced, and often under-rated, Danilo Pena (27-21-4, 12) score a 7th round technical decision over Rey Juntilla (20-7-4, 13) to claim the LuzProBa Featherweight title, in what was an upset but not as much as the records of the fighters would suggest.

On the undercard there was several bouts. One of those saw the unbeaten Fighting Heno (5-0-3) take a very close decision win over John Ray Logatiman (3-2-1), another unbeaten fighter picking up a decision on this undercard was Cris Ocana (2-0, 1), who out pointed Diego Gabayeron (0-1). One unbeaten fighter who did score a stoppage was Lorence Rosas (4-0-2, 2) who defeated Alberto Pentecostes (1-6-1).

A stoppage on the under-card saw Eric Panza (8-4-1, 2) score a 3rd round KO as he took out the fragile Marco Niones (3-16, 1) with a body shot.

There were two other bouts on this card. One of those Ernie Mino (3-5-2) score an upset decision win against Masazumi Furukawa (6-7-2, 1) whilst the other saw Joel Taduran (5-2) out point career loser Jhon Jhon Faminiano (1-12-3).

Cotabato del Sur, Philippines
There was yet more Filipino action with a card at the Robinson's Mall Atrium with this one also featuring some notable young fighters.

Arguably the most notable of the fighters in action here was unbeaten prospect John Vincent Moralde (13-0, 7), who fought for the first time since his tragic bout with Brayd Smith in March. Moralde easily defeated William George (10-23, 3), who was stopped in the 3rd round, though there will continue to be questions over whether or not Moralde will ever become the fighter he was once expected to be. This win for the 21 year old was, however, a good step forward in terms of getting a read on his mentality in the ring.

Another notable youngster was Jake Bornea (10-1, 5) who saw off Richard Rosales (9-3-2, 4) in 4 rounds to claim the WBO Asia Pacific Youth Flyweight crown. Jake's younger brother Jade Bornea (4-0, 2) was also on this show as he over-came the previously unbeaten Salatiel Amit (6-1-2, 4) with an 8 round decision.

Yet another touted youngster in action here was Jelbirt Gomera (9-0, 6) who scored a 3rd round TKO win against the limited Prell Tupaz (9-28-5, 1) to claim the PBF Super Bantamweight title.

Arguably the best match up the card was a non-title contest that saw the talented Jetro Pabustan (26-2-6, 7) out point former world title challenger Vergilio Silvano (20-5-1, 12) over 10 rounds. Whilst Pabustan shouldn't yet be looking at t a world title fight this was the type of step up win that his career desperately needed. Another 10 round bout that also looked interesting ended in a draw between Junuel Lacar (7-1-2, 5) and Jimboy Haya (7-2-2, 4), we'll be honest this looked tasty on paper and proved to be a well matched contest between two young domestic level fighters each looking ton make their mark on the sport.

The under-card here had 5 bouts. From those bouts we saw a genuine upset as Jayar Diama (5-5-5, 2) leveled off his record with a decision win against Marjun Pantillgan (5-3, 4). Another decision win was scored by Joey Antonio (2-1-1), who claimed a majority decision over debutant Lony Cadayday (0-1). Another under-card bout that went to the judges saw Mark Bawaan (1-0-1) fight to a draw with the win-less Holly Quinones (0-4-1).

Under-card bouts that didn't go the distance saw Renz Magarce (7-0, 5) score a 4th round KO against Romulo Ramayan Jr (6-5-3, 3) and the debuting Vinz Paras (1-0, 1) blow away Romeo Garde (0-1)

Guerrero, Mexico
In Mexico we saw disappointment for Filipino fighter Jhon Gemino (12-4-1, 5) who suffered a 10 round decision defeat to unbeaten Mexican Andres Gutierrez (32-0-1, 22), who is now looking likely to get a major fight. Gemino was dropped early in the fight but fought back well, despite the loss.

This past Saturday was an insanely busy day for Asian boxing fans with more fights than you can shake a stick at....

Pattaya, Thailand
Fans in Thailand had televised action featuring a pair of former world title challengers and a very interesting all debutant bout.

One of those former title challengers was 3-time title contender Sod Kokietgym (64-3-1, 28) who was fighting for the first time since his opening round defeat to Guillermo Rigondeaux in Macau. Sod may have been blown away by the Cuban Jackal but he was successful today as he over-came the previously unbeaten Jaoquim Mahe (8-1, 4) of France. Mahe, also known as Joaquim Redbluegym, saw a run of 2 wins in Thailand come to an end with this loss.

The other former world title challenger was Samartlek Kokietgym (18-5, 5) who fought for the first time since he was stopped by Naoya Inoue in a WBC Light Flyweight title fight. Samartlek, like Sod, was facing an unbeaten visitor though managed to inflict his opponents first defeat as he out pointed Filipino Richie Behec (2-1-1, 1).

In an excellent all debutant bout Mai Lookboonmee (1-0) took a decision over Sorn Sakwaroon (0-1). Sadly for Sorn he was one of 3 debutants to suffer a defeat on this show. Another debutant who came up short was Lekkla Sor Petchwandee (0-1) who was beaten by Sayu Sor Kulawong (2-0) over 6 rounds.

The only stoppage on the card was scored by Filipino visitor Joan Imperial (11-5-6, 6) who recorded his second win in Thailand this year as he took an opening round TKO against Chaiyaphon Nupphon (0-1).

Davao del Sur, Philippines
Although there was action in Thailand much of the day's Asian action was in the Philippines as the country hosted two separate shows. On paper the best of those was n Davao del Sur on a card featuring a number of notable names.

One of those notable names was the unbeaten Adones Cabalquinto (19-0, 12) who made very light work of the horribly over-matched Denkamon Pakdee Gym (12-4, 5). Cabalquinto claimed the IBF Australasian title at 140lbs as he stopped Denkamon early in round 3.

Another of the notable fighters in action was the exciting Aston Palicte (16-1, 14) who needed just 131 seconds to dispose of Jomyuthlek Sor Narongchai (12-3, 5) and claim the IBF Youth Super Flyweight title. This was the 5th successive opening round blow out by “Mighty”, who had previously blown away the tough Gerpaul Valero, and we suspect he'll continue to impress with wins like this.

Marlon Tapales (27-2, 10) was another notable name on this show and he too scored an early win as he stopped Jecker Buhawe (16-11-1, 10) in the 2nd round. This was Tapales's 6th straight win since he was narrowly beaten in Mexico by David Sanchez and we'd not be shocked to see Tapales eyeing up a big fight at some point this year.

Yet another notable fighter on this card to score an early win was Drian Francisco (27-2-1, 21) who stopped compatriot Jason Egara (21-12, 10) in the 8th round to record his third successive win since he was beaten by American Chris Avalos last July.

It wasn't all notable names on the card, nor was it all expected results and in a notable upset fans saw Ronerex Dalut (9-15-2, 2) shock the previously unbeaten Marvilou Aballe (5-1, 2) by split decision over 8 rounds. Sadly this was the only real shock result.

A fighter who managed to keep his unbeaten record by decision on this card was Jay-ar Inson (7-0, 4) who out pointed Gabby Siempo (5-6-1, 1) over 8 rounds. Another unbeaten fighter to pick up a win in a scheduled 8 rounder was Rimar Metuda (5-0, 1) who stopped veteran Philip Parcon (26-20-3, 8) in the 2nd round of their bout. The only other 8 round bout saw the once beaten Orlie Silvestre (4-1-1, 3) force a retirement of Ryan Ralozo (8-14-2, 2) after 4 rounds.

In the sole 6 rounder Gerald Paclar (2-1, 1) out pointed the previously unbeaten Rene Mark Cuarto (3-1, 1) in what was a minor upset. The card began with a trio of 4 rounders. These included an all debutant affair that saw Ronnie Badonado (1-0, 1) stop Baltazar Susas (0-1) in the second round of their contest, in what was the only early conclusion on this part of the card. In a contest between win-less fighters we saw Jose Aballe (1-1) take a decision against the still win-less Sammy Caballero (0-2) and in a very competitive bout Aries Buenavidez (2-0) took a majority decision over Jayson Sanchez (0-3).

Metro Manila, Philippines
The other Filipino show took places in Metro Manila and, like the other card featured a few interesting names.

The most well known of the fighters on this show was former world title challenger Ardin Diale (27-9-3, 14) who made very light work of Rommy Wassar (11-18-7, 5). Wassar, who missed weight by 6lbs, lasted just 30 seconds with Diale who made a genuine statement with the speed of this win.

Diale wasn't the only fighter to blow away an opponent in less a minute as the monstrously hard hitting Richard Claveras (12-0-2, 12) blasted away Demsi Manufoe (9-4, 6) in 37 seconds to retain the WBC Asian Boxing Coubncil Light Flyweight title. Hopefully we'll see Claveras step up again next time out.

Another excellent fighter to blow an over-matched foe on this show was the excellent Michael Dasmarinas (19-2, 12) who took care of Aroel Romasasa (11-8, 5) inside a minute courtesy of a body shot. Another man to score a win with a body show was Rene Dacquel (13-4-1, 5) who took 7 rounds to see off the light punching Menard Abila (5-3-4, 1).

One of the most competitive contests saw Eric Panza (7-3-1, 1) climb up from an opening round knockdown to take a split decision over Jeson Berwela (4-19, 2) in an 8 round bout. Another close 8 rounder saw Warren Mambuanag (7-5-2, 3) upset Aljhon Osabel (9-3, 5), also with an 8 round split decision.

The sole 6 rounder on this card saw the unbeaten Fighting Heno (3-0-3) level off his peculiar record as he over-came Rommel Berwela (2-3-2) with a clear decision.

In a bizzare debut, scheduled for 4 rounds, Jestoni Caballes (1-0, 1) was decked twice in the opening round before stopping Roberto Mendano (0-3) due to a cut in the second round. . In the other 4 rounder Brando Bokingkito (1-2, 1) claimed his first win with a 3rd round TKO against the win-less Kenneth Lacdang (0-3).

Chiapas, Mexico
In Mexico we saw a rematch between unheralded Filipino Jomar Farjardo (14-6-2, 7) and former unified Minimumweight champion Francisco Rodriguez Jr (17-2-1, 11). The two men, who fought to a draw last year, began as they finished their first fight, with a very competitive opening round. Sadly for Fajardo that was his only real success as Rodriguez finally figured him out and dominated the proceeding 9 rounds to take a very wide decision

New South Wales, Australia
In Australia fans saw a pair of Asian fighters though unfortunately both came up short.

The most disappointing of those was Erick Diaz Siregar (16-21-4, 4) of Indonesian. Siregar was brought in to be blown away and that's exactly what happened with Billel Dib (16-1, 7) stopping him inside a round. This was Siregar's third success blow out defeat and he is now without a win since September 2012 and has only one win since November 2010.

The other man who came up show was Filipino Rodynie Rafol (12-6-2, 5) who gave a good effort but was clearly second best to the unbeaten George Kamboso Jr (7-0, 3). Sadly for Rafol this loss ended a 2 fight winning run and he is now 0-3 in fights outside of his native Philippines.

This past Saturday was a busy day in the world of boxing with fights all over the place involving some wonderfully talented fighters.

Nevada, USA
On a Golden Boy Promotions show in Nevada we had two Asian fighters in action and both had lost there most recent bout.

The first in action was OPBF Welterweight champion Yoshihiro Kamegai (25-2-1, 22). Kamegai was fighting for the first time since his all action loss to Robert Guerrero in June and managed to make very light work of the over matched Oscar Godoy (13-4, 6). Godoy was down several times before eventually being stopped by Kamegai who is now 2-2-1 (2) in the US. Kamegai was watched by fellow Teiken fighters Takashi Miura and Shinsuke Yamanaka who were in attendance for the contest.

The other Asian fighter was former WBA Light Heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov (15-2, 10) who stopped Bobby Thomas Jr (14-3-1, 9). Shumenov was fighting as a fully blown Cruiserweight for the first time and although he is ranked #2 by the WBA it's hard to see him winning a world title at his new weight.

Nevada, USA
On a Top Rank promoted show, also in the US, we had two Russian's in action.

The first of those was Denis Shaifkov (35-1-1, 19) who over-came the heavy handed Miguel Angel Mendoza (21-5-2, 21) in an entertaining contest. The fight was shown on Toprank.tv and seemed to be about keeping Shafikov busy ahead of a possible world title fight in early 2015.

The other Russian was former amateur standout Matt Korobov (24-1, 14) who was stopped in 6 rounds by Irishman Andy Lee (34-2, 24). The bout, for the WBO Middleweight title, was one of the worst of the weekend with a very slow start, consisting of 4 rounds of the two men failing to engage. When the two did start to come to blows at the start of round 6 they hurt each other with Korobov failing to recover before Lee wailed away and forced referee Kenny Bayless to step in and stop the previously unbeaten Korobov.

Nuevo León, Mexico
In Mexico fans had the opportunity to see former IBF Light Flyweight champion John Riel Casimero (21-2, 13) in action, albeit not for long. Casimero, fighting in an IBF Flyweight eliminator, destroyed Armando Santos (14-4-1, 8) in just 2 rounds. Santos was dropped in the opening round by a huge left hand before being dismantled at the start of round 2 by the Filipino road warrior who will now be looking for an opportunity to become a 2-weight world champion.

Osaka, Japan
In Osaka fans got the chance to see a small card which was headlined by Satoru Sugita (9-2-1, 6) who scored a 5th round TKO against Akira Shono (7-7-2, 4) with a devastating flurry of shots.

In the chief support bout fans saw a decision win for the light hitting Il Che (7-8-4, 1) who easily over-came Tomonori Ota (6-5, 4). Che used excellent movement and was a run away winner in a bout that was surprisingly 1-sided given the records of the two men involved.

The other notable supporting bout saw the light hitting Tatsunori Fukunaga (5-5, 2) score just his 2nd stoppage win in 10 bouts as he over-came the debuting Anucha Sor Soda (0-1) from Thailand.

The 6 under-card bouts here were all 4 rounders and many were close, in fact only 1 of the under-card bouts failed to go the distance as Maya Uegaki (1-0, 1) began her career with a 2nd round KO of fellow debutant Shizuka Nakamura (0-1).

The closest of the under-card contests saw Masaru Hasegawa (0-2-1) fighting to a draw with Kewpie Tsubawa (0-1-1) though there nearly a second draw as Takashi Okura (3-3, 1) take a majority decision over the win-less Daiki Haraguchi (0-8). Ryo Ishida (2-1, 1) narrowly escaped with a win as he over-came Shota Oka (1-1) with a razor thin decision and Koji Nakamura (4-6) took a close one over Ryuto Araya (2-7-1, 2). The only clear cut decision here saw the unbeaten Takuya Uehara (3-0, 1) clearly beat Thai visitor San Saknarong (0-1).

Metro Manila, Philipines
Filipino fans got a rather interesting domestic card from Metro Manila which featured several interesting contests.

The most interesting of those was one of two GAB title fights on the card. This one in particular saw Benezer Alolod (16-5-5, 5) narrowly over-come Renren Tesorio (13-6-3, 4) to retain the GAB Light Flyweight title. Alolod scored the win with a split decision but it could easily have gone the other way.

The other title fight on this show left nothing to chance as Dan Nazareno Jr (21-12, 17) showed off his power and retained his GAB Welterweight title with an opening round blow out against Dennis Padua (9-10-2, 4) in what always looked like a mismatch.

Both of the chief support contests ended in the 9th round. The most entertaining of those was a knock-down filled Super Bantamweight bout that saw Danilo Gabisay (6-3, 4) stopping the Angelito Merin (7-5-3, 1). Merin was down 4 times as Gabisay battered his light hitting foe. In the other support bout Ernesto Saulong (16-1-1, 6) stopped Jimmy Aducal (8-4-2, 6) dropping Aducal prior to the stoppage.

Lower down the card Toto Landero (4-0-1, 1) narrowly kept his unbeaten record intact with a narrow majority decision win over Jeven Villavite (3-3-3, 1). We had a minor upset as Julius Bala (4-2, 1) dominated Arnil Caoctoy (5-3, 2) en route to scoring a 2nd round TKO. We also saw a female contest as former world title challenger Jessebelle Pagaduan (7-1, 4) took a clear decision over the debuting Florivic Montero (0-1)

Eastern Cape, South Africa
Staying with Filipino's it's fair to say one of them won't be happy in the run up to Christmas. That will be Michael Dasmarinas (18-2, 11) who will have felt the judges gave a gift to South African Lwandile Sityatha (18-3-1, 7). The Filipino went to Sityatha's homeland in an attempt to claim the IBO Super Flyweight title but was “beat” by split decision with score cards that were all over the place.

On the same card Marbon Bodiongan (11-2-2, 9) came up short against Xolani Mcotheli (11-1, 8) in a bout scored a clear win for the South African fighter, who won the IBO Inter-Continental Super Featherweight title. From what we're been told this was a near shut out by the South African fighter.

Kiev, Ukraine
In Ukraine fans saw unbeaten Kazakh Roman Zhailauov (13-0, 8) continue on his winning ways with a stay busy bout against the win-less Artem Komar (0-3). We like Zhailauov but cannot understand why 2014 has been such a write off for such a young and talented boxer who could have achieved so much more this year.

Victoria, Australia
In Australia fans saw Thailand's Terdkiat Siththeppitak (1-9) suffer his 9th straight loss as he was out pointed by the debuting Kayne Pettifer (1-0) in a 4 round contest.

(Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp and Sumio Yamada)

This past Sunday didn't see much action though there was 2 separate shows in Asia.

Hyogo, Japan
In Japan fans were treat to a small card.

Among the action was a short though entertaining exhibition featuring Former Japanese Middleweight champion Keiji Eguchi who was celebrating his retirement by sparring the chairman of his former gym.

The main event of the show was the only bout scheduled for more than 4 rounds and saw Ryuji Miyazaki (13-7-3, 4) take a hard fought and very narrow decision over Yasuyuki Otagaki (5-2-3, 1). The bout was highly competitive though all 3 judges scored it to Miyazaki.

The rest of the card was all 4 rounders and featured 7 bouts in total. These included a win for the unbeaten Nobuya Nakazawa (2-0, 2) who blew out Tenmei Serizawa (4-2, 2) in just 42 seconds. Remarkably this wasn't the shortest bout of the day as Yusuka Kosaka (1-0, 1) took just 25 seconds to blow out Yosuke Goto (1-6).

The only other stoppage on the under-card saw Tenta Kiyose (2-1-1, 1) scoring a 4 round stoppage over Kazuki Koyanagi (3-8).

The rest of the under-card all went the distance. This saw a majority draw between Tetsuya Kawabata (3-7-1) and the win-less Manabu Kashine (0-1-1). In another bout Takaaki Maeda (2-1) out pointed Yoshiya Shiraiwa (0-1), the unbeaten Kenta Sakata (1-0-1) scored his first win as he over-came the debuting Shinen Nakayasu (0-1) and Shota Nakashima (2-1) took a clear decision over Takaichi Tsujimoto (1-5, 1).

Camarines Sur, Philippines
There was also a show in the Philippines, unfortunately however we've only received limited results at the moment.

The results we have are that the very promising Michael Dasmarinas (18-1, 11) scored a 6th round TKO over Indonesian fighter Oscar Raknafa (12-7, 5). This was Raknafa's second stoppage loss and it seems that he is going to become little more than a journeyman. Rakanafa's fall from world ranked Minimumweight to journeyman Super Flyweight has been quick to say the least whilst for Dasmarinas his rise appears to be very promising.

One of the other results we have is that of the heavy handed Al Sabaupan (23-2-1, 18) who stopped Eddy Comaro (27-22-5, 11) in 5 rounds to continue his rise.

A third result from this show is that the Minimumweight bout on this show between Oliver Gregorio (9-3-2, 5) and Lester Abutan (6-2-3, 3) resulted in a 3rd round technical draw.

We hope to get the rest of these results shortly.

(Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)

Tokyo, Japan
The only card of note this Wednesday was Dangan 108, a showed dubbed "The Battle".

The shows name came from the incredibly intriguing main event between the very heavy handed Masao Nakamura (18-2, 18) and the light hitting but very impressive skills Masayuki Ito (15-0-1, 6), the bout dubbed "The battle". Sadly the bout turned out to be less of a "battle" and more of an interesting but controlled bout with Ito's jab being the key punch in the contest. Nakamura managed to shine in some rounds but few would have seriously believed he had done enough to win with Ito taking a close but well deserved victory. If you're wanting to see the video of this fight, we have it here.

Nakamura, a former OPBF Super Featherweight title holder, was one of two former champions on the show with the other being former 5-weight Japanese national champion Tadashi Yuba (46-9-2, 33). Unlike Nakamura we didn't see any struggles from Yuba who took care of Filipino foe Dondon Lapuz (19-46-7, 7) inside a round. Yuba finished the bout with a pair of solid body shots which folded Lapuz up and kept him down for the count. Again we've managed to get the video of the fight here.

The third bout from the top of the show saw once beaten Filipino Michael Dasmarinas (17-1, 10) defeat the more experienced Hayato Kimura (21-7, 15) with an 8 round unanimous decision. For Kimura, who has also been known as "Big Yoo" and Joon-In Yoo, this is a major set back and one that looks even worse considering just how 1-sided the bout was. For Dasmarinas this is a win that should help push him towards an OPBF title bout even if he's not quite yet ready to face the likes of Ryosuke Iwasa. On the performance he gave however it's fair to say that Dasmarinas has a lot of potential and hopefully someone will nature it. Again, for those wanting to watch the fight, we did manage to get the video of the bout which can be seen here.

Whilst the main event didn't live up to expectation it wasn't the only domestic bout of interest and another was the Super Bantamweight bout between Yusaku Kuga (9-1-1,6) and Koji Aoki (16-8-2, 6). The men both entered the bout ranked in the top 15 domestically though Kuga was far superior to his Aoki who looked out of his depth from early on and stopped Aoki in round 6. This is the third win for Kuga since his draw with the hotly tipped Naoto Uebayashi and we'd really be shocked if the 23 year old Kuga doesn't go a long way before his career is over. This is yet another bout we've managed to track down in terms of video footage, which can be viewed here.

Prior to the 4 bouts mentioned above there were 4 undercard bouts. These began with a disappointing technical draw between Kazuya Nomura (0-2-1) and the debuting Koji Tomaru (0-0-1). The bout wasn't just disappointing in terms of result but in terms of actual fight as well with the ending coming after just 27 seconds! In a Featherweight bout fought early on the show fans had the chance to see Kei Iwahara (3-1, 2) stop the debuting Tsuyoshi Nakajima (0-1) in the 4th round of their bout. In another under-card bout we saw another early finish as the unbeaten Ryu Ueda (2-0, 2) took out fellow novice Masayuki Kondo (1-1, 1) in just 42 seconds! Amazingly we've also managed to track down the video of this quick blow out win for Ueda.

The sole 6 rounder on the show, also one of the under-card bouts, saw Japanese-Brazilian Cristiano Aoqui (8-3-2, 4) take a clear decision over Quaye Peter (5-5-2, 3). Peter, originally from Ghana, is now 0-4-1 in his last 5 bouts suggesting that his career really looks like it's hit a brick wall after starting 5-1-1.

(Image, of Kuga and Aoki, courtesy of boxingnews.jp)