Khiri Khan, Thailand
The most notable Thai card of the day came courtesy of Thai Channel 3 and featured 3 relatively well known names. The most well known man on the card was former world title challenger Terdsak Kokietgym (58-5-1, 38) who scored a 3rd round KO victory against Indonesian journeyman Eddy Comaro (32-25-5, 13), who has now been stopped 11 times! Another notable name on the under-card was former WBA Super Flyweight champion Tepparith Kokietgym (31-3, 19) who took a straight forward decision win against Boido Simanjuntak (18-30-1, 7). Tepparith has now racked up 5 wins this year and it seems about time to let him in against more testing opposition. In the main event fans saw world ranked Super Flyweight Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (34-7-1, 15) take a clear win over Espinos Sabu (12-7-2, 5) to retain the PABA Super Flyweight title. Nakhon Sawan, Thailand In the only boxing bout of a Muay Thai card fans saw world ranked youngster Petch Sor Chitpattana (33-0, 21) take a clear decision win against Eric Panza (8-5-1, 2). This bout may have seen Petch run up a 33rd straight win but it's clear he's not ready for a world title fight and will need to significantly increase his level of competition to even come close being ready. Tokyo, Japan We also had the second set of semi-final bouts for the Rookie of the East tournament as the Korakuen Hall played host to a thrilling second day of Rookie action. In the Minimumweight bout Hizuki Saso (6-1, 2) scored a 2nd round TKO win against Yuki Ikeya (3-2, 1), who has now been stopped twice with his other loss being a stoppage defeat on his debut. At Light Flyweight Hiroki Hosoya (3-1) took a well earned decision win against Akihiro Yamanaka (5-4, 2), and ended a 4 fight winning run from Yamanaka. Unbeaten Flyweight hopeful Masahiro Kaneda (6-0, 1) continued his perfect start as he out pointed 21 year old fighter Yuma Kudo (4-2-1). In the Super Flyweight division fans saw Teiken's heavy handed Ryo Matsubara (4-1, 4) show off his power as he stopped Ryoji Fukunaga (4-2, 4) in a bout between punchers. This was stopped after 126 seconds with Matsubara seemingly the harder of the two big punchers. At Bantamweight it was 21 year old Wataru Takeda (6-0-1, 2) scoring the win as he stopped Yuito Yamaguchi (4-5-1, 1) in the 2nd round of their bout. The most competitive bout on the card came as Super Bantamweight where Renji Ichimura (4-2, 3) claimed a majority decision over Ryusei Ishii (5-2, 3) in a bout that really was razor thin. Another Teiken fighter picking up the win was unbeaten Featherweight Teppei Kayanuma (6-0, 4) who scored a 2nd round TKO win against 19 year old Ryota Ishida (5-1, 3), in what looked to be the best match up on paper. At Super Featherweight the unbeaten Fumiaki Kishi (5-0-1, 3) scored a 2nd round KO against Sho Nagata (5-2, 2) with a 1-punch finish. In the Lightweight division fans got really competitive action with Mao Kawanishi (4-1, 1) claiming a majority decision over Yutaka Uemura (5-3-1, 2). The Light Welterweight bout saw power again come to the fore for Shinjiro Kawada (4-1-1, 4) who scored a 2nd round TKO win against Masaya Sakamoto (3-1, 2). At Welterweight Masaharu Kaito (4-0, 1) proved he could punch as he blew away Toshinobu Mimura (4-1-1, 3) in spectacular fashion inside a round. In the Middleweight bout Riku Nagahama (1-0-1) claimed his first win with a narrow decision victory over Reo Watanabe (2-1-1, 1).
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This past Friday wasn't the busiest day in Asian boxing, or boxing in general, but there was plenty of action through Asia.
Guiyang, China There was an interesting card in China as the slow, but gradual, growth of the countries boxing scene continues to develop. In the main event fans saw title action as the streaking Yao Yi Ma (15-1, 10) claimed the WBO Oriental Light Middleweight title with a decision win over the experienced Patrice Sou Toke (21-4, 11). Ma, who is based in Australia, dropped Toke in round 8 to rack up his 14th straight victory and it seems like Ma could find himself on the verges on a WBO world ranking. In the chief support bout we unfortunately saw Wang Hongbo (1-2) suffer an embarrassingly quick loss at the hands of Andrey Kalyuzhnyy (9-1, 7). The bout lasted just 78 seconds and was over before Hongbo really managed to even get into the fight. The only other stoppage on this card saw Sun Xiang Xing (5-0, 3) extend his perfect record with a 4th round TKO against Farruh Faiziev (3-1). In a 6 round bout fans saw Xia Shunkai (4-0, 2) extend his unbeaten run with a decision victory over Isroil Qurbonov (8-10-1, 3). In a 4 rounder Wang Jian Zheng (2-0 took a decision over the win-less Harinder (0-2). Suwannakhet, Laos Thai fans had action from Laos shown on Channel 3. In the main event here Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (33-7-1, 15) easily over-came former foe Frans Damur Palue (11-8-2, 6) to claim the WBO Asia Pacific Super Flyweight title. The experienced Thai was never in any trouble here against an Indonesian foe that he also over-came in March, notably though their first meeting ended in a TKO win for the Thai. Another bout on this show saw the promising Kalae McShane (4-0, 2) easily see off Norasing Patanakan Gym (1-4, 1) in the 4th round. Also in action on this card was teenager Nampetch Kwanjaisrikod (5-1, 1) who took a decision win against an as yet “unknown” opponent. The 15 year old Nampetch is quickly becoming a star in Laos despite her youth. Thailand Thai fans also had televised action on Channel 7 courtesy of Onesongchai. In the main event here we saw Kwanpichit OnesongchaiGym (31-1-2, 16) defend the WBO Oriental Flyweight with a stoppage victory against Tanzania's Ramadhan Kumbele (20-9-2, 9). This was Kwanpichit's 4th straight win since his loss to Zou Shiming, in Macau last year, however his competition has been less than testing. Another bout on this card saw Saentanong Onesongchaigym in action, though unfortunately we've not yet received the result from his bout. West Australia, Australia In Australia we unfortunately saw Marlon Alta (12-7, 9) being taken out in 2 rounds by Australia's Luke Sharp (13-2-3, 6). This was Alta's 5th straight loss and his 4th stoppage defeat during that run and it seems clear that he should be considering retirement. 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) This past Sunday was a busy day in Asian boxing with two shows from Thailand and another card from Japan.
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand The most notable of two Thai shows came from Nakhon Pathom where fans saw a combination of prospects and title holders. One of the prospects in action was Manachai Banchamek (3-0, 2) who blew away Saengpetch Kwanjaisrikot (0-1) in the second round of their Light Flyweight bout. This was Manachai's third bout this year and it seems clear he's going to be kept active through 2015. Another notable prospect in action was Petchchorhae Kokietgym (11-0, 7) who took a 6 round decision over Indonesian veteran Samuel Tehuayo (18-34-2, 3). This was Tehuayo's second loss in the space of a week, following a previous loss to Suriyan Sor Rungvisai, and was his 11th straight loss, all in the space of just 8 months. One of the title bouts saw PABA Flyweight champion Myung Goo Yuh (26-4-1, 21) successfully defend his title as he swiftly stopped Filipino fighter Richie Behec (2-3-1, 1) in the 3rd round of their bout. Behec, who has now lost his last 3 bouts, is likely to be forced into taking a break from the ring following this stoppage and that may not be a bad thing for the fighter who has managed to squeeze in 5 fights already this year. Despite being a Korean Yuh has impressively won 12 bouts in Thailand where he is now making a name for himself and moving towards a world title fight. The other title bout here saw Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (31-7-1, 14) successfully defend his PABA Super Flyweight title as he scored an 8th round TKO against Indonesian fighter Frans Damur Palue (10-7-2, 5). This was the 9th straight win by Petchbarngborn who has been on an excellent run since his knockout loss to Sho Ishida back in September 2013. Bangkok, Thailand In Bangkok fans saw a pair of fights with each of them featuring an experienced Japanese visitor battling against a Thai novice. One of the Japanese fights was Tatsuya Fukuhara (14-4-5, 4) who made very light work of Pangpormn Por Singdet (0-1). Fukuhara was returning to Thailand for his first bout in the country following his draw with Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr last September and is now 1-0-1 (1) in the country of smiles. The other bout saw Ryusei Yoshida (26-6, 13) take out Siangthip Sithbunkon (0-1) in the 3rd round. This is Yoshida's 4th straight win since coming up short against Paul Fleming back in April 2013 in Macau. Aichi, Japan As well as the action in Thailand there was also a show in Japan featuring 6 bouts, though none of them looked particularly notable. The main event here saw Japanese ranked Kazuya Maruki (18-3, 12) score an easy win over Thai visitor Mongoldam Sithwarunee (1-4, 1) with a 3rd round KO. This was Mongkoldam's 4th successive stoppage loss, according to boxrec.com, and in those 4 stoppages he has only survived a combined 15 rounds. For Maruki this is a good comeback win after he suffered a shock loss to Quaye Peter last December. The chief support bout saw Takashi Omae (13-4-5, 1) take a hard fought win over Thai visitor Petchnamchao Sor Sakulwong (1-2, 1). On paper this was a mismatch though Petchnamchai gave a solid account of himself and will likely be invited back to Japan having given two solid performances there. The under-card qas equally uninspiring. The most competitive of the bouts saw Yuta Imaizumi (2-1) take a split decision over the win-less Takumi Koroki (0-2) whilst another competitive match up saw Kohei Furusawa (4-6) take a narrow unanimous decision over the win-less Masahiro Hayakwa (0-5-1). Still on the under-card fans saw Tamaki Miwa (2-0, 1) score an opening round win over the debuting Takashi Arakawa (0-1). It took just a round longer for Shinpei Tominaga (2-2, 2) to take out So Watanabe (0-1). Jakarta, Indonesia In Indonesian fans saw Abdul Haris Sofyan (3-2, 1)* claim a variation of the Indonesian national Featherweight title with a 6th round TKO against Agus Kustiawan (13-3, 5)*. Not many details of this bout are known though it was the third meeting between the two men who first fought back in 2012. Notably both records are believe to be incomplete. Boxing might nit be in full swing but that didn't seem to matter this past Saturday as both Thai and Korean fans got some action. Gapyeong, South Korea Of the two Asian shows it was the one in South Korea that was certainly the more interesting and in fact 2015's first real brawl. The country's boxing scene might be a mess but the spirit, desire and hunger of the fighters is still there and it was all on show in a thrilling 10 rounder for the Korean Super Bantamweight title. That bout saw Moon Sun Jung (3-4-3), pictured, claim the national title with a split decision win over the previously unbeaten Sung Hwan Kim (2-1-3). The bout saw both men dropped from right hands and Kim battling through what looked like a broken nose. Sadly whilst the bout between Jung and Kim was a thriller we've not yet managed to come across full fight footage and instead there is only the highlights, which are included in the video below. As well as the stirring main event this card featured 4 other bouts. One of those was an all-debutant affair that saw Han Jong Yuh (1-0, 1) take a second round stoppage against Min Jae Park (0-1), with Park being dropped in the opening round before being stopped in the second. Another stoppage saw Suk Yun Hong (1-1, 1) claim his first win by stopping Bum Ho Jo (0-1), also in he second round. In more competitive action Min Wook Lee (1-1) claimed a majority decision win over Jun Min Pyun (1-5) whilst the unbeaten Joo Pyung Kim (2-0) extended his unbeaten run with a 6 round majority decision victory over the win-less Hyun Ho Nam (0-3-1). Nakhon Pathom, Thailand As well as the great action in South Korea there was also a fully televised card from Thailand featuring 3 low level bouts. The most notable contest on this card featured world ranked Super Flyweight Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (30-7-1, 13) who successfully retained his PABA belt. Petchbarngborn looked in control against over-matched Indonesian foe John Bajawa (12-9, 6), though the ending was a less than fitting one with Bajawa pulling out of the bout in round 4 with an arm injury. A notable, though not great, fighter also on this card was Yokthong KKP (17-4, 11). Yokthong, well known for being stopped by China's Zou Shiming last February, managed to out point debutant Branch Richy (0-1) over 6 rounds. A third bout on this card was an all debutant affair which saw Manachai Banchamek (1-0) out point Denchai Kiatramida (0-1) in a 6 rounder. (Image above courtesy of http://www.koreaboxingcommission.org Video below courtesy of 김종관) This past Saturday was a hectic day to say the least with bouts spread across the world with many of them being major bouts. New Jersey, USA The biggest bout of the night saw unbeaten Russian puncher Sergey Kovalev (26-0-1, 23) unifying 3 Light Heavyweight world titles as he dominated American legend Bernard Hopkins (55-7-2-2, 32) in a very impressive and controlled performance. The Russian dropped Hopkins in the opening round and had all over the place in the final round as he came close to stopping Hopkins. Although the clock ran out before Kovalev could score the stoppage he still managed to unify the WBO, WBA and IBF titles at 175lbs and put real pressure on Adonis Stevenson to fight in a total unification bout later this year. Pennsylvania, USA In an unexpectedly tough bout we saw another promising Russian Light Heavyweight, Vasily Lepikhin (16-0, 9), claim a hard fought decision over Jackson Junior (15-2, 13). We had expected Lepikhin to impress, as he did against Robert Berridge, but he seemed to struggle over the line a little bit here and it shows he's a few fights away from being stepped towards a world title fight. It's a shame but he's not ready to be stepped up, at least not yet, despite being very talented. Texas, USA Staying in the US a little bit longer, fans in Texas had the chance to see the very promising Egor Mekhontsev (6-0, 6) made light work of the heavy handed Jinner Guerrero (7-3, 6) who lasted just 2 rounds. Guerrero had entered the bout as a genuinely dangerous fighter but was never in the bout against the former amateur standout who some are tipping as yet as another Light Heavyweight to keep a close eye on. Baden-Württemberg, Germany Our first world title fight came in Germany where the previously unbeaten Naoko Fujioka (12-1, 6) lost a very close fight to German local hero Susi Kentikian (34-2-0-1, 17). The fight, for the WBA female Flyweight title, was a great female fight ruined only by some frustrating officiating with a referee that seemed unable to really keep the action flowing as the two fighters fell into each other. Although the contest was competitive and full of action we do feel that Fujioka was hard done by, though we need to admit we saw the bout on a broken stream that frustrated us almost as much as the referee for the contest. Queretaro, Mexico A second female world title bout came in Mexico and again saw a Japanese fighter losing a questionable decision as Etsuko Tada (13-2-2, 3) came up short against Anabel Ortiz (16-3, 3) for a second time. Tada had traveled to Mexico in an attempt to reclaim the WBA female Minimumweight title though lost a close decision to Ortiz for the second time following a loss last year in Japan to the Mexican fighter. Sadly for Tada it appeared one judge didn't even bother watching the fight was competitive through out despite a laughable 99-90 card for Ortiz. Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand One of the days first shows came from Thailand where we had a trio of notable bouts. The main event saw the world ranked Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (29-7-1, 12) score a 9th round KO against Filipino foe Macrea Gandionco (10-2-1, 6) to record his first defense of the interim WBO Asia Pacific Super Flyweight title. The Filipino took a hard counter and whilst it looked like he could continue he instead chose to take the 10 count before getting to his feet. It was as if he was happy enough with his effort up to that point to call it a day. On the under-card fans saw Fonluang KKP (22-1-1, 10) take a 4th round TKO against Indonesian visitor Falazona Fidal (25-42-1, 8) who was stopped for the 14th time in his 68 fight career. The other contest on the card was a female bout that saw Kanda Por Muangpetch (3-1) score a 6 round decisions win over the debuting Namnung Kwanjaisrikot (0-1). Queensland, Australia On a show down under Australian fans saw several Asian fighters in action. One of those was the very notable, and extremely dangerous, Bantamweight contender Zhanat Zhakiyanov (24-1, 17) who made very light work of Australian based Filipino Roberto Lerio (16-21-1, 6). Lerio was stopped in the second round of the bout as Zhakiyanov continued to march toward a world title fight and the heavy handed Kazak has now stopped his last 11 dating back more than 3 years! Sadly it wasn't a good show for Filipino's and not only was Lerio stopped but so too was Romeo Jakosalem (15-9-1, 8) who was stopped in the 9th round of his bout with the highly touted Cameron Hammond (11-0, 5). Jakosalem has now lost 5 of his last 6 including an early blow out to Min-Wook Kim in an OPBF title fight and it appears that his career is really becoming that of a journeyman, a sham considering that he was an OPBF champion less than 3 years ago. Davao City, Philippines Sadly we've not yet received all the results from the Philippines. In an interesting clash of fringe world class fighters fans saw Drian Francisco (26-2-1, 20) take a clear win over former Bantamweight world title challenger John Mark Apolinario (17-5-3, 4). Apolinario was down in round 5 and hurt again in round 7 as Francisco proved his dominance over a much lesser foe than himself. Sadly for the heavy handed Francisco he did show signs of ring rust and it's fair to say had he not been rusty he may well have finished off Apolinario in round 7 when he was rocked hard. On the undercard the debuting Aries Buenavidez (1-0) defeated fellow debutant Sammy Caballeres (0-1) Metro Manila, Philippines A second Filipino show saw the extremely heavy handed Richard Claveras (10-0-2, 10) successfully defending the WBC Asian Boxing Council Light Flyweight title with an 8th round TKO over JC Francisco (6-9-3, 2), who had never previously been stopped. A second champion who managed to defend his title on this card was Ardin Diale (25-9-3, 12) who retained the GAB Flyweight title with a stoppage of the heavy handed Jenny Boy Buca (9-2, 9) who suffered a broken nose before being retired at the end of round 10. This was Buca's first stoppage losses and allows Diale to end the year on a high after suffering an 8th round loss to Koki Eto in a thrilling OPBF title fight back in June. In another title fight fans saw Jhon Gemino (11-3-1, 5) take the PBF Super Bantamweight title as he stopped the more experienced Rey Juntilla (19-6-3, 12) in the 7th round of their scheduled 10 rounder. Gemino was one of two new champions crowned on this show alongside Al Rivera (11-2, 9) who claimed the PBF Lightweigth title with a 2nd round KO against Junard Postrano (7-7, 2). In another stoppage we saw Renz Rosia (10-2, 5) take our Jay-ar Estremos (10-9, 4) in the 6th round. The undercard bouts all went the distance. These saw Rommel Berwela (2-2-2) even off his record with a majority draw against JR Florendo (3-2-1) in what was one of two draws on the card, the other saw Ariel Arevalo (2-1-2, 1) fight to a 4 round draw with Juanito Paredes (0-1-1). In another close bout Jason Dogelio (1-2) out pointed Manuel Mamacquiao (0-4). The only other bout on the card saw Lorence Rosas (2-0-1) out point the win-less Brando Bokingkito (0-2) Klimovsk, Russia In Russia we saw a small but interesting card that featured 2 more Filipino fighters in relatively interesting bouts, sadly however they lost both of those contests. The most interesting of the two was a PABA Lightweight title bout that saw Roman Andreev (16-0, 12) take a clear decision over the tough Rey Labao (26-6, 17). Labao was never really in the bout though that was due to Andreev who appears to be very promising and could well go all the way, one day. The other Filipino was Jason Canoy (21-5-2, 15) who was clearly beaten by the promising but previously untested Nikolay Potapov (13-0, 6). In a female bout novice professional Yulia Berezikova (2-0, 2) scored a very impressive victory by stopping the experienced Dalia Vasarhelyi (9-7, 1) in the 4th round of their scheduled 8 rounder. This was one of 3 bouts scheduled for 8 rounds with another failing to go the distance as Konstantin Piternov (17-6, 8) scored a 3rd round TKO against the previously unbeaten David Nagy (3-1, 2). The other 8 rounder saw Maxim Maslov (15-1-1, 8) struggle past Yuri Bihoutsea (8-6-2, 5) in a surprisingly competitive contest. In a 4 rounder on the under-card Alexander Podolsky (2-0) took a 4 round decision over Dmytro Aushev (1-5, 1) (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Friday was all about Thailand where we had 2 separate shows with a trio of title contests. Bangkok, Thailand One of the two televised Thai shows came from Bangkok courtesy of Thai Channel 7. This show featured 2 televised bouts with the first of those being a WBA Asia and PABA Flyweight title fight that was won by the unbeaten Eaktawan Mor Krungthepthonburi (6-0, 5) , who defeated Filipino visitor Edison Berwela (13-29-7, 3). Berwela was forced to retire in the 4th round. Prior to the retirement it did appear that his time was numbered as Eaktawan was going through the gears. The second title bout saw Nop Kratingdaenggym (11-0, 1) successfully defend his PABA Super Bantamweight title with a decision win over Filipino foe Eranio Semillano (10-6, 3). Nop again showed off his skills but his complete lack of power really is going to hold him back, a reach shame considering how he is, stylistically, different form many of his compatriots. The under-card on here featured 3 blow outs. The quickest of which was an opening round blow out by Tirachok Kiatniwat (6-0, 4) who swiftly took card of Petchkosin Manoprungroj (0-2) in what we believe was a rematch from Petchkosin's debut. It took just 2 rounds for former world champion Kwanthai Sithmorseng (47-3-1, 25) to defeat Saentawee sor Pholasing (0-1) in what was Kwanthai's first bout since his decision loss to Stamp Kiatniwat. The other blow out saw Dejpichit Kiatniwat (1-0, 1) who scored an opening round blow out against Petchmanee Sor Tanayong (1-1, 1). Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand The other of those Thai shows was in Nakhon Ratchasima where we had a third title fight on a show televised by Channel 3. The title fight here saw Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (28-7-1, 11) successfully retain his PABA Super Bantamweight title with a stoppage victory over the gun-shy Ki-Chang Kim (5-2-1, 1). Kim wasn't happy at the stoppage though he had left the referee with little option due to being clearly out classed and unwilling to really fire back. The other main televised bout on this card saw Norasing Kokietgym (12-0-1, 9) stop Indonesian foe Jemmy Gobel (18-25-5, 13) to extend his unbeaten run. Norasing is ready for much more pressing tests than this one though with it could be a while before we see him in a really competitive bout. On an under-card bout Petchchorhae Kokietgym (8-0, 5) over-came an Indonesian visitor, sadly we're waiting for him to be identified by boxrec.com, whilst Kanda Por Muangpetch (2-1) defeated win-less Laos born fighter Lamnammoon Kwanjaisrikort (0-6). (Image courtesy of Thairec.com) (Results courtesy of Pal) Some days are hectic and it's fair to say that this past Friday was perhaps not hectiv but it was certainly busy with title fights in 3 countries and a solid amount of action spread throughout Asia. Changsha, China There was a lot of action today but the best of it appeared in China as Zovi put on a fantastic card with several interesting bouts. The best of the bouts was a contest for the WBO Asia Pacific Flyweight title as China's very own Xiang Jing (7-3-2, 1) went toe-to-toe with unbeaten Filipino Ben Mananquil (10-0-2, 2). The bout was really great and thoroughly competitive though did, sadly, result in a split decision draw leaving the title vacant and both men feeling like their efforts lacked the rewards they were due. For Mananguil this was a second successive draw in fights outside of his native Philippines following his highly controversial technical draw with Kwanpichit OnesongChaigym. Whilst we are fans of Mananguil we need to give credit to Jing who appears to be one of Chinese boxing's hidden gems. Whilst Jing and Mananguil are the future we also saw some of the past as China's first ever world champion Xiong Zhao Zhong (24-5-1, 14) claimed a stoppage victory over Indonesia's highly experienced Jack Amisa (20-31-2, 14). Amisa retired an injury to his arm though before then he was playing up to the fans and trying to give people some fun. The real highlight however came from Zhong's celebration which included some very acrobatic moves. This was Zhong's second win following his world title loss to Oswaldo Novoa and it appears he's put that loss behind him. An international bout on this card saw Heavyweights colliding as Romanian Razvan Cojanu (11-1, 6) claimed the WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight title and stopped Argentina's Manuel Alberto Pucheta (37-10, 30) in 7 rounds. Pucheta was down before his corner threw in the towel signalling that they had seen enough from their man who hadn't looked good. The Cojanu/Pucheta bout was one of two Heavyweight bouts on the card and the other saw China's very own Xia Shunkai (2-0, 2) defeat Indian debutant Harinder (0-1). Shunkai had all the advantages so it's difficult to say how good he is from this result but it's nice to see another Chinese Heavyweight, especially given the impact Taishan Dong seemed to have following his debut win over Alex Rozman. In a Light Heavyweight bout Chinese debutant Adili Abulimiti (1-0, 1) defeated Thai based Indian Jakrit Prasong (0-1) who didn't throw a punch in anger before being stopped inside a round. From what we understand Tanee Piewnuan (1-0) managed to take a split decision over China's very own Dai Xianpeng (0-1) on the under-card . We are awaiting confirmation of this result though apparently the Thai really did deserve the win and out-worked Xianpeng despite the judges not recocgnising all the work of the visiting fighter. Chonburi, Thailand For us the more notable of two cards in Thailand saw the world ranked Knockout CP Freshmart (8-0, 4) defend his WBC Youth Minimumweight title. Knockout, the owner of the best name in boxing, saw off Filipino Cris Alfante (10-3, 3) in the 5th of a scheduled 10 rounds and appears to have taken his next step towards a world title. Ranked #6 by the WBA, Knockout is a man who will be targeting a world title fight sooner rather than later and if he keeps blowing away opponents like Alfante he's only going to speed up ascent to a title fight even if he's not yet ready for one. On the same card there was also a win for South Korea's hard hitting Myung-goo Yuh (19-4-1, 14) who scored his 6th win in Thailand! Yuh managed to take out Thailand's very own Kaenpetch Sithmuangkan (8-4, 1) in the 4th round with a devastating left hook to the body. Yuh maybe a South Korean but he appears to have been adopted by the Thai's and it's like that the 34 year old will continue to fight there for what's left of his career, or at least much of it. Samut Prakan, Thailand The lesser of the two Thai cards was headlined by a WBO interim Asia Pacific Super Flyweight title fight which was by Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (17-7-1, 10) who over-came Filipino Fernando Lumacad (29-9-3, 12). Sadly for Lumacad this was his third successive loss and possibly suggests that he will now see his record become more and more scratchy if he continues. Lumacad does hold a pair of wins over Rey Megrino but those wins were more than 6 years and Lumacad really isn't a fighter looking like he can go places any more. For Petchbarngborn this was his 5th win since he was stopped by Sho Ishida in Japan and it marks a remarkable turn around for a man who, less than a year ago, had been forced to crumble to a very unheralded youngster. Victoria, Australia Things weren't good at all for Asian fighters in Australia as a trio of Asian's suffered losses to Australians. Two of those losses were suffered by Thai's with Pramool Boonpok (0-7) suffering a 6 round decision loss to the once beaten Khoder Assi (4-1, 1) whilst Boonpok's compatriot Paitoon Jaikom (1-7) went 8 rounds with the unbeaten Lewis Goodritch (4-0). Although Jaikom and Boonpok both have bad records we do think Jaikom is better than his record suggests and he's just lacking something that could help him turn things around. In the main event Japan's Utaka Oishi (11-4, 6) was stopped by Zac Dunn (14-0, 12) who claim the WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council Super Middleweight title. This result was no shock at all, even less saw when you realise that Oishi is not a Super Middleweight and should never have been fighting as one. (Image courtesy of Zovi Boxing) Indo-China Market, Mukdahan
This past Friday in Thailand saw a small and relatively under-the-radar card in Makdahan that, although small was significant in the fact it featured 2 PABA title fights, one of which featured a former world champion, and also a bout featuring a former female title challenger. The highest profile bout of the card saw Tepparith Kokietgym (25-3, 15) successfully claim the PABA Bantamweight title with a second round stoppage over Indonesian Ricky Manufoe (22-19-2, 10). Tepparith, a former WBA Super Flyweight champion, really was far too good for Manufoe who shouldn't have really been given this opportunity by the PABA as it had mismatch written all over-it. Tepparith wasn't the only Thai in a title mismatch as his compatriot Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (23-7-1, 10) made very light work of Jemmy Gobel (18-23-5, 12), who was also stopped in the second round. This bout, for the "interim" PABA Super Flyweight title, was just as much a mismatch as the Tepparith fight with Gobel, also of Indonesia, standing no chance of the upset. Although there was never a chance of an upset in the title fights we did see an upset in the card as the 21 year old Kledpetch Lookmuangkan (6-2, 1) managed to upset the experienced Kanittha Kokietgym (20-6, 7) by taking a 6 round decision. Kanittha, a former WBC female Minimumweight title challenger who was stopped by Naoko Fujioka, suffered probably the most damning loss of her career with her previous losses all coming to fighters who went on the achieve notable success. Saying all that however Kledpetch may end up having a very successful career herself and building on this decision victory. In the one other bout on the show Petcheakachai Sithjaeo (1-0, 1) stopped fellow debutant Phichitchai Phrongmaduawittayakom Sc (0-1). Like the two title fights on the card this was a second round TKO. |
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