Wow, wasn't Friday a busy day with shows in Thailand, Japan and Russia...and here we go with all the results! Nonthaburi, Thailand Today there was two Thai cards, one on channel 7 and one on channel 3. Of those cards it was the Channel 3 one that caught the attention with former world champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (30-4-1, 27) in action as he was defending his WBC Asia Boxing Council Super Flyweight title. Srisaket, who was listed on some sources as fighting Mateo Handig, scored his 27th stoppage as he over-came Filipino Bobby Concepcion (11-6-1, 5). The bout was straight forward enough for Srisaket who is now hoping to secure a rematch with WBC Super Flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras. On the same card in Thailand we saw the exciting but limited Kongfah Nakornluang (17-0, 10) score a second round stoppage over Indonesian visitor, and professional loser, Safwan Lombok (1-27-1). Kongfah started the bout by boxing but in the second round went into fight mode and swiftly saw off the Indonesian fighter. Although Kongfah against us wondering just how far he will go we've got to admit we're going to love following his career and for the second time this year we were really entertaining by this young and exciting Thai warrior. Ayutthaya, Thailand On the channel 7 show fans saw Palangpol CP Freshmart (6-1, 4) in the main event as he defended his WBA Asia title against former foe Heri Amol (34-20-4, 14). Palangpol took a decision over the Indonesian veteran though still didn't look ready to take the next step up, we suspect that Palangpol will take a big fight next year and if he wins that he'll be moved towards a world title contest though it's hard to see him beating any of the top Light Flyweights at the moment. Thai veteran Noknoi Sitthiprasert (51-4, 30) scored his 30th stoppage victory, as he over-came Dechai PetchasemfourGym (0-1) in just 2 rounds. Other bouts on this card saw Petch Sor Chitpattana (28-0, 18) extend his winning run with a decision over Petchchumpol Sor Visetkit (4-3, 2) whilst Ratchasak KKP (25-3-1, 11) over-came the tough Joel Kwong (1-7, 1) in what was a second meeting between the two men. Tokyo, Japan At the Korakuen Hall, the holy land of Japanese boxing, there was 8 domestic bouts with several of them being of genuine interest. The main event saw Japanese based Filipino Ricky Sismundo (27-8-1, 12) narrowly over-come heavy handed Japanese fighter Shuhei Tsuchiya (16-4, 14) with an 8 round split decision. Although the bout went the distance it certainly wasn't a dull one with Tsuchiya down twice and Susmundo down once in a great contest between two men who knew just how much this bout meant to their careers. For Tsuchiya this is his second loss of the year, following a stoppage loss to Leonardo Zappavigna, and seems to hint that he's never going to be a domestic champion however he will always be a lot of fun to watch. For Sismundo this win should move him towards a Japanese title fight. In an 8 support bout Yuya Sugizaki (20-9-1, 6) managed to take a fifth round technical decision over Filipino Gabriel Royo (9-11-2, 8), who has now lost 4 in a row. Royo is a heavy handed fighter but is clumsy and it showed against the more skilled Sugizaki. Another 8 rounder saw Yuta Nakagawa (14-4-1, 8) take a clear 8 round win over Yuta Saito (7-5-2, 6) in a Bantamweight contest. The first of the 4 bouts scheduled for 8 rounds was the only one that saw a knockout as Kazuya Nakano (8-3, 7) lived up to his reputation as a heavy handed fighter and stopped Takahisa Nayuki (11-12, 2) in the 5th round of their bout with an eye catching shot that immediately caused the referee to wave off the bout. On the under-card there was one man we were particularly interested in, Koki Koshikawa (3-0, 1). Koshikawa is tipped as a prospect with real potential having been a stand out amateur and he showed that class as he dominated Ryoji Miyagi (7-5-1, 4) to take a 1-sided decision win. Another unbeaten fighter in action was Hiroyasu Shiga (4-0, 3) scored a 4th round TKO victory over Takuo Watanabe (2-8-3), an impressive victory considering that Watanbe has got a reputation as being somewhat durable. Another unbeaten man extending his run was Daisuke Yamada (2-0, 1) who scored a second round KO against Kosuke Tsunoda (1-3). In the opening bout Takuya Kurata (1-2, 1) defeated Yuta Ouchi (0-1), also by second round TKO. Moscow, Russia We had another show in Russia as the capital city, Moscow, played host to a show that got more interest than many Russian shows have in recent years. The card began simple enough with two debutants scoring low profile wins. One of those was Dmitry Bivol (1-0, 1) who scored a 6th round TKO against the limited but experienced Jorge Rodriguez Olivera (25-11, 12) the other debutant was Heavyweight hopeful Sergey Kuzmin (1-0, 1) who blasted out Nicholas Buule (3-1, 3). Another of the undercard bouts saw the very promising Sergey Lipinets (5-0, 4) score and 8th round knockout against Filipino visitor Ernie Sanchez (14-6-1, 5) in a bout that saw the unbeaten Russian claim the WBC International silver Light Welterweight title, Lipinets's first title as a professional boxer. Another man in title action was Andrey Klimov (19-1, 9) who took a very wide decision over Gabino Cota (16-3-1, 14) to defend his WBO Inter-Continental Super Featherweight title. One of the more interesting under-card bouts saw Olympic champion, and former amateur stand out, Egor Mekhontsev (7-0, 6) take hid first decision win as he completely shut out Joey Vegas (17-10-1, 10) in an 8 round bout. Mekhontsev will likely feel disappointed that he didn't score the stoppage here but will certainly feel happy to get some professional rounds under his belt given that his first 6 opponents lasted a combined 16 rounds. One man who didn't need to go any rounds was the heavy handed Eduard Troyanovsky (20-0, 17) who scored a beautiful knockout out as he took out Jose Agustin Feria (16-2-1, 10) inside a round. Another man who scored an opening round KO was Cruiserweight crusher Dmitry Kudryashov (16-0, 16) who took just 22 seconds, yes you read that correctly, to wipe out former world champion Juan Carlos Gomez (55-4-0-1, 40). Gomez might be well beyond his prime but no one would have expected this from Kudryashov who is now ready for a top contender. Another Cruiserweight contest saw Rakhim Chakhkiev (21-1, 16) make relatively light work of Brazilian Light Heavyweight Jackson Junior (15-2, 13) with a fourth round TKO. Although the bout was relatively straight forward for the big punching Russian he did seem to have problems the few times Junior did catch him. Towards the top of the card, in fact in the chief support slow, we ended up with a contest that many dubbed a freakshow. The bout, supposedly an exhibition, saw Mickey Rourke (6-0-2-1, 4), yes the Hollywood actor, score a knockout against the frankly hapless Elliot Seymour (1-9-0-1, 1). Seymour may well have put in the worst performance of a professional fighter this year and fought such an incredibly tame effort that it appears he was the actor pretending to be a boxer. For what it's worth we're unsure if this bout will feature on either man's record though we've noted it as a “no contest” on both records. In the main event of the card we saw former world champions colliding as Russian slugger Ruslan Provodnikov (24-3, 17) took on Mexican veteran Jose Luis Castillo (66-13-1, 57). The two men, from completely different eras, were never on an even keel as Provodnikov took control of the bout in the opening round and was never really under any sort of pressure before Castillo was eventually stopped in round 5. Barnaul, Russia A second Russian card came from Barnual and attracted much less attention from the boxing world. Theunder-card hear features 3 bouts with one of those being an all debutant 4 rounder that saw Mahir Pashayev (1-0) out point Abbas Turgunbaev (0-1). The show's sole upset came in an 8 rounder as Vladyslav Yeromenko (2-1) out pointed Artem Merzlikin (5-1-1, 3). The show's sole 10 round bout saw the unbeaten Yury Kashinsky (5-0, 5) continue his stoppage streak as he stopped Yuriy Barashian (27-8, 18) in the 7th round The main event here saw PABA Light Middleweight champion Pavel Mamontov (10-1-2, 1) retain his title with a 12 round decision win over Oscar Roberto Medina (24-7-2, 9). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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This past Friday was a busy day with fights across our area. Tokyo, Japan In Japan fans saw a Watanabe card that may not have oozed big names but domestically it was a highly important card that will have helped piece together some bouts for 2015. The main event of the card saw the bleached blonde Hayato Kimura (22-7, 15) take a 5 round technical decision over Kanae Onogi (6-7-1, 3) in what was, on paper, a total mismatch. Although on paper this was far from an even bout it was a case of getting Kimura a win after back to back losses to Marlon Tapales, technical decision 5, and Michael Dasmarinas, an 8 round unanimous decision. Whilst we'll admit we don't see him progressing to winning a national or OPBF it's still good to see Kimura getting the W under his belt after what has been a nightmare year for him. In one of the other feature bouts fans saw the always entertaining Rikiya Fukuhara (30-7-1, 22) score an opening round blow out against Thailand's Thiendaeng Manoprungroj (1-5, 1). The bout was a complete mismatch but it was effectively a tune up bout before Fukuhara gets a rematch with Satoshi Hosono in 2015. In Fukuhara's first bout with Hosono, which can be seen here, he was stopped in 7 rounds but he is unbeaten since then and seems very hungry for the rematch. The other 8 rounder on the show saw Ryuichi Funai (22-6, 15) score a 4th round TKO against the out matched Toshikuni Wake (8-14-3, 2). Funai did have a scare early on when he was caught by a hard right but that was his only worry and he quickly took control of the bout from there on stop his over-matched foe. The only other early result we have from this card was a genuine upset as Kota Oguchi (10-13, 1) managed to take a split decision over Kununobu Shimamura (16-4-1, 11). This was Oguchi's 2nd successive win following 9 losses in a row and it seems that something in him has finally clicked whilst for Shimamura this is a very damaging loss for his career. Bangkok, Thailand In Thailand we saw a former world champion in action as former WBO Bantamweight champion Pungluang Sor Singyu (47-3, 31) narrowly over-came Tanzania's Fadhili Majiha (15-5-4, 7) to claim the interim WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight title. We do wonder how Majiha qualified for an Asia Pacific title fight though the bigger worry is how much Pungluang has left considering just how much he struggled here and it may be that his loss to Tomoki Kameda earlier this year has actually ruined him, a real shame but a possibility all the same. Moscow, Russia In Russia there was 9 bouts in total including some very interesting bouts with very recognisable names at the top tier of the sport. The undercard began with with a 6 round contest at Featherweight between the unbeaten Evgeny Smirnov (4-0, 1) and the more experienced Michael Nyawade (12-3-2, 8). The bout saw Smirnov taking the win with a decision though has left questions about his lack of power considering Nyawade had been stopped in his previous 2 losses. In a major Middleweight bout Arif Magomedov (12-0, 9) dominated the previously undefeated Michael Zerafa (15-1, 7) to continue his fast and impressive rise through the ranks. We know Magomedov isn't a big name in the Middleweight division though we suspect he will become one in the near future given his talent and his talent, power and promise. In a second 10 rounder we saw the unbeaten Sergey Ekimov (12-0, 6) make light work of the experienced Miguel Velozo (17-3-2, 5) with a 5th round TKO to give Velozo his first stoppage loss in 22 fights. The final of the 10 rounders Heavyweight contender Manuel Charr (27-2, 16) stopped American Michael Grant (48-6, 26) who refused to come out for round 6 and never really looked interested in the fight even at the opening bell. In the least interesting of the 3 bouts scheduled for 12 rounds we saw Lightweight Eduard Troyanovsky (19-0, 16) destroy former WBA Lightweight title holder Jose Alfaro (27-9-1, 12) in 5 very one sided rounds to claim the WBA International Lightweight title. A second 12 rounder saw Cruiserweight hopeful Rakhim Chakhkiev (20-1, 15) score a KO of Italian veteran Giacobbe Fragomeni (32-5-2, 13). Fragomeni, a solid contender in his own right, was made to look like an old man fit for retirement after this loss in which he really was dominated by Chakhkiev. The main event saw former WBA Heavyweight title holder Alexander Povetkin (28-1, 20) score an excellent 10th round KO against Carlos Takam (30-2-1, 23) to claim the WBC Silver Heavyweight title. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Today's action came in two chunks with the early morning stuff coming from Thailand before we later moved on to fights from Russia. It's wasn't action that will rival Saturday's but it was still more than enough to warm us up for the weekend. Surat Thani, Thailand The Thai action wasn't really high profile though it did see former WBC Minimumweight champion Oleydong Sithsamerchai (54-1-1, 20) in action as he defended his WBC International Super Flyweight title against the over-matched Noli Morales (10-5, 3). Morales was completely out of his depth and, although Oleydong isn't a big puncher, he lasted just 4 rounds. As well as Oleydong's bout we've been informed there were two others. These saw veteran Noknoi Sitthiprasert (49-4, 28) taking a decision over the experienced Fernando Lumacad (29-8-3, 12) and Morakote Patanakan Gym (9-3, 5) scoring a quick blow out over over an over-matched foe. From what we under-stand the Japanese fighter was Shigeru Murata, though we're unsure on his record. Moscow, Russia Although the action kicked off in Thailand it was the Russian card that many fans were more interested in and it kicked off around 8 hours after the Thai show had finished. The card had interesting bouts through out, the first of which was an excellent win for the very highly regarded Sergey Lipinets (2-0, 1) who stopped the over-matched Dzemil Cosovic (3-2-1, 1) in 4 rounds. We're really looking forward to seeing what Lipinets does in the future though some have described him as a future Russian superstar. On the under card there wasn't just a victory for Lipinets but also for Evgeny Smirnov (2-0, 1) who defeated Milan Savic (1-2-1) via a 6 round decision. Although not as highly regarded as Lipinets there are good things being said about Smirnov. Another man down the card who was in action was Eduard Troyanovsky (18-0, 15) who made light work of Anton Bekish (5-11, 4). Unfortunately for Troyanovsky he was hoping to fight Richar Abril but numerous issues have prevented that bout from happening, including both fighters suffering injures. It seems likely that he this was a stay busy fight for the Russian Lightweight hopeful but it'll have been a frustrating one for him after all the promises of a world title bout this year. Further up the card Aslanbek Kozaev (25-1-1, 7) took a 10 round decision over the out matched Igor Faniyan (14-8-2, 7). It wasn't a great match up but it was Kozaev's first bout since his loss to Ray Robinson in the US in February. The chief support bout on the show saw Russian Cruiserweight hopeful Rakhim Chakhkiev (19-1, 14) defend his WBC international Cruiserweight title for the first time as he over-came former world title challenger Santander Silgado (25-2, 20). Although the victory was a good one for Chakhkiev he really did struggle early on with Silgado who, despite losing, made life difficult for the highly touted Russian. Although Chakhkiev struggled his compatriot, Alexander Povetkin (27-1, 19) looked sensation as he returned to the ring and dominated Manuel Charr (26-2, 15) in a very, very impressive performance. Povetkin bounced shots off Charr at will before closing the show with a world class combination that sent Charr down hard in round 7 for a genuinely eye catching victory for the Russian Heavyweight. Metro Manila, Philippines In the Philippines fans got to see the hard hitting Marbon Bodiongan (10-1-2, 8) wipe out the limited Cris Leon (7-10-4, 3) in 7 rounds. Bodiongan is now unbeaten in 5 with 4 KO's in those 5 bouts since his sole defeat back in August 2012. (Image, of Oleydong, courtesy of boxrec.com) This past Saturday was a busy day for fighters from Russia and the Philippines and although not everything went to plan it was certainly a noteworthy day. Metro Manila, Philippines The biggest Asian card of the day took pace in Metro Manila with a staggering 13 bouts on the show. The highest profile bout on the show featured former IBF Minimumweight world champion Florante Condes (27-8-1, 13) who claimed the IBF Pan Pacific Minimumweight title thanks to a 7th round KO over Cris Alfante (10-2, 3). Condes, who has now won 2 fights following more than a year out, seems likely to to try and rebuild himself in to world title fight though it is admittedly still early in his comeback. Although Condes's win was expected the card did have some shocks. One such shock saw the hard hitting Rex Olisa (10-23-1, 8) stopping the once touted Bebong Manalo (8-2, 5) in just 3 rounds. Although Olisa has a poor record he is tough, has power and is dangerous. If fighters think they will be having an easy day with Olisa they are very much mistaken. One bout that went the way we'd have expected saw the win-some lose-some Jonathan Ligas (7-5-1, 1) manage to out point the win-some lose-lots Elbert Guardario (8-24-1, 2) via a hard fought 10 round decision. Likewise Virden Rivera (7-0-1, 2) 10 round victory over Jovill Marayan (8-16-3, 3) was also expected, especially when you consider the lack of power in Rivera's shots. In the shows only bout to be scheduled for 8 rounds we saw an accidental clash of heads call a halt to proceedings in round 6. This saw Romulo Ramayan Jr (6-3-3, 3) and Lester Abutan (5-1-2, 2) needing to settle for a draw with each other. One of the most expected results of the day saw former OPBF title challenger Dennis Tubieron (17-3-1, 8) stopping the over-matched Samuel Apuya (7-17-1, 4) at the end of 2 rounds in one of the 6 round bouts. The other 6 rounders also saw the "expected" winners coming out on top as Kenjie Monenio (6-3-3, 1) stopped Mabert Paulino (2-17, 5), Roldan Aldea (7-1-1, 3) out pointed Jomar Borbon (3-17-2, 1) and Lionel Mark Duran (12-10-2, 5) took a decision over the relatively hapless Roy Albaera (2-22-5). In the shows 4 rounder bouts we saw mixed results for debutants. We Joe Noynay (3-0) widely defeat his debuting opponent Vicencio Rubas (0-1), in an all debutant bout Mark Baribar (1-0) took a clear decision over Joshro Lindon (0-1), whilst Jun Blaso (1-0, 1) marked his debut with an early victory over Jomar Manlangit (0-2). The only of the 4 rounders with out a debutant saw Pablo Gabunia (4-2, 2) wipe out the win-less Charlie Gabriel (0-5) inside a round. Moscow, Russia If there was something that we seemed to get a lot of today it was Russian Crusierweights with an impressive array of them in action. Amongst them was the WBC Asian Boxing Council Cruiserweight champion Maxim Maslov (13-1-1, 8) who defended his belt courtesy of a clear and dominant decision over Azerbaijan's 30 year Anar Mammadov (6-2). Mammadov, fighting in his first title bout, really did look like a novice and failed to win a round on any of the cards. Another title bout involving a Russian Cruiserweight saw recent world title challenger Rakhim Chakhkiev (18-1, 14) claim the WBC Silver Cruiserweight title with a dominant victory over the over-matched, though game, Juho Haapoja (10-5-1, 13) who was stopped in the 9th round. In a third title bout Grigory Drozd (38-1, 27) quickly took out France's Jeremy Ouanna (14-9, 3) inside a round. The bout, a clear mismatch on paper, lasted just 160 seconds. As well as the Cruiserweight bouts in Moscow there was 3 other bouts. The highest profile of those saw Sergey Ekimov (9-0, 3) taking a decision over Britain's light punching Nathan King (13-22, 1) whilst another saw the unbeaten Mikhail Smirnov (6-0, 3) took a 6 round decision over the debuting Davron Mamedov (0-1). The remaining bout saw Super Bantamweight debutant Evgeny Smirnov (1-0, 1) scoring a debut victory over the more experienced Vladislav Sagalakov (2-12, 1) who was stopped in the second round. Liverpool, England Staying with Russian's they unfortunately didn't have a great time outside of Moscow. This was partly shown in Liverpool where former world title challenger Valery Brudov (41-5, 28) was stopped in the 12th round. Brudov, attempting to claim the WBO international Cruiserweight title, gave a great effort against Tony Bellew (21-2-1, 13) though was stopped by the fofmer Light Heavyweight title challenger. The bout, a good one over-all, may end up being Brudov's final as a professional given that he is now 37 and hasn't really got anywhere to go for another big pay day. Pennsylvania, USA The lack of Russian success on foreign soil was also seen in the US where Light Heavyweight Denis Grachev (13-3-1, 8) lost to the talented Isaac Chilemba (22-2-2, 9). Chilemba, himself a former opponent of Tony Bellew, was too complete for Grachev who was repeatedly tagged by straight shots from an often moving target. Grachev, to his credit, proved he was tough though his technical limitations did let him down massively here. California, USA It wasn't all bad for Russian's though with Maxim Vlasov (29-1, 14) restoring a bit of faith for Russian boxing fans due to a decision win over American journeyman Derrick Findley (20-13-1, 1). It was an expected victory but still a good one following the losses for Russian's fighting out of their homeland. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa As well as the poor results for Russian's fighting outside of Russia things didn't much better for Filipino's fighting outside of the Philippines and in South African Jether Oliva (20-2-2, 10) came up short in an IBO Flyweight title bout. Oliva, fighting former IBF champion Moruti Mthalane (30-2, 20), put up a stirring effort but didn't quite do enough to convince enough of the judges to give him decision, though Filipino judge Danrex Tapdasan did give the fight to his countryman. Although Oliva lost he certainly didn't harm his reputation and many who saw this will want to see him in another major contest sooner rather than later. Baja California Sur, Mexico Things were worse for Filipino Silvester Lopez (21-7-2, 15) who, in Mexico, suffered his second stoppage loss inside a year. Lopez, fighting against Mexico's hard hitting Rey Vargas (19-0, 16), lasted until round 8 though was unable to repeatedly take the heavy shots of the destructive Mexican. Lopez, a former world title challenger, has now lost 3 of his last 4. We hope to bring you results from two cards in the Philippines sooner rather than later, though they are currently unavailable. (Picture, of Lopez, is courtesy of Boxrec.com) |
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