This past Saturday was a hectic day in boxing with fights all over the place. Osaka, Japan On paper the most notable show came from Japan where fans had the chance to catch a couple of world title bouts and another bout featuring a 2-weight world champion. The show wasn't big or attention grabbing but for fans of female boxing it was a notable card. In one of the title fights everyone was left disappointed as a headclash brought a very early ending to the contest. This was a bout for the WBO Female Minimumweight title, with defending champion Kumiko Seeser Ikehara (6-1-2, 3) recording her first defense courtesy of a technical draw against Filipino challenger Jessebelle Pagaduan (7-1-1, 4). The headclash happened in the opening round and later required 10 stitches for Ikehara who as, clearly, disappointed about how she recorded the first defense of her title. The other title fight saw WBO Atomweight champion Nao Ikeyama (16-3-1, 4) successfully defending her velt for the second time. The 45 year old Ikeyama looked like she had the energy of a teenager as she thoroughly out worked, out fought and swarmed Filipino challenger Norj Guro (7-4-1, 4). Guro, more than 20 years Ikeyama's junior, was never in the fight after round 3 and was often forced to survive the assaults of the champion rather than really fight back. In the chief support bout fans saw former 2-weight world champion Mari Ando (12-7, 5) score a hard fought 6 round decision win over Jujeath Nagaowa (12-14-1, 8). This was Ando's first bout since she lost the WBC female Minimumweight title to Yuko Kuroki last year and it seems likely Ando will chase another title bout. Sadly for Nagaowa this was her 3rd straight loss and she is now 1-3 since losing to Momo Koseki back in June 2012. The under-card here featured 3 bouts each of which were 4 rounders. One of those was another female bout as the unbeaten Yu Shoji (1-0-1, 1) fought to a 4 round split decision draw with Wakako Fujiwara (0-1-1). Another of the bouts saw Daiki Miyayama (4-2-1, 2) defeat the debuting Yuta Teruya (0-1) whilst Hiroshi Takagi (3-4) defeated Naoki Okamura (1-2) in a close decision. Metro Manila, Philippines In the Philippines fans had an interesting show that featured a world ranked fighter and several others looking to prove themselves as “men to watch”. The world ranked fighter was the promising Rene Patilano (13-1-2, 7) who made extremely light work of domestic journeyman Aroel Romasasa (11-9, 5). Romasasa, who had entered the bout with 8 straight losses and that form showed as he was blown away in just 140 seconds. Sadly for Romasasa it now seems clear he needs to think about a new career. The Patilano/Romasasa was one of 3 bouts scheduled for 10 rounds and the others both went the distance. One of those saw the talented Randy Braga (15-0-1, 3) take a very clear decision win over Cristian Abila (24-16-3, 4) who struggled to win a round. Braga, who does seem to be better than many domestic Filipino's, now looks ready for a real step up. Sadly things weren't so successful for Jay Loto (9-0-1) who was held to a majority draw by JC Francisco (6-9-4, 2) in a genuine shock. For Francisco this was a great result considering he had lost 3 of his previous 4, for Loto however this is a big hit to his career. Lower down the card the light hitting Jeffrey Francisco (11-1-1, 1) scored his first stoppage as he forced Arjet Caballes (6-33-5, 3) to retire from their scheduled 8 round bout. In a 6 rounder the unbeaten Wilbert Berondo (6-0, 3) stopped the over-matched Ryan Medez (1-4-2) with less than a minute of their bout left whilst another 6 rounder saw Vergel Nebran (13-8-1, 8) out pointed Prell Tupaz (8-27-4, 1). A more competitive 6 rounder saw Roderick Flores (6-0-1, 2) narrowly out point Junjie Lauza (4-14-1, 1) in a surprisingly competitive contest. The begin the card there were 4 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. One of those saw the unbeaten Abraham Bullagay (2-0-1, 2) score a 3rd round stoppage over the win-less Oscar Lim (0-3), who has now been stopped in all 3 bouts. Another contest that failed to go the distance saw Robin Langres (4-0, 1) take a 3rd round technical decision over the win-less Manny Mamamcquiao (0-5-1). Langres's win as one of two technical decisions on this part of the card as Bryan Ascano (3-0, 1) also went to the judges early in his win over Jerwin Dela Rosa (1-5). The only 4 round to reach the scheduled final bell saw Arvin Yurong (2-0, 1) take a wide decision over the debuting Raymond Dela Cruz (0-1). Pattaya, Thailand In one of two Thai shows fans saw a former world title challenger and an unbeaten prospect. The former title challenger was Samartlek Kokietgym (19-5, 5) who famously challenged Naoya Inoue last year. Samartlek scored his second win since that Inoue bout as he over-came Indonesian visitor Ichal Tobida (11-15, 8) in a 6 round bout. Of course it wasn't just Samartlek who had a high profile bout in Japan last year with Tobida being knocked out by former world champion Ryo Miyazaki last September. Sadly for Tobida he is now 0-4 in the last 12 months, though he did manage to see out the scheduled this time following successive stoppage losses. The unbeaten prospect on this card was Payu Sor Kulawong (3-0) who scored his third straight win as he over-came the win-less Somchay Sithhongkam (0-2), from nearby Laos. This was a rematch of a bout fought in January that saw both men making their debut against each other. Samut Songkhram, Thailand In a second Thai show fans saw the unbeaten and heavy handed Chalermpol Singwancha (12-0, 10) take out Indonesia's Wellem Reyk (17-12-3, 5) in the opening stages of round 5. This was Chalermpol's 4th straight KO though they have come against limited foes, such as Reyk here who has now lost 5 in a row with 3 stoppages in that run. Baja California, Mexico In Mexico we saw a disappointing defeat for Filipino fighter Jether Oliva (22-3-2, 10) who was stopped by unbeaten Mexican Luis Nery (16-0, 11). Oliva was returning to Mexico for the first time since his loss in an IBF Light Flyweight world title bout against Ulises Solis and it seems clear he was simply too small for the Mexican. Oliva was game early on but remained on his stool at the start of round 5 having taken enough from the promising Nery. Hamburg, Germany In a Cruiserweight bout fans saw the unbeaten Isa Akberbayev (15-0-0-1, 11) score an impressively quick victory over 40 year old Argentinian puncher Ruben Angel Mino (25-2, 25), who lasted less than a round. Mino's impressive record belies his inability to really fight and he has now been stopped in both of his step up bouts. As for the unbeaten Kazakh this is his best win on paper and is his 4th successive stoppage win. Managua, Nicaragua Teiken promoted Nicaraguan fighter Roman Gonzalez (42-0, 36) continued his long unbeaten run as he made light work of Valentin Leon (38-29-3, 21) in what was essentially a stay busy fight for the talented “Chocolatito”, who is now expected to make a mandatory defense of his WBC Flyweight title. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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This past Sunday was a busy day in Asia though it was also a low profile day with numerous relatively low level fights taking place across the continent. Fukuoka, Japan Arguably the most significant bout was the main even on a show from Fukuoka. Sadly even that bout wasn't hugely important in the grand scale of things, despite featuring the world ranked and unbeaten Takumi Sakae (10-0, 6) who made light work of Thai novice Thephasuthin Chaiyonggym (0-1) who was stopped part way through round 3. Sakae, currently ranked in the top 15 by the WBA, is a long way from any sort of a title fight though getting experience will help him develop his already solid looking skills. Unfortunately whilst the main event was somewhat interesting, due to Sakae's ranking, many of the cards other bouts were poor even for a small domestic card. In fact the two chief support bouts lasted just 3 rounds with one of those, the bout between Keisuke Nakayama (6-1-1, 3) and Poomsak Saknarong (0-0-1) ending as a technical draw after just 95 seconds. The other saw the experienced Tatsuya Miyamoto (11-12-1, 7) stopping Thailand's Nichao Chaiyonggym (0-2) in the second round of their contest. On the undercard we had much more competitive action, including a narrow decision win for the wonderfully named J Soul Meada (2-1-2, 1) who defeated Satoru Okuma (2-3, 1) and we also saw Naoki Yamashita (2-1) just squeak past Ryo Ota (1-1, 1). Not all the undercard bouts went the distance however and one of those bouts saw Kotaro Ishibashi (3-0, 3) scoring his third stoppage as a professional by stopping Taichi Yoshizato (1-3, 1) in the second round. The early finish saw Daichi Ono (3-1, 2) stopping J Soul Shogo (1-3, 1), who we assume is the brother of J Soul Maeda. Aichi, Japan A second Japanese card took place in Aichi and on paper this was probably a better card over all, though was still nothing to write home about. The main event on this card saw Daiki Koide (22-7-2, 9), pictured, taking a 6th round technical decision win over the heavy handed Tatsuya Miyazaki (8-6-1, 8). The bout was close prior to being stopped with less than a minute of the 6th round left and although it was a win for Koide it is hard to see where he goes next with it being very clear that he's a long way from winning even a domestic title. In the chief support bout fans saw Ryosuke Maruki (8-3-1, 6) take a relatively straight forward win over the light hitting Anwar Solihin (8-9-2, 1) who was stopped for the 3rd time in his career. This shows sole 6 rounder saw Kosuke Mizuno (7-4-2, 2) scoring a clear decision over Kazuki Fukakura (7-8-2, 3). The bulk of this card was the 4 rounders which made up and surprisingly 5 of the 6 bouts were close, with some of them being nip and touch either way. The only clear cut bout saw the unbeaten Tatsuharu Okura (1-0-1, 1) scoring an opening round blow out against the "stop of be stopped" Hayato Takeshima (3-4, 3) who has yet to go beyond 2 rounds in his 7 bouts. Of the decisions on the undercard the closest results in a split decision draw between Tomohiro Shimokata (0-1-1) and the still unbeaten Shin Tomita (1-0-2). The draw was one of 3 razor thin bouts which also included a narrow win for debutant Takumi Oshima (1-0) who took a majority decision over Naoki Masukawa (1-2) and another majority decision with saw Ryo Shibata (2-1, 1) take a win over Yuto Nakamura (1-1, 1). In more decisive decisions fans saw Tameji Ito (2-1, 1) squeak past Kazuaki Okada (3-3, 2), in a bout scored 38-37 by all 3 judges, and they saw Yudai Imada (1-0-1) take a clear decision over Takashi Miyaki (0-2) to record his first career win. Metro Manila, Philippines Outside of Japan there was also a show in the Philippines with 9 more bouts, including one or two which featured some interesting fighters. The most interesting of those men in action was the unbeaten Randy Braga (14-0-1, 3) who took a clear decision win over Benjie Suganob (8-3-1, 4). Braga scored a knockdown in round 5 and was the clear winner after 10 rounds despite some notable variation in the scorecards which ranged from 96-92 to 98-92. Braga's win came in one of two 10 rounders with the other one being a notable win for Rene Patilano (12-1-2, 6) who out pointed the world ranked Lionel Legada (12-7-1, 5). Legada, who some how had a world ranking coming in to this bout, was deducted 2 points that effectively denied him a majority decision draw. Prior to his loss Legada was ranked #10 by the WBC at Light Flyweight and we now have to suspect he will vanish from the rankings, like he should have done several fights ago. Of the three bouts scheduled for 8 rounds we saw just one completing the schedule as Diomel Diocos (5-1-2, 2) narrowly over-came Jonathan Francisco (6-4, 2) with a split decision win. The Diocos/Francisco bout was a start contrast to the 8 rounder between Glenn Suminguit (14-2, 8) and Roy Lagrada (3-8-1, 3) which lasted just 2 minutes before Suminguit saw off his over-matched foe. The other 8 rounder saw Lloyd Jardeliza (6-1-3, 5) scoring a late stoppage over Eric Panza (6-3-1, 1) in what was, on paper, a really good looking bout. The only 6 rounder on this show saw the unbeaten Roderick Flores (4-0-1, 2) scoring a 5th round KO against Ryan Medez (1-3-2). Whilst the victory was expected no one would have expected the fight to have started the way it did, with both men being dropped in the opening round. The card also had a trio of 4 rounders. These included an impressive opening round victory for debutant Abraham Bullagay (1-0, 1) who stopped Oscar Lim (0-2) in 103 seconds. The other two bouts scheduled for 4 both went the scheduled and saw Robin Langres (3-0, 1) defeat Remus Orcada (2-2-2), with a knockdown by Langres in the opening round being the difference on two of the cards, and a clear win for the debuting Bryan Ascano (1-0) who defeated fellow debutant Morito Ceplacios (0-1) with a shut out over 4 rounds. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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