Metro Manila, Philippines
The most notable Asian show of the day came from the Philippines where he had several notable bouts, including a contest that featured a former world title contender. The main event of the show featured that former world title challenger, Bernabe Concepcion (34-6-2, 19) make light work of Tanzanian visitor Juma Fundi (27-13-3, 11), who was stopped in the 2nd round. With this win Concepcion claimed the WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight title. Another early stoppage on this card saw a genuine upset as Ryan Bajala (4-1-1, 2) stopped the previously unbeaten Nino Valenzuela (8-1-1, 2). This is a genuine shock considering Valenzuela was being tipped as a real hopeful. The main event wasn't the only title fight on this card. Another title bout saw Renren Tesorio (15-6-3, 4) narrowly retain his GAB Light Flyweight title with a decision win over Bonjun Loperez (9-4-1, 5). In an interesting rematch Toto Landero (6-0-2, 2) took a narrow win over Philip Luis Cuerdo (7-2-1, 4), following a draw in their first bout. In a bout that saw an early conclusion fans saw Renerio Arizala (13-2-1, 5) take a technical decision over Romnick Magos (11-5, 7). This bout was stopped after a clash of heads left Magos badly cut. In other bout of note saw Rogelio Jun Doliguez (20-3-2, 14) take a decision win over Jerry Nardo (21-7, 11) in a 10 round bout. The only under-card bout saw the debuting Michael Mendoza (1-0) take a decision over the winless Ronnie Gaton (0-7). Tokyo, Japan The only Japanese card of the day was a Rookie of the Year card. The lightest division covered here was the 105lb Minimumweight division which saw Yuki Ikeya (3-1, 1) progress to the next round with a hard fought win over Desierto Nagaike (4-2-1). The only draw of the show came at Bantamweight where Yuito Yamaguchi (4-4-1, 1) fought to a split draw with the unbeaten Akira Tsutsumi (3-0-1, 2). In the other Bantamweight bout Toshiki Nishihara (5-3-2, 1) took a split decision over Yugo Ueda (5-3, 4) At Super Bantamweight Ryuyu Kaji (4-1, 3) moved to the next round with a 4th round victory over the previously unbeaten Yasuaki Miura (3-1, 1). The only one, of 3, Featherweight bouts not to go the distance saw 21 year old hopeful Teppei Kayanuma (5-0, 3) score a 4th round stoppage of Kazuhiro Koike (5-4-1, 4). A very competitive contest at 126lbs saw Kei Iwahara (5-2, 2) narrowly over-come Shogo Sakai (4-3-1, 3) whilst another ultra-competitive bout saw Ryota Ishida (5-0, 3) take a split decision over Daiki Funayama (2-1-1, 1). At Lightweight we had one close one as Yutaka Uemura (5-2-1, 2) narrowly over-came Rei Ichiyama (4-6, 1) with a split decision win. The other two Lightweight bouts both finished early with Hikaru Akutsu (5-1, 4) stopping Shin Tomitaka (3-2-1, 1) in the 2nd round of their bout whilst Ryusei Nakajima (5-1, 3) knocked our Akira Morita (3-3, 1) in the 3rd round of their contest. In the sole Light Welterweight bout we had a minor upset as Shinjiro Kawada (3-1-1, 3) scored a surprise opening round KO against the previously unbeaten Rice Hayashi (3-1, 2). There was however no surprise at Welterweight as Masaharu Kaito (3-0) out pointed the still win-less Satoru Araki (0-3). California, USA In the US fans saw Kazakh hopeful Bekman Soylybayev (5-0, 3) take part in a brief encounter with Sergio Najera (10-20-2, 4). Soylybayev took just 36 seconds to see off his over-matched foe.
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Igarashi and Shimoda pick up wins in Japan, Yordan claims a close one, Sonsona fortunate in the US6/7/2015 This post Saturday was a hectic one for Asian fight fans who seemed to have action everywhere they looked. Tokyo, Japan For Asian fight fans the most notable show of the day was in Tokyo where two former world champions were in action. The most notable of those former world champions was former WBC Flyweight champion Toshiyuki Igarashi (21-2-1, 11) who took a very hard earned win over talented Filipino Renerio Arizala (12-2-1, 5). Igarashi was forced to work incredibly hard for this win, despite the fact Arizala took on the bout on just 3 weeks notice. Sadly for Igarashi the win seemed to prove that he was miles away from being at world level as a Super Flyweight and it seems clear he shouldn't be looking at a world title bout any time soon. The other former world champion was former WBA Super Bantamweight champion Akifumi Shimoda (29-4-2, 12) who out pointed former Japanese Featherweight title challenger Gosuke Seki (16-2-2, 3). For Shimoda this was his first fight in 16 months, following his spectacular KO loss to Marvin Sonsona, and whilst it was a win it's hard to imagine him ever mixing at the top level again. In the chief supporting bout fans saw the heavy handed Kenichi Ogawa (15-1, 13) score a 6th round KO against Raymond Sermona (17-6-5, 8). Sadly for Sermona this was a second successive stoppage loss and it's hard to see where he goes. As for Ogawa he's now in the mix for a domestic title fight at Super Featherweight. Another big puncher in action was Yuichi Yokoyama (15-3, 13) who was surprisingly taken the 8 round distance by Genki Horiuchi (5-2-3, 3). Another 8 round bout saw Musashi Suzuki (11-3, 4) take a technical decision over Hideyuki Watanabe (8-7-3, 6), in a bout that was taken the the cards in the 7th round. On the under-card the unbeaten Teppei Kayanuma (4-0, 2) extended his winning record with a decision win over Kanehiro Nakagawa (2-2, 2) whilst the hard hitting Masato Niikima (3-0, 3) continued his perfect start with a 3rd round KO against Fumihiro Ijima (4-3). Surabaya, Indonesia In Indonesia fans had a treat as two of the best local fighters were in action. Of the two notable Indonesian fighters in action it was Daud Yordan (34-3-0-1, 24) who stood out as he took a very hard earned victory over the tough Maxwell Awuku (40-3-1, 26). Yordan, a former world title challenger, was pushed all the way by his foe from Ghana but a did just enough to convince the judges hat he deserved the decision. With the win Yordan claimed the WBO Africa Lightweight title, some how, and added that belt to his WBO interim Asia Pacific Lightweight belt. The other Indonesian in action was the heavy handed Defry Palulu (12-1, 11) who easily saw off Kaenpetch Manonprungroj (4-4, 2) in the 3rd round. This was Kaenpetch's third stoppage loss and his third straight defeat. Cebu, Philippines In Cebu fans saw the unbeaten Arjan Canillas (11-0-2, 9) continue his unbeaten run as he scored a 5th round KO against former world title challenger Balweg Bangoyan (19-10, 8). Sadly for Bangoyan he is a long way removed from the fighter who once challenged Toshiaki Nishioka for the WBC Super Bantamweight title. Macao, Macao Fight fans in the growing Asian hub of Macau also got a show. This wasn't as big or as interesting as the Bob Arum shows in the area but did feature some title action and some interesting fighters. In the only 12 round bout fans saw Filipino hopeful Michael Enriquez (11-3-1, 7) score a 5th round TKO against Indonesian Oscar Raknafa (12-10, 5), who's career has totally fallen apart since his loss to Heri Amol back in July 2013. This was Enriquez's first bout since he was involved in a war with Rex Tso earlier this year and it's fair to say that he's going to be a fun fighter to follow. In a bout at Super Middleweight fans saw China's Liu Yu (0-2) fail to claim the IBF Youth title as he was stopped in the 9th round by Andrey Kalyuzhnyy (8-1, 6). We're not sure how the IBF sanctioned Yu to fight for the belt considering his record. Another title bout saw Filipino veteran Jujeath Nagaowa (13-15-1, 8) claim the WIBA International Light Flyweight title with a decision over Luo Yu Jie (3-7, 1). In an interesting 6 rounder Estoni Autida (8-3, 3) took a decision over Wang Xinghua (11-11-1). Technically this bout was a “majority” decision but with two judges scoring it 59-55 to Autida it's hard to believe this was really a close bout. In an all debutant bout Wang Jian Zheng (1-0, 1) took a 5th round TKO win against Sagidolla Muhamethali (0-1), in a bout scheduled for 6. Another all debutant match up saw Ye Rong Cheng (1-0) take a well fought 4 round decision against Anthony Waldon (0-1). One other debutant who picked up a loss was Li Le Shan (0-1) who was narrowly out pointed by Gabriel Royo (11-12-2, 8). Gauteng, South Africa South African fans got one of the highlights of the weekend as Kazakh prospect Roman Zhailauov (15-0, 9) scored a highlight reel KO against Luyanda Jako (9-10-2, 4). Zhailauov is tipped by some as the future of Kazakh boxing and his KO here showed just how under-rated his power is. Frightening KO and a genuine highlight of he weekend. California, USA The most notable Asian fighter in action in the US was former world champion Marvin Sonsona (20-1-1, 15) who narrowly over-came the under-rated Jonathan Arrellano (15-6-2, 3). On paper this looked like a mismatch but Arrellano gave his all and may well feel unlucky not to have had a draw, at the very least. New York, USA In New York fans saw Chinese Heavyweight hopeful Zhang Zhilei (4-0, 2) continue his perfect record as he dominated Glenn Thomas (1-4). The scorecards, all of which read 40-33, summed up just how one-sided the bout was. Zhilei, who may have been disappointed not to have scored the stoppage, now needs to take a step up in class rather than wasting time fighting at this level. Virginia, USA In Virginia fans saw Uzbek born prospect Zarifbek Nishanbaev (2-0, 2) score his second early victory as he saw off Norman Allen (6-15, 3) in the 3rd round of their bout. (Image courtesy of boxingews.jp) |
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