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 weekend is genuinely massive with so many big fights that it's been hard to stay focused on any single fight for long. Thankfully a lot of action is great though this may have actually been overkill! Kanagawa, Japan A huge weekend of fights kicked off in Japan as Teiken promotions put on a solid card of fights in Kanagawa. The show opened with the under-card which featured 5 bouts that all went to the score-cards. In the sole 6 rounder fans saw Shunsuke Fukushima (4-3-2, 2) fight to a majority decision win over Yu Kinjo (4-4, 3). In the 4 rounders fans saw 4 very close bouts, one of which saw Rei Ichiyama (4-5, 1) claim a very close majority technical decision over Naoya Nishimura (3-7-1, 2) a second technical decision saw Yuichi Kitayama (1-1-1, 1) fight to a technical draw with the unbeaten Ryotaro Tokusa (1-0-1, 1). A second draw occurred in the bout between the debuting Ryota Toyoshima (0-0-1) and the still unbeaten Toshiro Tarumi (1-0-2, 1) where the bout ended in a split decision draw. The remaining under-card bout saw Hideaki Onuki (1-0) begin his career with a unanimous decision win over Hiroki Imamura (0-3). The first of 3 notable bouts on this card saw the heavy handed Ryo Akaho (25-1-2, 17) score a 4th round KO over former world title challenger Antonio Tostado Garcia (14-4, 6). Garcia, who has now lost 4 of his last 7, was too small for Akaho who called out Tomoki Kameda after the fight and it now seems clear that Akaho will be hunting a world title fight in 2015. For the Japanese slugger this was his 6th win, 5th by stoppage, since losing to Yota Sato in a WBC Super Flyweight title fight back in December 2012 and it appears the heavy handed Japanese fighter has rebuilt his confidence enough to eye up the likes of Kameda who appears to be a man in demand right now. The first of two title fights saw WBC Flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez (41-0, 35) make the first defense of his title as he dominated Filipino road warrior Rocky Fuentes (35-8-2, 20) prior to stopping the Filipino hard man in the 6th round. Gonzalez, quite possibly the best fighter on the planet, was fighting just weeks after he stopped Akira Yaegashi to win the title and it now seems clear that there are very, very few who can with stand the Gonzalez offense. After the fight Gonzalez seemed to hint that he would like another fight in Japan next year against wunderkind Naoya Inoue or a second bout with Juan Francisco Estrada, both of those bouts would be great to watch though may it may be a little too early for Inoue. Following Gonzalez's win we then saw Takashi Miura (28-2-2, 21) make the third defense of his WBC Super Featherweight as he stopped Mexican fighter Edgar Puerta (23-5-1, 19). The bout, a mandatory defense for Miura, never looked difficult for the “Bomber” who dropped Puerta in the opening round before forcing the referee to save the Mexican who was beginning to take some monster shots from the Japanese fighter. Following this fight Miura hinted that he wanted a rematch with Takashi Uchiyama and if he gets that bout he will be attempting to avenge a 2011 loss to “KO Dynamite” and be hoping to unify the WBC and WBA world titles. Liverpool, England In the UK we had another world title fight as former Japanese national champion Hidenori Otake (22-2-3, 9) took on WBA Bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (30-0-2, 22). Sadly for Otake he came up very short against Quigg scarcely winning a round in what was a very one sided yet entertaining fight. Otake, who entered the bout as an unknown outside of the Japanese fans left the British fans know that he was a tough guy with an incredible engine, sadly however he lacked the skills, power and accuracy to really threaten Quigg. Saying that however the British fighter was forced to work very hard, something he's not had to do in a long time. We also suspect we'll be getting results from Thailand in the coming days, sadly however these will have to be added when we get them, which we suspect will be Monday. (Image, of Miura landing a hard jab on Puerta, courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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