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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It's fair to say that 25 years ago the world was a very different place to what it is now. The cold war is certainly over and there is no need to fear the Russian's...right? Well this past Saturday the boxing world found out that it should fear the Russian's, in a big way. In fact the Russian fighters appear like they are set to take the higher weights and make them their own in what is a worrying time for American fighters.
Quebec, Canada We'll start our results in Canada where one of the Russian fighters really stated their class, intention and ability on the planet with a tremendous and eye opening victory that showed off a ruthless killer instinct and vicious power. That man was Artur Beterbiev (6-0, 6) who put the entire Light Heavyweight division on red alert with a 1-sided destruction of former IBF world champion Tavoris Cloud (24-3, 19). Cloud was dropped 3 times in the opening round and was lucky the bell came when it did or he'd have been stopped inside a round. Sadly for Cloud his survival in round 2 was limited and he was stopped after just 38 seconds of round 2. For Beterbiev this was a coming out party to remember and will have essentially launched him into the world rankings when they are updated. Interestingly the record for fewest bouts to win a Light Heavyweight world title is 10 fights, a record that Beterbiev must have in his sights right now. Moscow, Russia Whilst the result in Canada was a great one for Russian boxing it wasn't the only notable win for a Russian fighter on Saturday, in fact it was one of a number with many other impressive wins taking place on a show that actually took place in Moscow. One of Beterbiev's fellow prospects who also scored a notable win was Sergey Lipinets (4-0, 3) who managed to see off the tough Daniel Lomeli (22-5, 11) in 7 rounds. Prior to the bout Lomeli had only been stopped once, Eduardo Escobedo more than 5 years ago, and that took 10 rounds. Lipinets may not be as explosive or as good as Beterbiev but at 25 years old Lipinets is clearly a prospect to keep a close eye on and he certainly has the potential to go a long way at Light Welterweight or Welterweight, depending on where he settles. Although Lipinets is at the start of his career there were several Russian's who at major crossroads today. One of those was Grigory Drozd (39-1, 27) who may not have been the most entertaining but really did what was needed of him to take the WBC Cruiserweight title from Poland's tough but frustrating Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (49-3-1, 35). At times Drozd looked sensational with great lateral movement, excellent hand speed and lovely combinations at other times however he looked like he was full of self doubt and worried with repeated holding and some odd backing off late in the fight when Wlodarczyk looked ready to go. It really a mixed performance that showed Drozd has got the skills but we were left wondering if he can put it together against a more determined opponent than this version of Wlodarczyk who really was poor ene by his own inconsistent standards. Whilst Drozd, finally, got his hands on a world title it was also nice to see the return to the ring for Denis Lebedev (26-2, 20) who had been out of the ring for over a year following his "loss" to a drug-assisted Guillermo Jones. Although we expected a lot of rust on Lebedev it took him less than 2 rounds to dismantle the previously unbeaten Pawel Kolodziej (33-1, 18). Lebedev might not have been quite as destructive as Beterbiev was in Canada but it was hard not to be impressed by Lebedev who successfully defended the WBA Cruiserweight title with this win. It does appear there are a lot of good fights out there for Lebedev though we're unsure which option he will be taking right now, saying that he's too fun to ignore no matter who he is up against. Metro Manila, Philippines In the Philippines Renan Trongco (16-4, 9) narrowly retained his WBC International Flyweight title with a majority decision over Japan's Hayato Yamaguchi (12-5-1, 2). We've been told that this was a razor thin fight that could have gone either way though the win for Trongco should help him retain his world ranking with the WBC. In the 3 lead support bouts we saw a trio of stoppages. The quickest of those came in 64 seconds as Joe Noynay (6-0, 1) took out the more experienced Junjie Lauza (4-12-1, 1) with a love body shot. It take too much longer for for Jeffrey Arienza (12-2-1, 7) to force a retirement of Ronald Postrano (7-21-2, 3) who quit after 3 rounds. It took just 4 rounds for the other bout to end as Rolly Sumalpong (5-0-1, 2) forced Ricky Oyan (4-22-2, 2) to retire at the end of round 4. Another bout that failed to go the distance saw Bebong Manalo (10-2, 7) take a 5th round KO against Menard Zaragosa (6-19-1, 4) in one of the two scheduled 6 rounds. The other 6 rounder did go the distance as Lady Love Sampiton (2-2, 1) took a majority decision over Carleans Rivas (3-2-3) to claim the GAB female Flyweight title. In the 4 rounders we saw 2 bouts fail to go the distance. One of those saw Jun Blazo (2-1-1, 2) take a second round stoppage against Rolando Prima (0-3) whilst Alvin Medura (2-0, 2) forced a retirement of the debuting Elvis Lagman (0-1). The bouts that did go the distance saw Cris Ganoza (4-0) take a split decision over Jiro Saonoy (1-4) whilst Anthony Villanueva (2-0, 1) clearly out pointed Joshro Lindon (0-3). Ibaragi, Japan In Japan fans in Ibaragi had the chance to catch a small profile show. The most notable fight on the show saw Tatsuya Takahashi (18-5-3, 13) defeat limited Thai Kheaw Sod Sit Krupak (9-6-1, 1)* in the second round. After the win Takahashi announced that he would be returning to the ring on December 8th to challenge Kentaro Masuda for the Japanese Bantamweight title. In the main support bouts, both scheduled for 6 rounds, fans saw Shoichi Eiraku (6-4, 5) make very light work of Hitoshi Ando (4-8-1, 3), in just 35 seconds. The second 6 rounder saw Hideki Suzuki (5-4-1) out point Corrales Kawashimo (4-5-1, 1). The card began with 5 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. In the Lightweight division fans saw Yuichi Kitayama (1-1, 1) over-come Akira Onishi (0-2) with a 4th round stoppage, at Featherweight we saw another stoppage as Makoto Nakamura (1-0, 1) won one of 3 all-debutant match ups stopping Shohei Kamiya (0-1) in the second round. A third early stoppage came in a Bantamweight bout as Seiyu Gunji (1-0, 1) scored an excellent debut win as he took out Kazuma Sugiura (1-1, 1) in 140 seconds. The other under-card bouts saw Fumiya Naoi (1-0) take a victory over Takeshi Honda (0-1) with a very narrow split decision whilst Yuya Nemoto (2-4) out pointed Makoto Takahashi (2-6-1, 1) in a clear win. (*record taken from 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) |
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