Khiri Khan, Thailand
The most notable Thai card of the day came courtesy of Thai Channel 3 and featured 3 relatively well known names.

The most well known man on the card was former world title challenger Terdsak Kokietgym (58-5-1, 38) who scored a 3rd round KO victory against Indonesian journeyman Eddy Comaro (32-25-5, 13), who has now been stopped 11 times!

Another notable name on the under-card was former WBA Super Flyweight champion Tepparith Kokietgym (31-3, 19) who took a straight forward decision win against Boido Simanjuntak (18-30-1, 7). Tepparith has now racked up 5 wins this year and it seems about time to let him in against more testing opposition.

In the main event fans saw world ranked Super Flyweight Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (34-7-1, 15) take a clear win over Espinos Sabu (12-7-2, 5) to retain the PABA Super Flyweight title.

Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
In the only boxing bout of a Muay Thai card fans saw world ranked youngster Petch Sor Chitpattana (33-0, 21) take a clear decision win against Eric Panza (8-5-1, 2). This bout may have seen Petch run up a 33rd straight win but it's clear he's not ready for a world title fight and will need to significantly increase his level of competition to even come close being ready.

Tokyo, Japan
We also had the second set of semi-final bouts for the Rookie of the East tournament as the Korakuen Hall played host to a thrilling second day of Rookie action.

In the Minimumweight bout Hizuki Saso (6-1, 2) scored a 2nd round TKO win against Yuki Ikeya (3-2, 1), who has now been stopped twice with his other loss being a stoppage defeat on his debut.

At Light Flyweight Hiroki Hosoya (3-1) took a well earned decision win against Akihiro Yamanaka (5-4, 2), and ended a 4 fight winning run from Yamanaka.

Unbeaten Flyweight hopeful Masahiro Kaneda (6-0, 1) continued his perfect start as he out pointed 21 year old fighter Yuma Kudo (4-2-1).

In the Super Flyweight division fans saw Teiken's heavy handed Ryo Matsubara (4-1, 4) show off his power as he stopped Ryoji Fukunaga (4-2, 4) in a bout between punchers. This was stopped after 126 seconds with Matsubara seemingly the harder of the two big punchers.

At Bantamweight it was 21 year old Wataru Takeda (6-0-1, 2) scoring the win as he stopped Yuito Yamaguchi (4-5-1, 1) in the 2nd round of their bout.

The most competitive bout on the card came as Super Bantamweight where Renji Ichimura (4-2, 3) claimed a majority decision over Ryusei Ishii (5-2, 3) in a bout that really was razor thin.

Another Teiken fighter picking up the win was unbeaten Featherweight Teppei Kayanuma (6-0, 4) who scored a 2nd round TKO win against 19 year old Ryota Ishida (5-1, 3), in what looked to be the best match up on paper.

At Super Featherweight the unbeaten Fumiaki Kishi (5-0-1, 3) scored a 2nd round KO against Sho Nagata (5-2, 2) with a 1-punch finish.

In the Lightweight division fans got really competitive action with Mao Kawanishi (4-1, 1) claiming a majority decision over Yutaka Uemura (5-3-1, 2).

The Light Welterweight bout saw power again come to the fore for Shinjiro Kawada (4-1-1, 4) who scored a 2nd round TKO win against Masaya Sakamoto (3-1, 2).

At Welterweight Masaharu Kaito (4-0, 1) proved he could punch as he blew away Toshinobu Mimura (4-1-1, 3) in spectacular fashion inside a round.

In the Middleweight bout Riku Nagahama (1-0-1) claimed his first win with a narrow decision victory over Reo Watanabe (2-1-1, 1).

This past Friday wasn't an incredibly day but was a day with some notable fighters and some very young talent.

Bangkok, Thailand
The most notable action of the day came from Thailand where there was a number of contests, including, for us, the bout of the day.

That stand out bout was a WBC Youth Flyweight title contest that saw Daigo Higa (7-0, 7) score a sensational 7th round KO against the previously unbeaten Kongfah CP Freshmart (14-1, 8). The aggressive Japanese visitor set an hellacious pace from the opening round and although Kongfah showed his resiliency and toughness he was eventually ground down by Higa, who looks like a star in the making.

Another bout on this card saw world ranked Bantamweight contender Petch Sor Chitpattana (32-0, 21) score a stoppage in 4 rounds over a very poor opponent. The unbeaten hopeful never broke sweat en route to his victory.

Thailand
On a second Thai show, at a much lower level, fans saw a couple of noteworthy bouts.

The main event saw former WBA Super Flyweight champion Tepparith Kokietgym (30-3, 19) make very light work of Indonesian veteran Ricky Manufoe (23-23-2, 10), in what a really pointless rematch for the two men. Tepparith, who stopped Manufoe in 2 rounds in 2013, scarcely broke sweat as he took out the Indonesian in 2 to claim the WBA Asia Bantamweight crown. Manufoe went down from a left to the body and although the shot didn't look too nasty it left him in agony for the count.

The other bout saw the unbeaten Petchchorhae Kokietgym (13-0, 8) continue his unbeaten start as he over-came limited Indonesian fighter Madit Sada (9-22-1, 3) in what was the second meeting between the two men. The two fought in May last year with Petchorhae taking 4 rounds to stop Sada, this time around he needed just 3 rounds to see off Sada, who was unable to keep the Thai away. The finish was an eye catching one but one that looked very much like Sada was happy to see the end of the bout.

London, UK
In the UK we unfortunately saw Filipino Dennis Tubieron (19-5-2, 8) suffering an opening round stoppage defeat to Super Featherweight prospect Mitchell Smith (13-0, 7), who seemed to break Tubieron in half with just a single right hand to the body.

Thailand
The most notable action this past Tuesday came from Thailand where fans saw a number of really notable fighters in action.

One of those notable men in action was Kompayak Porpramook (51-5, 36) who made very light work of an “unknown” foe. This was Kompayak's first bout since his sensational bout with Koki Eto back in 2013 and although he was facing a limited foe it was still great to see him back in the ring.

Another notable fighters in action was former WBA Super Flyweight champion Tepparith Kokietgym (29-3, 18) who easily beat Indonesian visitor Hendrik Barongsay (28-22-3, 18). As with Kompyaka it is nice to see a former top Thai continuing their career and third was Tepparith's 3rd bout of the year so far after spending 51 weeks out of the ring.

A third bout of note here featured former WBA interim Minimumweight champion Paipharob Kokietgym (29-0, 22) who easily beat Indonesian Stevanus Nana Bau (2-4-1, 2)*. Paipharob is known to be targeting a world title fight at 108lbs and this bout seemed to be focused on staying busy as opposed to really forwarding his career.

This card featured one other bout but we're unsure on the names of either man involved.

Tokyo, Japan
There was also a small card in Japan.

In the main event fans saw recent Japanese Bantamweight title challenger Tatsuya Takahashi (19-6-4, 14) fight to an 8 round split decision draw with the tough Ken Achiwa (9-11-4, 3). Takashi, who caught our attention last year in a thriller with Kentaro Masuda, wasn't able to shine here in a genuinely shocking result. It was however the only real shock on the card.

In the chief support bout Yasuhiro Okawa (14-11-3, 5) saw off Indonesian foe Maxi Nahak (3-10-2, 1), with an 8th round TKO. This was Nahak's 6th stoppage defeat and his first bout outside of homeland however the fact he got stopped in the 8th says more about Okawa's lack of power than Nahak's toughness.

Another of the main supporting bouts went the distance as Masashi Noguchi (8-5-1, 4) took a competitive decision win over Keisuke Okta (9-8, 2) in a bout that was as competitive as we'd have expected, due to the limitations of the two men involved.

The middle portion of this card hard a pair of 6 rounders. One of those saw Toshizane Kinoda (5-1, 1) take a clear decision over the limited Tetsuya Koyama (5-7, 2). The other saw the heavy handed but flawed Hiroki Okubo (5-5, 4) take a rare decision win over Kosuke Hakamata (3-11-2).

The under-card had a trio of low level bouts, all of which ended early. The first of those ended at the end of the opening rounds as Ikki Fukutome (1-0, 1) stopped Takuya Numasawa (0-1) in an all debutant bout. Another debutant picking up a win was Norichika Kozu (1-0, 1) who stopped Nao Hirahara (1-1, 1) in the 2nd round. The third of the under-card bouts saw Yuya Nemoto (3-4, 1) take out Daiju Kogo (0-1) in the third round.

(Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)

This past Saturday wasn't the busiest of weekends in terms of the Asian boxing scene but there was a number of fights of note, with a former world champion and a fast rising amateur both in action.

Thailand
In Thailand fans had a small card televised on channel 17.

The most notable fighter in action was former WBA Super Flyweight champion Tepparith Kokietgym (28-3, 17). Tepparith, fighting for the second time this year, made light work of Chinese boxer Wangxin (unknown record) in the 3rd round. The Chinese fighter had been game but was out classed by Tepparith who looked much better here than he did in his previous bout.

Another bout on this card saw female fighter Kanda Por Muangpetch (5-1), fighting as Kanda Kokietgym, take a scrappy win over an opponent we have failed to identify. The fight was certainly not one we're in a rush to see again with a lot of missed shots, falling in and holding. Very messy bout.

California, USA
In the US fans saw the second professional bout of the very promising Tugstsogt Nyambayar (2-0, 2) of Mongolia. The former amateur stand out made very light work of the over-matched, but very game, Manuel Rubalcava (2-13) who was stopped from a hard right hand up top after just 98 seconds. Rubalcava was hurt with a body shot and a follow up right sent him down with the referee waving the fight off after he'd gotten back up on unsteady legs. What makes this result rather impressive is that Rubalcava had never previously been stopped despite fighting numerous unbeaten prospects.

New York, USA
In New York there was another Mongolian in action, sadly however things didn't go too well for Bayan Jargal (17-7-3-1, 11) who moved another step towards becoming a journeyman following an 8 round majority decision loss to Anthony Karperis (10-2, 3). The bout was competitive at times but the right guy got the W on his record.

Tauranga, New Zealand
In New Zealand fans saw experienced Muay Thai fighter Kru Chain (0-1) begin his professional boxing career. Unfortunately it began with a 7th round KO loss to Anthony Taylor (10-1-1, 5). From what we understand Chain was down several times in 7 before being stopped. The Thai, who is known as an “elbow technician” in Muay Thai showed his toughness but at the end of the day came up short here.

This past Saturday was a busy day though out that really didn't scream about it's self like some other days may have done in recent times.

Pattaya, Thailand
It was in Thailand that we got the highest profile Asian show of the day and it was a strangely interesting showing with the return to the ring of a former champion and the continued development of a very promising prospect.

The prospect in question was the unbeaten Petchmanee Kokietgym (6-0, 1) who managed to take a 6 round decision over busy Filipino fighter Richie Behec (2-2-1, 1). Behec, fighting just weeks after his loss to Samartlek Kokietgym, really is being ultra-active at the moment and has already squished 4 fights in to the year, essentially fighting every 11 days!

Whilst Behec has been ultra-busy the same cannot be said of former WBA Super Flyweight world champion Tepparith Kokietgym (27-3, 16) who over-came Frenchman Joaquim Mahe (8-2, 4) to end a 51 week break from the ring. Tepparith, who was last seen in action back in February 2014, looked over weight and as if he was out of shape though still had the skills needed to over-come his French opponent. Amazingly this was just Tepparith's 6th bout since he lost his world title in December 2012 to Kohei Kono.

A third bout on this show saw Angelito Merin (8-5-3, 2) take an opening round KO over the debuting Yongyut Suttason (0-1).

Sanaa, Yemen
Although the country of Yemen appears to be at war with it's self that hasn't put a freeze on the in ring action and local fans managed to get some action on Friday.

In the main event fans saw the unbeaten Hani Ansi (18-0-1, 16) continue his sensational run of results as he scored an opening round blow out of the over-matched Omar Awdan (11-3, 5). The peculiar Ansi took control from the opening bell and just thoroughly dominated Awdan who was down 3 times in less than 80 seconds. We now expect Ansi to fight against Ali Raymi in March.

Ansi wasn't the only fighter to score an early victory and the unbeaten Omar Moxamad (4-0, 3) needed just 34 seconds to beat the debuting Ali Saif (0-1). It also took less than a round for Asam Dolbhante (6-1, 3) to take care of his debuting foe, Rashed Haymi (0-1).

The remaining bouts on this card both went the distance. One of those saw Redman Ibsi (2-1) take a shut out over the more experienced Yasin Abdulkhalik (7-8, 3) whilst the other saw Taha Kawkabani (4-3, 1) score a minor upset with a win over Ali Salem (12-6, 3)

Sinaloa, Mexico
In Mexico we saw the tough Adones Aguelo (23-11-2, 15) suffer just the second stoppage loss of his career as the brilliant Adrian Estrella (21-0, 19) took him out in the 10th round of their bout. It now seems likely that Estrella will be moved towards a bout with WBC Super Featherweight champion Takashi Miura in what would be a genuinely mouth watering encounter between heavy handed and exciting fighters.

New York, USA
In New York we saw some controversy as Derric Rossey (30-9, 14) took a close decision over previously unbeaten Heavyweight hopeful Akhror Muralimov (16-1, 13). The bout was close but the rotund Muralimov only has himself to blame for the loss as he came in at a disgustingly out of shape at a ridiculous 256½lbs.

Unfortunately when boxing is spread about we can struggle to keep up to date with the results. One of those sorts of days was today when there were fights in Japan, Laos and Indonesia, all of differing significance.

At the time of posting we're still yet to get all the results from the various Asian cards. Thnakfully however we have received a number of them and feel that, with the day coming to a close, we should share them.

Jayapura, Indonesia
The most notable result, at least for us, was in Jayapura as Muhammad Rachman (65-11-5, 35), a 2-time world champion, scored his 65th career victory and claimed another title to add to his impressive collection. 

Rachman, aged 42, was 16 years older than Thailand's Thongthailek Sor Tanapinyo (18-16, 7) though that didn't prevent the veteran from scoring a final round stoppage over the much younger man.

It seems unlikely that Rachman will ever reclaim a world title though he will have to be pleased with the IBO International belt whoch he claimed courtesy of this victory.

At the moment of writing we are still awaiting the other results from this card.

Suwannakhet, Laos
In Laos, near to Thailand, we saw another world champion in action with former Super Flyweight title holder Tepparith Kokietgym (26-3, 16), pictured, forcing a stoppage of Filipino Alvin Bais (13-4, 3). Bais, challenging for Tepparith's WBC Asia Council Continental Bantamweight title, suffered his 4th straight loss and loss in 4 fights as Tepparith repeated the act of compatriots Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Tiger Tor Buamas.

On the same card in Laos we did actually have a very competitive contest with Saenmuangloei Kokietgym (19-5-3, 3) narrowly overcoming Michael Landero (16-11-4, 5). This bout was much better than the Tepparith one and saw plenty of back-and-forth action with neither man really having the power to take the other out. For Saenmuangloei this was his 3rd straight victory following a stoppage loss last year to Akira Yaegashi.

The only other result on this show saw Petchchorhae Kokietgym (1-0, 1) take a victory over fellow debutant Nattapol Wor Por Srisaket (0-1) who was stopped in the 4th round.
Tokyo, Japan
From the Japanese card held at the Korakuen Hall we've heard that Toyoto Shiraishi (24-8-1, 11) managed to take a clear, but very hard fought, decision over Yuki Fukumoto (15-9, 5) in the headline fight. The cards all had Shirishi winning but none of them had him as a clear winner in a bout that can only be described as close.

The only other early result from this card that we had saw Shusaku Fujinaka (10-3-2, 6) taking a much expected victory over the very limited Kota Oguchi (8-13, 1). Although this looked like a mismatch before the opening bell it turned out to be very competitive and Fujinaka will know that he had to dig deep for the victory.

Since the early results we have managed to get all the result from the card. These included a razor thin decision for Seiya Fujikita (6-1, 1) over Ryuji Hirano (6-3-1, 1) over 6 rounds. 

The only bout to see a stoppage saw Takahiro Fujii (6-2-1, 2) unexpectedly finishing off the wonderfully named Dragon Jun (5-11, 3) in the final of a 6 round bout. Whilst this was Dragon's 6th stoppage loss it was still a shock to see Fujii stopping an opponent, 

Although Fuji was the only man to score a stoppage his bout wasn't the only one with an early conclusion. This was because Kenta Yamada (6-3) took a technical decision over Tsuyoshi Nishimura (4-6-1, 1) after 3 and a bit completed rounds of a scheduled 6 rounder.

In both of the 4 rounders on the opening of the card we heard the final bell. These bouts saw Takaki Sakurai (5-4-1, 1) narrowly out pointing Nobuya Kasai (3-5-1, 2) and Daiki Yoshimatsu (3-2, 1) taking a close decision over the debuting Yasutaka Maeda (0-1).


Nevada, USA
In the US we saw the start of the wonderfully exciting "Boxcino" tournament. The tournament, which will be aired on ESPN in the UK, featured an all Russian bout that got us relatively excited. This bout, which featured an unbeaten prospect and a former world title challenger, saw an unexpected result with the previously perfect Fedor Papazov (14-1, 9) being completely out boxed by compatriot Petr Petrov (33-4-2, 15) who recorded his first victory since November 2012 as a result.

Delaware, USA
Papazov wasn't the only Russian losing his unbeaten record in the US as Ray Robinson (17-2, 7) took the 0 of Aslanbek Kozaev (25-1-1, 7). This bout, in Delaware, was Kozaev's 4th in the US but he was completely out pointed by the talented Robinson who has often been over-looked by fans and media alike. A loss to Robinson might look bad for Kozaev but it really isn't a bad one at all, even if it did see him losing his unbeaten record.


(Picture courtesy of boxrec.com)

Indo-China Market, Mukdahan
This past Friday in Thailand saw a small and relatively under-the-radar card in Makdahan that, although small was significant in the fact it featured 2 PABA title fights, one of which featured a former world champion, and also a bout featuring a former female title challenger.

The highest profile bout of the card saw Tepparith Kokietgym (25-3, 15) successfully claim the PABA Bantamweight title with a second round stoppage over Indonesian Ricky Manufoe (22-19-2, 10). Tepparith, a former WBA Super Flyweight champion, really was far too good for Manufoe who shouldn't have really been given this opportunity by the PABA as it had mismatch written all over-it.

Tepparith wasn't the only Thai in a title mismatch as his compatriot Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (23-7-1, 10) made very light work of Jemmy Gobel (18-23-5, 12), who was also stopped in the second round. This bout, for the "interim" PABA Super Flyweight title, was just as much a mismatch as the Tepparith fight with Gobel, also of Indonesia, standing no chance of the upset.

Although there was never a chance of an upset in the title fights we did see an upset in the card as the 21 year old Kledpetch Lookmuangkan (6-2, 1) managed to upset the experienced Kanittha Kokietgym (20-6, 7) by taking a 6 round decision. Kanittha, a former WBC female Minimumweight title challenger who was stopped by Naoko Fujioka, suffered probably the most damning loss of her career with her previous losses all coming to fighters who went on the achieve notable success. Saying all that however Kledpetch may end up having a very successful career herself and building on this decision victory.

In the one other bout on the show Petcheakachai Sithjaeo (1-0, 1) stopped fellow debutant Phichitchai Phrongmaduawittayakom Sc (0-1). Like the two title fights on the card this was a second round TKO.