Osaka, Japan The run in to the new year is a packed one and this past Saturday we saw just how busy it was with 4 separate Asian cards, the most notable of which was in Osaka. The headline bout here was a major Heavyweight bout on the Japanese domestic scene as former Light Middleweight champion Nobuhiro Ishida (27-10-2, 11) continued his assault on the Heavyweight division. Ishida, fighting for the third time as a Heavyweight, managed to record his first stoppage in the division as he forced the retirement of former Japanese title challenger Kotatsu Takehara (10-11-3, 4). Takehara had had his face busted by the shots of Ishida which were landing clean from the opening round. For Ishida this win is likely to get him his long desired Japanese title fight and give him a chance at becoming a 2-weight Japanese champion, and amazing achievement for the 39 year old from Osaka. In the chief support bouts fans saw Kazuki Hashimoto (10-4, 6) make light work of Thailand's Petchklua Tornattasak (0-1), with an opening round blow out, and Shun Ishibashi (9-16-1, 4) score an upset win over Satoshi Ozawa (9-6-1, 2), with Ozawa retiring after round 3. Amazingly Ishibashi's win was just his second in over 6 years and ended a run of just 1 win in 11 bouts! In the sole 6 rounder fans saw Ryota Yada (6-3, 4) take a very narrow decision over Yuta Maruoka (9-3, 4). The bout was razor thin with Yada taking a majority decision by a a single point on 2 cards. To begin the show fans had a pair of 4 rounders. One of these saw Naotoshi Nakatani (4-0, 3) take a hard fought and narrow unanimous decision over Tesu Kanayama (2-1) whilst the debuting Akito Terada (1-0) claimed a split decision over Ryosuke Nasu (1-1-1). Haikou, China As well as the show in Japan there was also a card in China with title implications. The main event of this card saw China's very own Xian Wei Qian (6-4-1, 1) successfully defend the WBC Asian Boxing Council Featherweight title with a 10th round stoppage against Thailand's Thewa Onesongchaigym (5-2, 1). This was a rematch of Thewa's only previous loss and resulted in his first stoppage defeat. Another rematch saw Xiang Jing (8-3-2, 1) narrowly over-come Filipino visitor Ben Mananquil (10-1-2, 2) with a split decision win to claim the WBO Asia Pacific Flyweight title. The two men had fought to a draw earlier this year but this time around Mananquil came up short. Prior to he bout Mananquil had unfortunately missed weight and was unable to win the title even if he had won the fight. A third title fight saw Andrey Kalyuzhnyy (6-1, 4) score an 8th round TKO over Thailand's Kajornsak Sithsaithong (7-4, 7) to claim the IBF Youth Super Middleweight title. This was the second meeting this year between the two with their first bout resulting in a 32 second blow out win for Kalyuzhnyy. On the undercard fans saw several bouts with inexperienced fighters. One of those was Lightweight hopeful Sun Xiang Xiang (3-0, 1) who recorded his first stoppage as he over-came Thailand's Phompetch Twins Gym (6-2, 3) with a 3rd round TKO. The other two bouts with novices featured female fighters with Chen Jiayu (1-0) claiming a win in an all debutant contest against Wang Congcong (0-1) and Cai Zongju (3-1, 1) taking a decision win over Ma Li (0-1). Thailand The details we have from Thailand at the moment are very limited though we have been told that former world champion Sirimongkol Singwancha (82-2, 53) managed to record his 53rd career stoppage as his opponent refused to come out for round 3. Prior to this stoppage this had been a 1-sided beat down by Sirimongkol who is now unbeaten in 39 fights! On the same Thai card fans also saw the heavy handed Chalermpol Singwancha (11-0, 9) score a chilling KO against Filipino fighter Nelson Gulpe (8-4, 3) who went left in a heap. Padang, Indonesia In Indonesia we had yet more action. Included on this show was a 12 round decision victory for Sandi Korga (4-6, 1), who over-came the limited Yosmar Kefi (3-6, 3). The other bout on this show saw Afrizal Tamboresi (3-0, 1) over-come the win-less Yudi Saputra (0-2) with an 8 round win. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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Some days are hectic and it's fair to say that this past Friday was perhaps not hectiv but it was certainly busy with title fights in 3 countries and a solid amount of action spread throughout Asia. Changsha, China There was a lot of action today but the best of it appeared in China as Zovi put on a fantastic card with several interesting bouts. The best of the bouts was a contest for the WBO Asia Pacific Flyweight title as China's very own Xiang Jing (7-3-2, 1) went toe-to-toe with unbeaten Filipino Ben Mananquil (10-0-2, 2). The bout was really great and thoroughly competitive though did, sadly, result in a split decision draw leaving the title vacant and both men feeling like their efforts lacked the rewards they were due. For Mananguil this was a second successive draw in fights outside of his native Philippines following his highly controversial technical draw with Kwanpichit OnesongChaigym. Whilst we are fans of Mananguil we need to give credit to Jing who appears to be one of Chinese boxing's hidden gems. Whilst Jing and Mananguil are the future we also saw some of the past as China's first ever world champion Xiong Zhao Zhong (24-5-1, 14) claimed a stoppage victory over Indonesia's highly experienced Jack Amisa (20-31-2, 14). Amisa retired an injury to his arm though before then he was playing up to the fans and trying to give people some fun. The real highlight however came from Zhong's celebration which included some very acrobatic moves. This was Zhong's second win following his world title loss to Oswaldo Novoa and it appears he's put that loss behind him. An international bout on this card saw Heavyweights colliding as Romanian Razvan Cojanu (11-1, 6) claimed the WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight title and stopped Argentina's Manuel Alberto Pucheta (37-10, 30) in 7 rounds. Pucheta was down before his corner threw in the towel signalling that they had seen enough from their man who hadn't looked good. The Cojanu/Pucheta bout was one of two Heavyweight bouts on the card and the other saw China's very own Xia Shunkai (2-0, 2) defeat Indian debutant Harinder (0-1). Shunkai had all the advantages so it's difficult to say how good he is from this result but it's nice to see another Chinese Heavyweight, especially given the impact Taishan Dong seemed to have following his debut win over Alex Rozman. In a Light Heavyweight bout Chinese debutant Adili Abulimiti (1-0, 1) defeated Thai based Indian Jakrit Prasong (0-1) who didn't throw a punch in anger before being stopped inside a round. From what we understand Tanee Piewnuan (1-0) managed to take a split decision over China's very own Dai Xianpeng (0-1) on the under-card . We are awaiting confirmation of this result though apparently the Thai really did deserve the win and out-worked Xianpeng despite the judges not recocgnising all the work of the visiting fighter. Chonburi, Thailand For us the more notable of two cards in Thailand saw the world ranked Knockout CP Freshmart (8-0, 4) defend his WBC Youth Minimumweight title. Knockout, the owner of the best name in boxing, saw off Filipino Cris Alfante (10-3, 3) in the 5th of a scheduled 10 rounds and appears to have taken his next step towards a world title. Ranked #6 by the WBA, Knockout is a man who will be targeting a world title fight sooner rather than later and if he keeps blowing away opponents like Alfante he's only going to speed up ascent to a title fight even if he's not yet ready for one. On the same card there was also a win for South Korea's hard hitting Myung-goo Yuh (19-4-1, 14) who scored his 6th win in Thailand! Yuh managed to take out Thailand's very own Kaenpetch Sithmuangkan (8-4, 1) in the 4th round with a devastating left hook to the body. Yuh maybe a South Korean but he appears to have been adopted by the Thai's and it's like that the 34 year old will continue to fight there for what's left of his career, or at least much of it. Samut Prakan, Thailand The lesser of the two Thai cards was headlined by a WBO interim Asia Pacific Super Flyweight title fight which was by Petchbarngborn Kokietgym (17-7-1, 10) who over-came Filipino Fernando Lumacad (29-9-3, 12). Sadly for Lumacad this was his third successive loss and possibly suggests that he will now see his record become more and more scratchy if he continues. Lumacad does hold a pair of wins over Rey Megrino but those wins were more than 6 years and Lumacad really isn't a fighter looking like he can go places any more. For Petchbarngborn this was his 5th win since he was stopped by Sho Ishida in Japan and it marks a remarkable turn around for a man who, less than a year ago, had been forced to crumble to a very unheralded youngster. Victoria, Australia Things weren't good at all for Asian fighters in Australia as a trio of Asian's suffered losses to Australians. Two of those losses were suffered by Thai's with Pramool Boonpok (0-7) suffering a 6 round decision loss to the once beaten Khoder Assi (4-1, 1) whilst Boonpok's compatriot Paitoon Jaikom (1-7) went 8 rounds with the unbeaten Lewis Goodritch (4-0). Although Jaikom and Boonpok both have bad records we do think Jaikom is better than his record suggests and he's just lacking something that could help him turn things around. In the main event Japan's Utaka Oishi (11-4, 6) was stopped by Zac Dunn (14-0, 12) who claim the WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council Super Middleweight title. This result was no shock at all, even less saw when you realise that Oishi is not a Super Middleweight and should never have been fighting as one. (Image courtesy of Zovi Boxing) |
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