Tokyo, Japan On Tuesday Japanese fans at the Korakuen Hall had the chance to see their second OPBF title fight of the month alongside a card of domestic low level bouts. The main event was the aforementioned OPBF title contest that saw OPBF Super Middleweight champion Yuzo Kiyota (28-4-1, 26) make the second defense of his title. The champion was hugely favoured going into his bout with Kajornsak Sithsaithong (7-6, 7) though was dropped in the second round and it did, for a little bit, look like we could have an upset on the cards. The champion however took control in the middle portion of the bout before eventually stopping the Thai in the 10th round. The main event was the only 12 round on the show though both of the chief support contests were 8 rounders. One of those saw promising saw promising Japanese youngster Yoshitomo Watanabe (8-1, 6) score a 5th round stoppage over the win-less Fansanghan Or Benjamad (0-10), who was stopped for the 10th time. The other 8 rounder saw Yudai Ueno (8-7-3, 6) take a 5th round technical decision win over Satoshi Nakayama (7-9-1, 3) in a bout at Welterweight. The win for Ueno may well move him towards a title bout, though could instead lead a third bout with Ueno, who fougth to a draw last December. In a 6 round bout Shuhei Ito (6-2, 4) managed to record a 4th round TKO win against Koji Kase (5-5, 2), who suffered his 3rd stoppage loss. The bulk of this card was scheduled for 4 rounds, with 4 bouts over the shortest distance. Only one of those bouts went the distance, with that one seeing Daigo Sugawara (3-1-1) taking a decision over Hyuga Aoki (1-2), remarkably this was Sugawara first win November 2009! An all unbeaten bout saw Ken Matsuzawa (2-0, 2) take a 4th round TKO win against Hiroshi Niiza (1-1, 1), who suffered his first loss after more than 9 years out of the sport. Another stoppage saw Joji Tsuchiya (3-2-1, 3) score a 3rd round TKO Pon Ponta (3-2, 3). The quickest stoppage on this card saw Akihiro Yamanaka (5-3, 2) take an opening round win over Fumiya Akao (3-1-1, 1). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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This past Tuesday has certainly been a hectic day with bouts coming across Asia with titles up for grabs in 4 separate countries! Korakuen Hall, Japan In Japan we had the most notable bout of the day in many ways as fans got the chance to see an OPBF title bout. Sadly aside from that bout the card was relatively lacklustre and even that title bout wasn't something to write home about, despite it's regional significance. The title bout in question saw Yuzo Kiyota (27-4-1, 25) stopping Fuji's Abhay Chand (16-14-4, 10) in the 5th round of their bout. Kiyota, a genuinely heavy handed guy, was deducted a point in round 4 for a low blow but seemed to feel that the body was Chand's weak spot and a jab in round 5 to the challengers guy put him down for the 10 count in what was a really poor challenge of the title. In the co-feature of this card Kenta Nakagawa (8-2, 6) scored a 3rd round TKO against Ryo Nakamura (7-5, 3) who was stopped almost as soon as round 3 began. Also on the Japanese card were 6 undercard bouts. Of those 6 bouts only one ended with a stoppage as Akihiro Yamanaka (4-3, 1) scored his first stoppage win and defeated Muneyuki Kishii (3-5, 2) in the 4th round. One other bout that failed to go the distance saw Joji Tsuchiya (1-2-1, 1) fight a 1 round technical draw with Takuya Yamaguchi (1-2-2, 1), in a bout that lasted just 160 seconds. A competitive undercard bout saw Shunta Terai (0-2-1) fight to a 4 round draw with Hiroaki Tokuoka (0-1-1) whilst a similarly competitive contest between Ryuji Kohama (1-1) took a split decision over the debuting Yuki Nakajima (0-1). A third competitive contest saw Daisuke Sudo (3-2) taking a narrow win over Takuya Suzuki (1-2-1, 1). The only other bout was a female bout which saw Yunoka Furukawa (4-1-2-1, 2) take a decision over Mikiko Muto (2-2) Bangkok, Thailand Staying with title action and Japanese fighters there was also a Japanese fighter in action in Thailand as part of an interesting card in Bangkok. The Japanese fighter in question was 17 year prospect Riku Kano (5-1-1, 3) who claimed his first title, the WBA Asia Minimumweight title, with a 12 round shut out against Indonesian fighter Madit Sada (9-19-1, 3). Kano, who hasn't made his Japanese debut yet, looked like he has the ingredients to go far and win world titles somewhere down the line however the big fear is that his promoter burns him out too early, a real fear considering this was his 6th bout this year. A second bout on this card saw Petchchorhae Kokietgym (10-0, 7) defeat Indonesian visitor Johan Wahyudi (9-31, 5). The Indonesian really was outclassed from the off and Petchchorhae was made to look sensational at times before finishing the bout with a vicious body shot in the second round. Prior to the finishing blow the visitor had been down from a swiping left upstairs, it was however the body breaking uppercut that finished the show that really left a lasting impression. Also on the same show in Thailand fans saw Petchmanee Kokietgym (5-0, 1) winning an easy decision over journeyman Jack Amisa (20-32-2, 14). Amisa has now lost 20 times in Thailand and it appears clear he has no intention of trying to win when fighting in the country. He appears to know that losing is what he'll be doing in his career and he's now won just 1 bout in the last 6 years! Metro Manila, Philippines In the Philippines fans got their share of fills and thrills with an array of knockouts, including one by a very highly ranked Super Flyweight. The aforementioned Super Flyweight was Warlito Parrenas (23-6, 20) who retained his WBO Oriental title with an opening round blow out against the horribly over-matched Hengky Baransano (11-5, 4). Parrenas, who will be angling for a world title fight next year, broke up his foes resistance with a body shot inside 2 minutes of the bout. Another body shot KO helped the destructive Richard Claveras (11-0-2, 11) continue his unbeaten run as he took out the experienced Rodel Tejares (20-32-6, 5). This was Tejares's 3rd loss this year and he may need to consider his future, especially considering he is now win-less since springing an upset over Lionel Mark Duran back in September 2012. A third notable knockout on the top part of this card saw Ardin Diale (26-9-3, 13) score a 2nd round KO against Ricky Manufoe (23-22-2, 10). Manufoe failed weight at the weigh in and had a 4lb advantage over Diale, that didn't help and Diale recorded his third successive stoppage since his own stoppage loss to Koki Eto in an OPBF title bout. In a WBC Youth Super Flyweight title bout on this show fans saw the unbeaten Jhaleel Payao (11-0, 6) over-come the defending champion Rene Dacquel (12-4-1, 4). Dacquel was attempting to record his first defense of the belt was out pointed over the 10 round distance in what was sadly the show's only genuinely competitive bout. The sole 8 rounder on the card went 3 as the heavy handed Jon Jon Estrada (6-1-1, 5) easily took care of Junjie Lauza (4-13-1, 1). In a 6 rounder Aljhon Osabel (9-2, 5) took care of the wonderfully named Daffy Dempo (2-4, 2) in the 3rd round, after dropping him twice in the second round. The other 6 rounder saw the unbeaten Lorence Rosas (2-0-2) take a technical draw after an accidental headclash cut Joel Lagusan (3-10-1, 1). In the 4 rounders we saw on go the distance as Jaymark Borbon (1-1) scored his first and over-came the debuting Rizalde Caballes (0-1). Caballes had been down in the opening round and will not see this as a debut to remember. The other 4 rounders saw Jermone Clavite (2-0-1, 1) score his first stoppage win as he took out the win-less Joshro Lindon (0-4), in the 4th round, and JayAr Diama (2-5-4, 1) also took his first early victory as his opponent Ronie Gaton (0-4) retired at the start of round 2. Daejeon, South Korea Yet more title action occurred in South Korea where fans got a title double in a relatively low key show. Domestically the key fight was a South Korean Light Welterweight title fight that saw Myung Soo Sun (2-0) make the first defense of his title with a decision win over the more experienced Jin Soo Kim (6-4, 3). Sun, who won the title on his debut against Jae Ho Kim, appears likely to become the KBC's poster boy and at just 20 years old does look to be a promising youngster who now has 2 complete 10 round bouts under his belt. The second title bout on this show saw the unbeaten Eun Hye Lee (6-0, 1) claim the WBO Asia Pacific female Flyweight title with a clear victory over the brilliantly named Lady Love Sampiton (2-3, 1) of the Philippines. The 4 under-card bouts here were all debutant affairs. At Featherweight fans saw Ye Chan Gang (1-0, 1) score a 3rd round TKO over Doo Hwa Lee (0-1). From the details we have it seems Lee, a 17 year old, had the size advantage with 5” of height, though probably lacked the physical maturity of the 22 year old Gang. At Lightweight Dae Won Sunwoo (1-0) took a decision victory over Bum Jin Kim (0-1) with a shut out. At Light Welterweight fans saw a well fought draw between Sung Koo Han (0-0-1) and Bo Kwan Shim (0-0-1). The other all debutant bout was all the way up at Cruiserweight where Sang Ho Kim (1-0, 1) stopped Jung Soo Lim (0-1) in the 2nd round. At 5'8” and aged 31 we can't see Kim going on to do much with his career unfortunately. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Friday was a relatively disappointing day in the world of Asian boxing but it did still feature some action. Tokyo, Japan The most notable action featuring any Asian fighters was in Japan where OPBF Super Middleweight champion Yuzo Kiyota (26-4-1, 24) scored a 4th round retirement victory over Indonesian visitor Hero Yauw Katili (6-7-1, 4) in a non-title fight. The bout, the result of Kiyota not managing to secure a suitable opponent to defend his belt against, saw Kiyota looking only a shadow of usual self but in such a mismatch as this on he didn't need to find even second gear to score an easy win. Sadly the main event wasn't the only mismatch on the card and the chief support bout was equally as uncompetitive as Yoshitomo Watanabe (5-1, 4) easily took care of Pinit Manopchaigym (0-1). The bout, Watanabe's first in 16 months, was ended after a beautiful body shot sent Pinit down for the count. Watanabe's bout with Pinit was in one of two 8 rounders and the other failed to go the distance, though the judges were needed as Kota Oguchi (9-13, 1) scored a 5th round technical decision victory over Satoshi Hagizaki (7-8, 3). This victory was Oguchi's first since 2009 ending a 9 fight losing streak whilst Hagizaki has now lost 6 of his last 8 contests. Earlier on the card had had 5 bouts scheduled for 4 rounds. These included a female bout that saw Yunoka Furukawa (3-1-2, 2) taking a unanimous decision over Chisa Tanaka (1-2, 1) in one of the 4 bouts that went the distance. Another of the 4 rounders, in fact the only other one to end in a unanimous decision, saw Tatsuya Matsumoto (1-1) defeat the debuting Hiroaki Tokuoka (0-1). Another of the 4 rounders saw Akihiro Yamanaka (2-3) taking a very narrow victory over Yuki Miyoshi (2-3) in a majority decision. The Yamanaka/Miyoshi bout was one of two majority decisions with the other resulting in a draw between Desierto Nagaike (1-1-1) and Takuya Suzuki (1-1-1, 1). The only one of the 4 rounders that failed to go the distance saw Soichiro Murata (4-2-3, 2) stopping Mikio Kage (3-5-1, 3) in the 3rd round. California, USA The only Asian fighting outside of Japan was Kyrgyzstan's Timur Shailezov (17-8-1, 4) who was unfortunately out pointed by the emerging Victor Ruiz (16-3, 11) in a 10 round contest. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Kamegai successfully defends OPBF belt, Kiyota wins and Alvarez scores career best victory!4/9/2014 Sometimes we need to apologise for being late with results and this is one of those times. Unfortunate fights from both Saturday and Sunday were very late to reach us in full. We're sorry for this and hope it won't affect us on a regular basis. Tokyo, Japan In terms of Asian cards the most notable was the Teiken promoted show at the Korakuen Hall which features a total of 9 bouts including a notable title bout and a former Japanese national champion. The notable title bout was a contest for the OPBF Welterweight title as the hard hitting and genuinely fun to watch Yoshihiro Kamegai (24-1-1, 21) successfully defended his belt for the first time. Kamegai was matched somewhat easily however as he took on the limited Korean champion Jung-Hoon Yang (8-6, 2) who simply couldn't cope with Kamegai's power and was stopped in 4 rounds. Kamegai's was a mismatch but so too was the chief support bout which pitted former Japanese Middleweight champion Tomohiro Ebisu (12-3, 12) who made very light work of Indonesian import Satria Antasena (6-6, 2), scoring a 3rd round KO with out even breaking sweat. One of the few competitive bouts on paper turned out to be equally as uncompetitive as Yota Hori (11-2-2, 6) manage to take a wide decision over Kenta Okumura (11-2-1, 2). On paper this was competitive though in actuality Okumura struggled to win a single round of the 8 round contest. Of the other 6 bouts on the show only one actually went the distance and that was the only competitive bout on the show as Ryuya Kaji (2-0, 1) out pointed Ryusei Ishii (2-1, 1) in a narrow 4 rounder. Of the 5 remaining bouts 3 of them only went in to the second round. These saw the debuting Sho Nagata (1-0, 1) stopping the still win-less Hiroki Imamura (0-2), the win-some lose-some puncher Heisuke Ono (4-2-2, 4) took out journeyman Taro Mochizuki (4-8, 4) and unbeaten puncher Masaya Tamayama (3-0, 3) stopped Kotaro Sasa (1-5). Both of the other bouts went 4 rounds and these saw Shingo Kusano (8-3-1, 4) stopping Tsubasa Matsuo (8-3, 4) and the unbeaten Teppei Kayanuma (2-0, 2) defeated fellow novice Tateo Saito (2-2). Kanagawa, Japan A second show in Japan took place at Camp Zama, the third major show in recent times at the military base. This time around however there was no Charlie Ota, unfortunately, but their was an appearance by OPBF Super Middleweight champion Yuzo Kiyota (25-4-1, 23). Kiyota won a none-title fight as he defeated Mexico's Victor Manuel Palacios (10-6-1, 7) in 5 rounds. As with the Korakuen Hall card the chief support bout there was also one sided with the experienced Yuta Nagai (28-9-4, 19) taking care of Korean Kyung-Jin Son (6-11-2, 4) in 5 rounds. Further down the card we saw Naoto Fujimoto (6-3-1, 3) scoring a 6th round KO against Tetsuya Koyama (5-6, 2), who was stopped for the first time, Naoya Sato (1-0) score a debut victory over fellow rookie Norihito Ouchi (0-1) and two female bouts. These female bouts saw Momoko Kanda (5-6-2) take a decision victory over Carol Castro Madrid (5-4, 2) in a 6 rounder and Chisa Tanaka (1-1, 1) score an opening round victory over the debuting Yumiko Shimooka (0-1). Baja California, Mexico In the biggest shock of the weekend hard hitting Filipino prospect Rogelio Jun Doliguez (18-1-2, 14) was out pointed by Mexican journeyman Gabriel Francisco Pina (11-11-1, 4). We've heard some very mixed reports about this bout ranging from Doliguez having an off night toe the Filipino being robbed. The only thing that we're sure of though is that Doliguez doesn't like Mexico where he is now 0-1-1 from 2 bouts. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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