Tokyo, Japan This past Thursday saw a great day of boxing for Teiken fighters at the East Rookie of the Year show a the Korakuen Hall. The show, to decide half of the participants in the final, was a solid show on paper and turned out to deliver great value for fans who made their way to the “hallowed” ground of Japanese boxing. The opening bout of the show was at Minimumweight where unbeaten fighters collided in a mouth watering encounter. In the end it was Tsubasa Koura (4-0, 3) who retained his perfect record with a clear decision over Yuta Takahashi (4-1, 2). At Light Flyweight we had a majority draw between Naoyuki Tsukada (4-3-2, 2) and Satoru Todaka (4-1-2, 1). Despite the draw it was Tsukada who progressed to the final with him claiming the “win” by a single point on one of the 3 scorecards. In the Flyweight bout fans saw Hiroyasu Shiga (6-0, 3) extend his perfect record with a hard fought decision victory over Muneyuki Kishii (3-6-1, 2). This bout turned out to be one of the more competitive on paper, despite Shiga claiming a unanimous decision. The first of Teiken's fighters to compete was the really exciting Hayate Kaji (3-0, 2) who claimed his first decision win as he over-came Takunari Yokoyama (5-2, 2). Whilst Kaji's KO run came to an end he'll have learned a lot with this win and we'd not be shocked to see him showing real signs of maturity in his next bout. Another Teiken fighter to reach the next round was Yoshinobu Kakinaga (4-1, 1) who won his Bantamweight bout with Toshiaki Nishihara (5-4-2, 1). This was a clear decision win for Kakinaga. Not every Teiken fighter progressed to the next round with Ryuya Kaji (4-2, 3) coming up short against unbeaten Misako prospect Jin Miura (6-0, 1), who claimed a really hard fought win to progress in the Super Bantamweight division. It was back to winning ways for Teiken fighters at Featherweight as Masaaki Shiraishi (3-0-1, 2) scored an opening round KO win against Kei Iwahara (5-3, 2). Another opening round win occurred at Super Featherweight where the unbeaten Genki Ishikawa (6-0, 4) stopped Naoya Nishimura (4-8-1, 3). On paper this was probably the biggest mismatch and it proved to be one of the shortest bouts on the card. On paper the best match up of the show was the Lightweight clash between Ryusei Nakajima (6-1, 3) and Hikaru Akutsu (5-2, 4). It lived up expectations in many ways with Nakajima just squeaking a majority victory over Akutsu. At Light Welterweight Joji Tsuchiya (4-2-1, 4) showed off his power as he stopped Yuki Nakajima (1-2, 1) in the third round. In the Welterweight bout we saw the 4th or Teiken's winners as Yuki Nagano (5-2, 4) stopped Sosuke Sakata (4-3-1, 2) in round 3. This was the third time Sakata has been stopped and he may well need to take a long look at himself before returning to the ring. In the final bout of the show, up at Middleweight, fans saw 37 year old Albanian born Altin Pepa (4-1, 3) score a stoppage win against the much younger Shuji Kato (2-1, 1). The winners of these bouts will be in the ring on November 3rd to face the winners of Friday's semi finals in East Japanese Rookie of the Year finals. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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Tokyo, Japan This past Tuesday saw a major show form Japan. Sadly only two of the results from the show weren't immediately available so we had to wait until the full details from the card were released. The main event of the card was a WBC Bantamweight title fight that saw long term champion Shinsuke Yamanaka (24-0-2, 17) narrowly retain his title with a controversial split decision win against Panama's slippery Anselmo Moreno (35-4-1, 12). The bout, the toughest of Yamanaka's career, saw him needing to dig very deep to turn around the fight, winning the championship rounds to bring home the decision. Although he got the win many have questions Yamanaka's abilities in the wake of the bout whilst others have called for a rematch. The one thing that is clear is that Yamanaka should be relieved to have gotten past Moreno. In the chief support bout fans at the venue had the chance to see the hard hitting Kenichi Ogawa (16-1, 14) over-come world ranked Colombian Deivi Julio Bassa (17-1, 10). Ogawa extended his current winning run to 8 fights, all inside the distance, and now seems to be focussing on a title fight with either OPBF champion Masayuki Ito or Japanese champion Rikki Naito, both of which would be fantastic match ups. The rest of this card, which was actually what has been holding up our results for the day, feature only a single 6 rounder. This saw Isao Aoyama (7-3-1, 1) take a decision victory over Tomoyuki Kaneko (7-6-1, 4). Sadly another 6 rounder that had been scheduled for this card, featuring Spice Matsushita (14-8, 2) was cancelled at very late notice. The card opened with a majority decision draw between Naoko Akagi (2-6-3, 1) and Takeshi Ishiwatari (1-1-1, 1). Another of the opening bouts saw Kenji Ishii (4-5-1, 3) take a razor thin, 38-37 on all 3 cards, decision win over Shoma Sekina (2-3-2). Two other 4 rounders, which we believe took place after the main event, saw Naoki Sakata (1-0, 1) begin his career with a 2nd round TKO win against Takayuki Takino (0-2) whilst Daisuke Sudo (3-3-2) fought to a draw with Akihiro Hikichi (3-6-4). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Firstly we have two apologies. Firstly these results are very delayed, that's because the JBC were very slow to confirm them, in fact confirmation wasn't online from the Japanese Boxing Commission until September 24th. Second we're sorry that we have done these in a very abridged format. We felt it would make more sense to abridge these than to go into full details given how delayed they are. Aichi, Japan This show featured mostly Rookie of the year bouts with only the main event not being a Rookie contest. Minimumweight- Yuta Ando (2-0-1) fought to a 4 round split decision with Toshiki Yanari (4-1-1, 3). As a result of the draw Ando was crowned the Central and Western Japan Rookie winner. Light Flyweight- Nobuhiro Oshiro (2-0-2, 2) fought to a unanimous decision draw with Hiroki Yajima (5-5-1, 3). Despite the draw Oshiro was crowned the Rookie winner. Super Flyweight- Taiyo Inoue (4-1, 2) scored an opening round KO win against Takuma Matsushita (3-1, 1) to claim the Rookie crown. Bantamweight- 20 year old Takuya Mizuno (7-0, 1, 7) who showed his power as he scored a 4th round TKO win over teenager Kazuya Okubo (3-0-1, 1) to claim the Bantamweight Rookie title. Super Bantamweight- Masatsugu Ito (4-3-1, 1) managed to take a decision win over the more experienced Hironori Miyake (5-4, 1). Featherweight- Second generation fighter Shuma Nakazato (4-0, 3) scored an opening win over the previously unbeaten Kevin Mendoza (2-1, 1). Lightweight- Promising teenager Daiki Ichikawa (6-0, 4) scored a 4th round TKO win against the heavy handed but limited Satoshi Yamamichi (4-4, 4) Light Welterweight- Southpaw Mitsuyoshi Fujita (6-2, 3) took a very clear win over Tetsuya Yamaguchi (3-3-2, 2), with cards giving him the win by 5 or 6 points just showing his dominance. Welterweight- Unbeaten power puncher Shingo Saiki (3-0, 3) needed less than a round to see off Tsunehiko Aitoku (3-4-1) Middleweight- The experienced of Koki Tomio (5-6, 5) helped him see off Daigo Kouchi (0-3-1) in the heaviest bout covered by the Rookie tournaments. Super Bantamweight The one non Rookie bout on this card saw the world ranked Yushi Tanaka (15-0-3, 9) struggle past Yuta Saito (8-7-2, 6) in a bout that was much closer than the records would have suggested. In fact Saito was just a round from having a very well earned draw. Hyogo, Japan A second show in Japan was another low level one that again lacked the results we'd have expected to be up several days ago. Featherweight- In the opening bout of the card Raimon Mune (1-3-1, 1) scored his first win with an opening round stoppage win against Junpei Nozaki (0-2). Light Middleweight- The limited Kengo Kamaya (3-2, 3) may never be a star but he does appear to hit hard at the low levels and that was seen again here as he stopped Keigo Yokoyama (1-3-1) in less than minute. Flyweight- The debuting Ren Kimura (1-0) claimed a decision victory against Yoshiya Shiraiwa (1-2, 1) Bantamweight- It wasn't all good news for debutants as Makoto Takeda (0-1) picked up a debut loss as he was out pointed by Shota Nakashima (4-2). Super Bantamweight- In the chief support bout Tenmei Serizawa (5-3, 2) took a 6 round decision win against Ryota Shimizu (4-6-2, 1) Light Flyweight- The main event saw Toshimasa Ouchi (18-8-3, 5) take a 7th round TKO win over Takeru Kamikubo (8-2, 5). (Image of Shuma Nakazato and father Shigeru Nakazato, courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Gauteng, South Africa
In South Africa we saw an upset as Kazakhstan prospect Roman Zhailauov (15-1, 9) was shocked by South African fighter Thompson Mokwana (20-11-1, 12), who won a split decision. Mokwana was given little chance by all, including ourselves, though showed his veteran ability to defeat the Kazakh youngster, who will hopefully learn from this loss and bounce back well. Yangju, South Korea In a KBF show in South Korea fans had the chance to see a small Rookie event with 4 bouts. One of those bouts saw Korean born Canadian fighters Andrew Silva (1-1) score his first win as he out pointed the more experienced Woo Min Kim (1-2-1). This was a good win considering that Andrew's debut bout ended in an opening round KO at the hands of Jin Soo Kim. Another of the bouts between fighters with some experience saw Hyun Min Gang (2-0, 2) score an opening round KO win against the previously unbeaten Sung Koo Han (0-1-1). The remaining bouts on this card featured only debutants and saw Kyoo Bum Yum (1-0) take a decision over Dong Hyun Ha (0-1), in a bout at Light Welterweight, whilst Hoo Won Lee (1-0) beat Korean based American Darin Shaw (0-1), in a bout at Heavyweight. Jakarta, Indonesia There was also some action in Indonesia. In Jakarta fan saw a number of bouts, many of which featured “debutants”. The most well known name on the card was Australian based Englishman Adam Hollioake (3-2, 1) who claimed a decision win against Mark Scheide (0-1) in one of a number of Heavyweight bouts. Another Heavyweight bout saw Matt Simpson (1-0, 1) take a TKO win against Elly Pangaribuan (4-7-2, 1), who was best known for losing to Nobuhiro Ishida. Another Heavyweight bout saw Robert Crawford (1-0, 1) defeat Gusti Elrani (0-1) in an all debutant bout, another all debutant Heavyweight bout saw Adam Taylor (1-0, 1) blew out Wendy Liem (0-1) inside a round. One Heavyweight win for Asia saw David Koswara (12-13-2, 4) defeat Kaposi Lelei (0-1) via a 4 round decision win. In a Featherweight bout the experienced Falazona Fidal (26-43-1, 8) beat Petch Ek Twingym (0-3) with a 2nd round TKO. At Bantamweight the ever busy Samuel Tehuayo (19-36-2, 4) claimed a rare win by stopping Umar Fajar (0-1) in 2 rounds. This win for Tehuayo ended a 13 fight losing run for the man also known as “Sammy Hagler”. In a Super Featherweight Arif Maud (1-2, 1) stopped Jack Madison (2-6), also with a 2nd round stoppage. California, USA In the US fans got the chance to see Kyrgyzstan's Urmat Ryskeldiev (11-3-1, 7) claim a stoppage win against Cuban born American based fighter Yusmani Abreu (4-12-2), who retired between rounds. This past Friday was a busy in Asian boxing with 3 televised cards across the continent.
Ningbo, China The most significant of the cards was in China where we had a trio of title bouts, all of which were won by local fighters as the Chinese boxing scene continues to develop, without kicking up much of a fuss. The main event of the card was the most significant bout on offer and saw former world title challenger Xiong Zhao Zhong (26-6-1, 14) claim the OPBF Minimumweight title, and add it to his WBC International title. Zhong, China's only ever male world champion, looked better than ever as he out boxed Filipino fighter Crison Omayao (17-10-3, 5) to a wide decision. Omayao, well known for losses to Japanese fighters Naoya Inoue, who was making his debut at the time, and Kosei Tanaka, did put up a genuine effort but looked slightly lost against the more capable Zhong. In another title bout China's Cai Zong Ju (6-1, 1) was very fortunate to take a decision win against Japanese warrior Mari Ando (12-8, 5), in a bout that saw Ju retain her WBC International female Minimumweight title. Ju started well but was really dragged into a war in the middle rounds as Ando came on strong, bust Ju's nose and gave her hell. Despite the genuinely competitive nature of the fight Hubert Minn some how had this one 8-2 to Ju in what is a genuine shocking score card. The lesser of the title bouts here saw the really promising Xu Chan (7-2) claim the WBA Ocean Super Featherweight title with a 10 round decision win against Thai veteran Chaiyong Sithsaithong (37-14-4, 26). Chan, who does lack power, looked like there was plenty to get excited about but he will need to link up with a good trainer if he's to have the career that his naturally ability suggests he could have. On the under-card fans got 3 non-televised bouts. One of those saw local fighter Bai Shan Bo (4-0-1, 1) take a 6 round decision against Indonesian veteran Heri Andriyanto (21-20-2, 10). On paper it was a good win for the novice but Andriyanto has gone 2-5 in his last 7 and now looks like a spent force. Another of those under-card bouts saw Thai based Iranian Mohamadreza Hamze (7-6-1, 2) take a decision win over the win-less Ju Xiang Huang (0-2), with Hamze bouncing back from a loss in South Korea. The remaining under-card bout was a female bout and saw the unbeaten Gao Li Jun (3-0, 1) over-come Thailand's Lookkaew Sithpracha (0-2). Pathum Thani, Thailand Zhong wasn't the only former world champion in action as Thai fans got the chance to see one of their former title holders in action in the headline bout of a card on Channel 7. That former world champion was Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (45-6-1, 23) who retained his WBC ABCO Bantamweight title with an easy 2nd round KO win against Frans Damur Palue (11-10-2, 6). This was little more than a stay busy fight for Suriyan who really is just awaiting the WBC ordering a Bantamweight world title eliminator, possibly against Rodrigo Guerrero or possible with Liborio Solis. Suriyan's younger brother Nawaphon Por Chokchai (30-0, 23) extended his perfect record with a farcical victory against Medgoen Por Kobkua (0-1). The bout saw Nawaphon give Medgoen several free shots in the first 3 rounds before fight back in round 4 and despatching the debutant with ease. We need to wonder what purpose this bout served other than to further bloat Nawaphon's record. A more interesting match up, on paper at least, saw Ponsaklek Sithdabnij (5-3, 4) over-come Heri Purnomo (2-6, 1) with a 2nd round KO. Purnomo came to win and seemed to sting Pongsaklek I the opening round but had no answer to a second round assault as Pongsaklek moved up a gear. Another 2nd round win on this card saw Kongfah Nakornluang (23-1, 14) get back to winning ways as he easily saw off Bovy Jumpolnamkaenglod (0-1). This was Kongfah's first bout since he suffered a shock loss to the aforementioned Pongsaklek. Bangkok, Thailand Another Thai card came from Bangkok and was aired on Channel 3. The main event here was a PABA Super Flyweight title fight that saw Chatpetch Sithmorseng (12-3-2, 6) easily out point Filipino visitor Jetly Purisima (20-17-4, 5) in what was a shut out win for the Thai fight. The really promising Romnakit PKT College (5-0, 3) went the distance for the second time in his career, though continued his perfect winning streak as he over-came Junar Adante (5-2-1, 2) over 8 rounds. Although relatively unknown outside of Thailand Ronnakit, also known as Ronnakit Technopoly Bangkok, does look to be a really promising fighter worth keeping an eye on. Another unbeaten fighter extending their winning run on this card was Dennapa Kiatniwat (6-0, 3), who stopped Kongpichit Sithprayoon (0-4) in 4 rounds. Tokyo, Japan There was more action in Japan this past Thursday as fans at the brilliant Korakuen Hall had the chance to see yet another great show. Fans in Hyogo have certainly had a week to remember. On Wednesday they saw two of their local stars, Kota Tokunaga and Shohei Omori, retain their Japanese national titles, with both men stopping local foes. That success seems to have bred more success and just a day later we saw another Kyoto fighter became a Japanese champion. Here it was the turn of the highly experienced Kenichi Horikawa (30-13-1, 7) who claimed a Japanese title in his 4th attempt and scored a career defining victory over former world title challenger Shin Ono (18-7-2, 2). Horikawa set off trying to force the pace and tempo and in round 6 had Ono ready to go before the bell saved the Watanabe man. Ono however couldn't survive the 7th round as Horikawa completed what a fairytale rise to climb to the top of Japanese scene after several razor thin losses. Sadly for the new Japanese Light Flyweight champion it does seem likely that he will have Ken Shiro sniffing around his new title in early 2016. Whilst the main event saw a new champion being crowned the chief support bout saw a former begin his climb back up the mountain. Here it was the turn of Kentaro Masuda (22-7, 11), who was fighting for the first time since losing the Japanese Bantamweight title to the aforementioned Omori. Masuda, who had been in damaging back-to-back fights managed to be given a good 8 round work out here by the under-rated Wataru Miyasaka (9-4-1, 2), who's record really doesn't show what a good test he is. For Masuda this win will have shook off some rust, before a November showdown with Hideo Sakamoto whilst Miyasaka should have kept himself in the proverbial “shop window” to have another notable fight next time out. Another supporting bout saw the once touted Kazuma Sanpei (12-2, 4) take a razor thin win over Ribo Takahata (11-5-1, 3). Sanpei, who had won his first 11 bouts, came into this one following back-to-back stoppages and the 20 year old may well have waved good bye to the sport with a third successive loss, and he was lucky to avoid that fate. Takahata, a 36 year old veteran, will likely feel aggrieved by the judging but the competitiveness may lead to a rematch in 2016. It's a shame to Sanpei looking a shadow of the fighter that some thought he'd have become by now. Yet another intriguing support bout saw the talented, but light hitting, Jo Tanoka (12-2-3) take a clear win over the limited but gutsy Mako Matsuyama (7-10-2, 3). Tanoka, a genuinely promising young talent, ran a clear winner on the cards but it's likely he'll fall short when he steps up given his lack of power. As for Matsuyama he'll be involved in some exciting fights down the line but is unlikely to be more than a fun-to-watch loser. In another 8 round Sho Kimura (8-1-2, 2) took a 6th round TKO win over Ryo Narizuka (7-6), with Narizuka retiring at the end of the 6th round. On the under-card there were two more bouts. In a 6 rounder Masaya Kohama (6-2-1, 3) took a razor thin decision win against Shogo Yonenaga (6-3, 3) whilst in a 4 rounder Kazunori Yorimasa (2-1, 2) scored a 2nd round win over the debuting Kosuke Hasegawa (0-1). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Kyoto, Japan Today saw Japanese fans turn their attention away from the usual boxing hotspots of Tokyo and Osaka and instead focus on Kyoto which hosted a couple of Japanese title fights which saw the fighters not only trading blows for the title but also for regional bragging rights. The main event of the show was the second of the shows title bouts and saw the world ranked Shohei Omori (15-0, 10) successfully defend his Bantamweight title for the first time with a dominant 6th round TKO win against former 2-time world title challenger Hirofumi Mukai (11-4-2, 1). From the opening bell it seemed that Omori was too big and too strong for his challenger, who never seemed to be able to feel at ease. Omroi's domination was made more evident in round 3, when he dropped Mukai for the first time. Mukai was again down the following round as Omori landed a devastating body shot, tough his sloppy assault allowed Mukai to see out the round, and mount something of a comeback in round 5. Despite Mukai stemming the tide slightly he was unable to survive the 6th round when the referee was forced to save him. Although the performance was sloppy from Omori the youngster seemed to accept that the fight was a learning experience and that he would look to defend his title again before chasing a world title fight. Incidentally Mukai had previously taken Super Flyweight destroyer Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 9 rounds so in comparison this is an incredible result for Omori. In the other title fight Japanese Lightweight champion Kota Tokunaga (15-2, 11) stopped his good friend Yuhei Suzuki (16-5, 12) in the 10th round to keep a grasp on title and pull out a truly fantastic come-from-behind win. Through the first half of the fight it was Suzuki in charge, with two judges having it 50-46 after 5 rounds. From then on however Tokunaga moved up a gear and the final 3 rounds were a fantastic charge from the champion who eventually saw off Suzuki with just 70 seconds left. Despite the win, which secured his first defense of the title, Tokunaga has perhaps given away his gameplan for the future with this bout seeing him start slowly, as he did last time out, and maybe future opponents will see that in future bouts. Whilst the champion is clearly a long way from a world title fight he will develop a a great fan base with performances like this. Not only did both champions record their first defenses but they are both stablemates at Woz boxing, a gym that really appears to have had a defining year in 2015 and will be hoping to see their success continue into 2016. As well as the two title bouts the card featured a trio of under-card bouts. One of those was a female bout which saw Tamao Ozawa (9-2, 2) score a decision win over Filipino visitor Carleans Rivas (4-3-3). This was Ozawa's 3rd successive win since she was stopped by Kai Johnson in March 2014. Another of the under-card bouts saw light punching 20 year old Shun Kosaka (10-2, 1) score his first stoppage win as he took care of Thailand's Petchmai Sor Praithong (0-5) in the 5th of 8 scheduled rounds. The remaining bout was a 4 rounder which saw the debuting Ryotaro Motohashi (1-0, 1) defeat Ryuichiro Okada (0-2) with a majority decision. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) Bangkok, Thailand
This past Tuesday saw Thailand hosting a small show televised on channel 11. The card wasn't a huge one but did feature a 2-weight world champion has continued his pursuit of a third divisional world title. That former world champion was Sirimongkol Singwancha (86-2, 55) who scored a 3rd round KO against Tanzania's Saidi Mundi (12-2-1, 5), who fought under his middle name of Abdulrahmani. The visitor was dropped in the opening round, from a shot to the head, dropped again in round 2 from a shot to the back of the head and then finished with a borderline body shot in round 3, by which point he had seemingly already quit. With this win Sirimongkol recorded the second defense of the WBO Asia Pacific Super Welterweight title. Emerging title hopeful Chalermpol Singwancha (15-0, 11) continued his winning streak with a decision win over a taller but Unknown opponent. Despite the win Chalermpol continued to leave us with the feeling that he's just a very 1-paced fighter who hasn't really been able to improve on the skills he had when he turned to the pro boxing ranks. He does have heavy hands and a nice array of shots but does seem like he's unlikely to go too far given his inability to find an extra gear. Although we weren't impressed with Charlermpol we must confessed that our heads were turned when we saw teenager Campee Singwangcha (5-0, 5), who scored a brilliant 1-punch KO of an unknown opponent in the second round. The promising teenager, who showed more than enough to get excited about, looks like he has the potential to be a very good contender if matched well. The finish showed that he has genuine power, he had also shown brilliant handspeed and a lot of raw talent. It may be a bit too early to proclaim him as one of the best prospects in Thailand but he really did shine here and looks to know how to do more than just come forward. We have been informed there was a 4th televised bout but at the time of writing we're unsure on either of the fighters were. Taconing retains OPBF title in thriller, Magramo continues unbeaten run, Elorde Bros. get stoppages9/13/2015 This past Saturday wasn't the busiest day in Asian boxing, but there was still plenty of action.
Metro Manila, Philippines The biggest show in Asia came from Metro Manila where fans had the chance to see several prospects as well as a world class fighter defending a regional title. The main event saw that world class fighter, namely Jonathan Taconing (22-2-1, 18) make his first defense of the OPBF Light Flyweight title as he out slugged Jomar Fajardo (14-9-2, 7) to claim a 10th round technical decision. The fight, an all out war, saw both men suffer cuts from head clashes which eventually caused the end of the bout, but had been a thriller until then. Fajardo, who made his name last year with a draw against Francisco Rodriguez Jr, was dropped in round 4 though showed real guts to continue fighting off Taconing. We're now hoping that Taconing ditches the OPBF belt and chases a world title fight, though the cuts he suffered here may keep him out of the ring for a while. Whilst the main event was a brilliant match up the same couldn't be said of much of the card which generally featured some dire mismatches. One of those saw Juan Miguel Elorde (19-1, 10) blow away Arnold Mau (2-6, 3) inside a round. Another mismatch saw Elorde's older brother Juan Martin Elorde (18-1-1, 8) defeat Yakobus Heluka (8-13, 1) in 6 rounds. It wasn't just the Elorde brothers picking up stoppage wins as the very promising Giemel Magramo (14-0, 11) did the same, stopping Roilo Golez (15-15-1, 6) in the third round. Golez was once a contender but a 3-9-1 record in his last 13 bouts says it all and he's now little more than a domestic level journeyman. Another unbeaten fighter to pick up a win was 21 year old Jay Loto (10-0-1) who out-pointed Ryan Bajala (4-4-1, 2) over 8 rounds. Another 8 rounder saw Jeffrey Francisco (12-1-1, 1) take a decision over Jeson Berwela (4-20, 2). In a 6 rounder Daffy Dempo (3-4, 2) scored a minor upset win over Kenta Ide (2-2-1, 1). One other result from this card that we have was a a win for Robin Dingcong (1-3-1, 1) who scored his first win with a 3rd round KO against the debuting Jaime Escanaries (0-1) Cebu, Philippines Sadly we don't currently have the results from a show in Cebu. Las Vegas, USA On the biggest of the weekend fans of Asian did have something's to make a note of. In an all-Asian bout Sanjarbek Rakhmanov (2-0, 1), from Uzbekistan, out pointed Farkhad Sharipov (4-5, 1), from Kyrgyzstan. This 6 rounder was a good test on paper for Rakhmanov but it was white was with all 3 judges scoring it 60-53 to the unbeaten 26 year old. Another Asian on this card was Filipino youngster Recky Dulay (8-2, 5) who was taken out in 94 seconds by the talented and heavy handed Gervonta Davis (12-0, 11). Although the loss was a bad one for an Asian fighter we were genuinely impressed by Davis who looks like he has the tools to face much stiffer competition. This past Friday saw two Asian shows.
Hangzhou, China The most notable of the two Asian shows came from Thailand. In the main event Chinese fans saw local star Qiu Xiao Jun (18-2, 8) retain his WBC “Silver” Super Bantamweight title with a 6th round KO win against Filipino Diarh Gabutan (19-5-3, 10). At times Jun was made to look very silly by the movement of Gabutan however a left hook in round 6 dropped the Filipino for the count. Ranked #1 by the WBC Jun should be in line for a world title shot but this performance showed that there was still a lot of improvements that the 25 year old will want to make before testing himself against the best in the world. In the chief support bout Thailand's unbeaten Kaewfah Tor Buamas (20-0, 13) maintained his unbeaten record, and claimed the WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental Lightweight title, with a decision win against Andrew Wallace (10-6-1, 6). On paper this was a mismatch but Wallace really pushed Kaewfah all the way in a very competitive fight. A more competitive bout, at least on the cards, saw Herman Ene Purcell (6-4, 4) claim a majority decision over Isaraphap Sor Varunee (3-3. 2). This 6 round bout had 3 very close cards but Purcell did deserve the win. Another 6 rounder saw Japan's Hurricane Futa (19-5-1, 10) take a 5th round technical decision over Hero Tito (10-8-1, 3). The bout ended with Futa suffering a cut over this right eye from a head-clash and the fighters needed to go to the cards early on with Futa taking a split technical decision. Another contest saw Venezuelan novice Omrri Bolivar (2-0, 1) take a 5 round unanimous decision win over Thailand's Khunkiri Wor Wisaruth (21-13-1, 14). The bout, originally scheduled for 6 rounds, was re-scheduled to just 5 rounds with Bolivar taking the win. In an all debutant bout Ding Ya Jie (0-0-1) fought to a 4 round draw with Dang Liang Liang (0-0-1). Thailand The other show was in Thailand. The main event on this card saw the unbeaten Thong Sithluangphophun (14-0, 9) take a 12 round decision victory against game Filipino Danilo Pena (27-22-4, 11). Thong, defending his PABA Featherweight title, was put under pressure by Pena but knew too much and deserved the win, though it was one he had to work for. Despite Pena's record he is a game competitor and he showed that here. Thong's stablemate Hanuman Sithluangporphun (11-4, 3) also managed to pick up a win as he out pointed Jack Amisa (21-37-2, 14). Although Hanuman did pick up the win we're unsure just how far he can go, for Amisa this was a 23rd loss in Thailand. In the least significant of the bouts televised from this show fans saw Yodsingdaeng Jor Chaijinda (9-1, 5) score a clear win over the game but out matched Thaminkhao Sor Tharnthip (4-16-1, 3). The once beaten Yodsingdaeng really bullied Thaminkhao, especially in round 4, as he forced the stoppage over a man who really battered in the final round. Alberta, Canada In Canada fans saw the professional debut of Filipino Heavyweight Stan Surmacz Ahumada (1-0, 1) who over-came fellow debutant Dale Swampy (0-1) in just 48 seconds |
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