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We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Korean world title challenger Seung Soon Lee to former Kazakh amateur stand out Ivan Dychko.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-During his career Seung Soon Lee won two titles, the most distinguished of those was the OPBF Welterweight title, which he won in 1987 when he stopped Jun Suk Hwang. Lee's reign only lasted a matter of weeks, with him winning the title on February 15th and losing it on March 29th, in his first defense. On the same day that Lee lost the title Japan's Takuya Muguruma won the WBA Bantamweight title over in Japan. 2-Although not too well remembered now a days Takuya Mugurma, dubbed the "Endless Fighter", was one of the most exciting Japanese fighters of the 1980's. His world title reign was a short one, losing in his first defense, but he was an all action fighter who had sensational bouts with Chan Yung Park and Wilfredo Vazquez. Despite that fans may have seen Muguruma in recent years as he has been working alongside second generation fighter Juiki Tatsuyoshi, helping train and develop Tatsuyoshi. 3-The heavy handed Juiki Tatsuyoshi made his debut on April 16th 2015 at the Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, a venue that is now known as the EDION Arena Osaka. The main event of the card that featured Tatsuyoshi's debut saw Shinsuke Yamanaka retain the WBC Bantamweight title with a 7th round KO win against Diego Ricardo Santillan. 4-Before winning the WBC Bantamweight title Shinsuke Yamanaka had previously held the Japanese Bantamweight title, winning that title in June 2010. As the Japanese national champion he made just a single defense, stopping Ryosuke Iwasa in an incredible battle in in the 2011 Champion Carnival. 5-In 2021 Ryosuke Iwasa attempted to become a 2-time IBF Super Bantamweight champion, though fell short when he lost by TKO to Murodjon Akhmadaliev at the Humo Arena in Tashkent. 6-Whilst Murodjon Akhmadaliev's rise through the professional ranks has been incredible it needs to known that he was an excellent amateur who achieved a lot of success in the unpaid ranks, including winning a silver medal at the 2015 AIBA World Championships. Another man who won silver at that very same tournament was Kazakh Super Heavyweight Ivan Dychko.
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We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former world champion Hi Yong Choi to former Korean world title challenger Seung Soon Lee.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-In January 1991 Hi Yong Choi won the WBA Minimumweight title, defeating fellow Korean Bong Jun Kim to win the belt. In his first defense he defeated limited, but tough, Filipino challenger Sugar Ray Mike, in what would be Mike's biggest fight, by far. 2-Of course Sugar Ray Mike isn't the only "Sugar Ray" in boxing history. There's been a host, including the legendary pairing of Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Leonard. One other Sugar Ray who, like Mike, was from the Philippines was Sugar Ray Hynes, another very obscure Sugar Ray, but one who fought a number of top Asian fighter in the 1990's. 3-One of the notable opponents of Sugar Ray Hynes was future WBA Super Flyweight champion Hyung Chul Lee, who scored a 10th round KO win over Hynes in 1992 to move his own record to 12-4 (9) and take his next step towards getting a world title fight. 4-On February 25th 1995 Hyung Chul Lee made his only successful defense of the WBA Super Flyweight title, defeating Tomonori Tamura in Busan via 12th round TKO. The win was Lee's first bout since stopping Katsuya Onizuka for the title in September 1994, and he fought the bout with a damaged hand, having had a pain killing shot before the first bell. On the very same day Englishman Lloyd Honeyghan, former Welterweight world champion, fought for the final time, losing in 3 rounds to the then unbeaten Adrian Dodson in Millwall, England. 5-In July 1988 Lloyd Honeyghan defended his WBC Welterweight title against Korean challenger Young Kil Jung, doing so in a bout that was marred with controversy at the end with Honeyghan winning the bout on the back of a low blow against Jung. The Korean seemed to try to over-sell the low blow, and was ruled to have been unfit to continue by referee Tony Orlando. It was a strange ending to the fight, but it's fair to say that Honeyghan was bossing things against the usually durable and tough, though technically limited, Korean challenger. 6-Whilst Young Kil Jung's performance against Lloyd Honeyghan was rather embarrassing in the end, even if he did feel aggrieved to have been counted out following a ball shot, he was generally regarded as a tough, rugged fighter back home in Korea. He would also show his toughness when he returned to the US and battled Marlon Starling, lasting 12 rounds with the fantastic American. Back in Korea however it was his trilogy of bouts with Seung Soon Lee that really helped him make his name. The two men fought in 1983, 1984 and 1987 in three hotly contested and tough bouts, with Lee winning the first two and Jung winning the third. After the third bout between Chung and Lee, lee himself would get a world title bout, against Mark Breland, where he was subsequently stopped within a minute. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former modern day Thai icon Srisaket Sor Rungvisai to former 2-weight Korean world champion Hi Yong Choi.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-We've all seen Srisaket Sor Rungvisai become a genuine international boxing star in recent years whilst facing some of the best Super Flyweights on the planet. Sadly much of his early career was badly handled, and he suffered a number of early when he was thrown in very deep very early on, but his development to become a multi-time world champion was incredible. As a professional he has fought out of the Nakornluang Boxing Camp and unsurprisingly he's not the only notable fighter out of the camp. Other notable fighters from the gym have included Napapol Sor Rungvisai, Suriyan Sor Rungvisai and most notably of all Veeraphol Sahaprom. 2-The career of "Death mask" Veeraphol Sahaprom was an amazing one. He was a 2-time Bantamweight champion, competed in 10 world title fights and scored notable wins over the likes of Daorung Chuwatana, Rolando Pascua, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi and Toshiaki Nishioka. Sadly for him his legendary reign as the WBC Bantamweight champion, which saw him rack up 14 defenses, came to an end in 2005 after he won the title in 1998. His conqueror was the then unheralded Hozumi Hasegawa. 3-At the time of his title win Hozumi Hasegawa seemed to have been a little bit lucky, taking a razor close decision over the legendary Thai. Following that title win however he established himself as a genuine legend of the lower weights and for Japanese boxing, becoming a 3 weight world champion and recording 10 defenses of the WBC Bantamweight title. One of his most notable defenses was his victory over South African fighter Simpiwe Vetyeka. 4-When Simpiwe Vetyeka fought Hozumi Hasegawa he was 16-0 and relatively unknown, but proved what he could do as he gave Hasegawa one of his toughest bouts. In the years that followed that bout Vetyeka would go on to become a thorn in the side of Indonesian boxing beating Daud Yordan and then later ending the long reign of Indonesian legend Chris John, stopping John in Australia to claim the WBA Featherweight title. 5-From 1998 to 2013 Chris John was pretty much the face of Indonesian boxing, and was regarded as the WBA's premier champion at Featherweight for a good chunk of his career, even if the WBA did make some very odd decisions during his reign. Interestingly John was only the third Asian fighter to hold the WBA Featherweight title, following Japan's Shozo Saijo and South Korea's Young Kyun Park. 6-The all action Young Kyun Park, dubbed the "Bulldozer" in Korea, was one of the most exciting fighters of the early to mid 1990's. He was never the most technical fighter but was always an entertaining warrior who came forward and looked to force a war on his opponents. Sadly for Park he lost the WBA Featherweight title on December 4th 1993, on a show that also featured former world champion Hi Yong Choi, who claimed his 15th win by stopping Nilo Anosa. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Japanese world champion Koji Kobayashi to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-The talented Koji Kobayashi is best known for winning the WBC Flyweight title, when he beat Frank Cedeno in early 1984. His reign was however a short one losing in his first defense to Gabriel Bernal. With that loss he became the sixth successive champion to lose the belt without making a successful defense. Another man included in that unfortunate run was Mexican fighter Freddy Castillo. 2-Remarkably Freddy Castillo was only the second Mexican to win the WBC Flyweight title, which has since been won by Gabriel Bernal, Jorge Arce, Juan Hernandez and Julio Cesar Martinez. The first Mexican to win the title was a genuine legend however, and that was Miguel Canto, who ran up an amazing 14 defenses during his legendary 4 year reign between 1975 and 1979. 3-There is no denying the fact that Miguel Canto is one of the greatest Flyweights in the history of the sport. "El Maestro" was a boxing genius and a true world champion. He won the belt in Japan before defending it in Mexico, Venezuela, USA, Japan, Chile and eventually losing it in South Korea. One of the fighters he defended the belt against was Susumu Hanagata, who challenged Canto in May 1976. 4-Fight fans globally probably aren't too familiar with Susumu Hanagata, but in Japan he is a revered figure who was not just a fighter but also a gym owner and has been a major player with in the governance of the sport in Japan, working within the JBC. He is one of the most respect men in Japanese boxing and is someone who really did do it all in the sport, including winning the WBA Flyweight title. Notably he was also the last man to ever beat the legendary Masao Ohba, doing so in 1968 before losing in a rematch to Ohba in 1972. 5-Sadly Masao Ohba passed away when he was still a very young fighter, he was only 23 at the time and was the reigning WBA Flyweight champion. Now, almost 40 years after his death, he is still remembered as one of the best Japanese fighters of all time and someone who was taken far, far too early. As a result of his untimely death he is known as the "Eternal Champion". With 5 defenses of the WBA title he set a record for the title before his death that wasn't beaten until Santos Benigno Laciar's second reign in the 1980's, with Laciar later recording 9 defenses. 6-Argentina's brilliant Santos Benigno Laciar held the WBA Flyweight title twice in the 1980's, losing the belt in his first defense the first time around before recapturing the title and recording 9 defenses between 1982 and 1985. He then moved up in weight and won the WBC Super Flyweight, a title later held by Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect legendary Filipino fighter Flash Elorde to former Japanese world champion Koji Kobayashi.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Gabriel "Flash" Elorde is one of the most legendary Filipino fighters ever and his career, which span from 1951 to 1971, saw him win national, oriental and world titles and earn a place in both the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF). Interestingly he was part of the "Class of 1993" when it came to the IBHOF, alongside 4 other greats including "Marvellous" Marvin Hagler. 2-Whilst Marvin Hagler did sadly pass away earlier this year, aged 66, there is no denying that he will live in the minds of boxing fans and his amazing career will out last all of us. He is one of the all time greats and will always be regarded as one of the best ever at Middleweight. Hagler's incredible Middleweight title reign began on September 27th 1980 and ran until 1987, when he lost a split decision to Sugar Ray Leonard. During his reign he scored 2 wins against Venezuelan fighter Fulgencio Obelmejias. 3-Although not a legend, like Hagler and Elorde, Fulgencio Obelmejias is certainly a fighter worthy of attention, something that he rarely seems to get now a days. The hardhitting man from San Jose de Rio Chico, went to the 1976 Olympics and went on to win the WBA Super Middleweight title in 1988, dethroning Chong Pal Park before losing the belt to In Chul Baek. Rather notably he was actually forced to retire from the sport in 1993 due to Venezeulan law, with the law at the time requiring fighters to retire at the age of 40. This same law also forced Luis Estaba to retire in 1978. 4-Between 1967 and 1978 Luis Estaba really bucked a lot of trends that we expect from little men fighters. For example he turned professional aged 28, when most little men are starting to show cracks, he didn't fight for a world title until he was 37, beating debutant Rafael Lovera for the WBC Light Flyweight title in 1975, and he was still competing at the top aged 40. During his career he recorded 11 defenses of the WBC Light Flyweight title. Only one of Estaba's defenses took place away from Venezuela and that was his first defense, when he stopped Takenobu Shimabukuro in Japan. 5-It's fair to say that Takenobu Shimabukuro is among the most obscure Japanese fighters to ever challenge for a world title. He lacked wins of real note, had lost 4 of his previous 6 coming into this bout and had never even won a Japanese title before getting a world title shot at Estaba. Although he failed to win a Japanese title, he did fight for one, losing to Jiro Takada in 1974. 6-Japan's Jiro Takada was a much more recognisable name in the 1970's and 80's than Shimabukuro. He not only won the Japanese Flyweight title, which he did by beating Shimabukuro, but also won the OPBF Flyweight title and challenged for a world title twice himself, losing to Miguel Canto and Guty Espadas in bouts for the WBC and WBA Flyweight titles respectively. Yakada's final bout against a fellow Japanese fighter came against future world champion Koji Kobayashi, who won the WBC Flyweight title in 1984. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect injury plagued Kazakh Kanat Islam to legendary Filipino fighter Flash Elorde.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-On September 28th 2012 we saw Kanat Islam make his debut, stopping Daniel Beato in 3 rounds in the Dominican Republic. On the very same day Thai legend Pongsaklek Wonjongkam scored an opening round TKO victory over Charlie Cabilla, scoring his 8th win in 93 professional bouts. 2-The fantastic Pongsaklek Wonjongkam dominated the WBC title picture at Flyweight for much of the 00's and early 2010's. Despite being best known for his world title reign, it's worth noting that it was a long journey to a title fight for the Thai who began his career on December 21st 1994 with a win over Filipino journeyman Bernardo Jun Dabalos. 3-Filipino fighter Bernardo Jun Dabalos had a 37 fight professional career between 1992 and 1998 and he fought several notable fighters. They included Wonjongkam, twice, as well as Hidenobu Honda and Rustico Torrecampo. 4-Whilst Rustico Torrecampo is not a huge name fighter, he is someone who's name is going to be familiar with fight fans around the globe, even if it is just a passing reference. That's because Torrecampo was the first man to beat Manny Pacquiao, who fell to 11-1 after losing to Torrecampo in early 1996. 5-We all that Manny Pacquiao is an era defining fighter, but what fewer people may realise is that he is also a promoter has been responsible for the promotion of numerous shows over the years. These included his own bout in 2006 against Oscar Larios on July 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City, which saw Pacquiao defeat Larios to retain the WBC International Super Featherweight title. 6-In March 1960 the Araneta Coliseum played host a card that saw another former Filipino icon shining, as Flash Elorde claimed the World Super Featherweight title, dominating Harold Gomes to win the title in 7 rounds, after dropping Gomes numerous times during the bout. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former 2-weight world champion Lakva Sim to one time contender Kanat Islam.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-In 1994 Lakva Sim was one of 7 Mongolian boxers at the Asian Games, which was held in Hiroshima between October 4th and 13th. Despite going on to become a 2-weight world champion Sim didn't fair well in at the 1994 Asian Games, where he lost in his first bout to Venkatesan Devarajan, who took a 20-11 decision over the future Mongolian great. 2-Although rarely spoken about in international boxing circles over the last 20 years or so Venkatesan Devarajan was a genuine legend of Indian boxing. In fact he was one of the first Indian boxers to really make a mark on the sport, winning a medal at the world boxing cup and competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. With a little bit of luck he would have been the first major Indian professional fighter, but he lacked that luck, and failed to get the funding he needed to make a mark on the professional ranks. Despite failing to turn professional he did win the Arjuna award in 1995, an award that was also won 21 years later by Vijender Singh. 3-During a long amateur career Vijender Singh competed at 3 different Olympics. The 2004, 2008 and 2012 games. He also managed to win medals at 3 Commonwealth games, the 2006, 2010 and 2014 games. His first medal at a Commonwealth Games was a silver in 2006. Interestingly just a division higher Canadian fighter Adonis Stevenson also took home a silver medal. 4-As a professional fighter Adonis Stevenson made his name as one of the best Light Heavyweights of his era and held the WBC title from 2013 to 2018. He made his debut on September 30th 2006. That same day fans in Argentina had the chance to see Luis Alberto Lazarte fight in his 40th professional bout, beating Reginaldo Martins Carvalho in 3 rounds. 5-During his career Luis Alberto Lazarte was quite possibly the dirtiest player in the game, and he was disqualified a ridiculous 5 times, including a rare No Contest due to a double DQ. Another super rare double DQ bout was the professional debut of Yamaguchi Falcao, with Falcao and Martin Fidel Rios both being disqualified in their January 2014 bout. 6-In April 2006, whilst he was still an amateur, Yamaguchi Falcao was stopped by a then 21 year old Hanati Silamu, competing for China, at the Cuban Olympiad. Hanati Silamu would later become better known as Kanat Islam! We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Japanese world champion Akinobu Hiranaka to former Mongolian 2-weight world champion Lakva Sim.
1-The heavy handed Akinobu Hiranaka made his professional debut on March 24th 1985 at the Konan High School in Naha. Hiranaka successfully debuted with an opening round KO win over Kazumi Yokoi. On the very same show Yasuo Yogi also made his debut, and like Hiranaka he scored a KO1 win, as he stopped Mituso Nakamura. 2-The talented Yasuo Yogi is best known for his Japanese Minimumweight title win in February 1988, when he beat Norikazu Kawana in a fire-fight that saw both men hitting the canvas, multiple times, in a thrilling second round. Sadly though Yogi's reign was a short one and he lost in his first defense, to Missile Kudo just 4 months later. Later in his career Yogi would go on to lose to a number of international fighters, including Kwang Sun Kim. 3-Sadly the talented Kwang Sun Kim had a super short career, going 6-2 (4) in his professional career. Despite failing to make a major mark on the professional ranks, losing in two world title fights, he had been an excellent amateur and had won a Gold medal in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. On route to that gold medal he beat American fighter Arthur Johnson. 4-The talented Arthur Johnson, much like Kwang Sun Kim, was a very good amateur who didn't have the success in the professional ranks that many had expected from him. That was despite getting 4 world title fights. The first of those world title fights came in 1994 when he challenged the then IBF Flyweight champion Pichit Sithbanprachan, over in Thailand, with Pichit taking a decision over Johnson. 5-Although Pichit Sithbanprachan retired several times during his career, his very final bout came in 2000, when he beat Oscar Vargas. On the very same card Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai scored a 6th round KO win over Jose Luis Tula, to retain the PABA Super Featherweight title. 6-The exciting Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai is best known for his reign as the WBA Super Featherweight champion. It was a short reign, lasting just over 3 years but was an interesting one, with wins over Lamong Pearson, Ryuhei Sugita and Steve Forbes. For those wondering he won the title in 2002 when he over-came Mongolian warrior Lakva Sim! We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect Nobuo Nashiro to Akinobu Hiranaka.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-The teak tough Nobuo Nashiro was a 2-time WBA Super Flyweight champion, winning the title in 2006 and then gain in 2008. Of course he wasn't the first Japanese fighter to win this particular title, in fact that honour belongs to the legendary, and hugely controversial, Jiro Watanabe, who won the belt in 1982. 2-In his first world title fight, for the WBC Super Flyweight title, Jiro Watanabe lost a decision in South Korea to Chul Ho Kim, who actually made his first defense with his win against Watanabe, in what was a razor close bout. 3-Sadly the talented Chul Ho Kim rarely comes up in the conversation about Korean greats, but he is regarded in Korea very highly, and was sadly one of the many fighters who burned out. He won the WBC super Flyweight title when he was just 19, before making 5 defenses in 18 months and the losing the title, a few months later. His career was essentially over in 1983, before he had even his his physical prime. His final career bout was a loss to Prayurasak Muangsurin on a show that also featured Ju Do Chun defending the South Korean Super Flyweight title. 4-Following his reign as the Korean national champion Ju Do Chun go on to become the first ever IBF Super Flyweight champion, winning the vacant title in 1983 and recording 5 defenses before he was beaten by Indonesian puncher Elly Pical in 1985. The only other Korean fighter to win the IBF Super Flyweight title was Tae Il Chang. 5- During his career Tae Il Chang fought a number of notable fighters, including Elly Pical, Khaosai Galaxy and Soon Chun Kwon in a career that saw him win the Korean, OPBF and IBF titles. Interestingly he debuted on the same show that also featured the final bout of Royal Kobayashi's career, in 1981. 6-Royal Kobayashi was the first Japanese Olympian to also go on to win a professional world title, something that very few have managed to do. The next Japanese fighter to do that was the heavy handed Akinobu Hiranaka! We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Filipino world champion Marlon Tapales to former Japanese world champion Nobuo Nashiro.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-In 2015 Marlon Tapales won the WBO Bantamweight title, with a brilliant win against Pungluang Sor Singyu in Thailand. Tapales was the third Filipino fighter to win the WBO Bantamweight title, following Gerry Penalosa and Nonito Donaire. He was then followed, a few years later, by Johnriel Casimero. 2-The explosive, heavy handed and enigmatic Johnriel Casimero has had a rather interesting career, with some huge wins, and some very under-whelming performances. When he's on song however he is brilliant, explosive and incredibly heavy handed. He made his debut on June 3rd 2007, the same day that Kyotaro Fujimoto won a kick boxing bout against Ryo Takigawa. 3-After a successful career as a kick boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto turned his hand to professional boxing and had a successful career, unifying the Japanese, OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific titles. One of his most notable rivalries in the professional was with Nobuhiro Ishida, with the two men fighting twice, in very competitive bouts. 4-During a professional career that ran from 2000 to 2015 Nobuhiro Ishida scored several wins of note. There is however one of those that stands out more than any other, and that it is his opening round blow out win over James Kirkland, in what was the 2011 Upset of the Year. A year later the Upset of the Year was Sonny Boy Jaro's upset shock win against Pongsaklek Wonjongkam to become the WBC Flyweight champion. 5-Despite his huge 2012 win, for the WBC Flyweight title, Sonny Boy Jaro was essentially a career journeyman who suffered notable losses through his entire career. The fifth of his defeats came in 2006 to Thailand's Pornsawan Porpramook, who stopped Jaro in 5 rounds. 6-In 2012, years after beating Jaro, we saw Pornsawan Porpramook win the WBA Minimumweight title scoring a 12th round majority decision over Indonesian fighter Muhammad Rachman in Jakarta on July 30th 2011. On the very same day Nobuo Nashiro took the unbeaten record of Filipino fighter Rey Perez, taking a decision win over Perez. |
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