This past week has been a relatively quiet one in Asian boxing circles, but has been an interesting one all the same, with a number of notable bouts being announced through the week. The first of those bouts set to take place will be on May 21st when former OPBF Super Flyweight champion Ryo Matsumoto (19-1, 17) battlers with Indonesian veteran Hendrik Barongsay (29-25-3, … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Asian Boxing Results
The past week hasn't been the busiest in the world of Asian boxing, but it has been a pretty interesting one, with several bouts of note. The week kicked off with a notable show at the Korakuen Hall, where fight fans saw a Japanese title fight as well as a former Japanese title challenger. The main event of Monday's card saw the Japanese Middleweight title being unified … [Read more...]
The Lowly End of Yuriorkis Gamboa
The writing had been on the wall long enough to know that Yuriorkis Gamboa was headed for a fall sooner than later. His in-ring appearances had been sporadic with those performances coming meandering at best against pedestrian level opposition and had been fighting above his optimal weight for far too long. Finally, at the age of 35 and just two fights into a deal with … [Read more...]
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: The Career Postmortem
"It may seem as though Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was born a made man, but back in 2008, when fans in Hermosillo, Sonora pelted the ring with garbage and cups of beer in protest of his controversial split decision win over Minnesota’s Matt Vanda, he certainly didn’t seem to be living a charmed in-ring life. Jr. sat in his corner, dejected and deflated, protected from the debris … [Read more...]
No Country for Old Men: Part Eight
Sometimes a fighter grows old overnight notwithstanding his chronological age. The odometer may have run up too many miles or the reflexes have disappeared (as in the case of Roy Jones, Jr.) or a fighter’s lighting speed vanishes, or perhaps worse of all, the chin is no longer reliable. Yuriorkis Gamboa aka El Ciclon de Guantánamo (26-2) is 35 but he now seems to meet all … [Read more...]