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...]
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...]
Asian Boxing News
This past week hasn't been the busiest in Asian boxing circles, but there has been a a number of stories of varying interest. The first of news was a real success story with Japanese sources reporting that last Sunday's WBA Flyweight title bout between Kazuto Ioka (22-1, 13) and Noknoi Sitthiprasert (62-5, 38) garneded huge TV figure. The bout gained an average rating of … [Read more...]
Asian Boxing Results
This past week hasn't been a busy one in the rings of Asia, but there has been notable action through much of the Asian boxing scene, with noteworthy shows in Japan, China and the Philippines. The first of the action was in Tokyo, where fans had an interesting Dangan card on Tuesday, headlined by a pair of title fights. The first of those title bouts saw OPBF … [Read more...]
Asian Boxing News
This past week has been a bit of a crazy one with numerous bouts being announced, almost on a daily basis. In fact the rest of the news was really limited, but there was that many bouts, and orders that there was always something happening. To begin with I'll quickly run through the orders from the various world title bodies. The WBA have ordered negotiations to begin for … [Read more...]