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 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...]
Ioka retains, Ratchasi scores huge shock, Saka blasts Hayashi
The last week has been on that has really been a great one for fight fans from Asia who have seen a bit of everything, drama, upsets, action and some amazing fights. The week's action began on Monday with a card in Japan. Originally the main event was set to be a Japanese Welterweight title but than was cancelled when Toshio Arikawa suffered a broken jaw. Despite the main … [Read more...]
Ito, Bivol, Choi and Tyson retain titles!
The Asian hasn't been at it's best this past week, but it's certainly had plenty to talk about in terms of in ring action. The week's action began with a Dangan show headlined by former Japanese champion Rikki Naito (16-2, 5). The once touted Naito has struggled in recent years but looked like a man slowly regrouping on Mondy as he out pointed ,the “better than his record … [Read more...]
Asian Boxing Results
This past week has been a relatively strange one for Asian fighters, as there wasn't anything early in the week, which is always unusual, but there was a packed weekend. The only mid-week action came on Thursday when a trio of unbeaten Kazakh fighters all scored stoppage wins. The most notable of the Kazakh trio was Batyrzhan Jukembayev (9-0-0-2, 8), who over-came veteran … [Read more...]