This past week has seen action return to Asia in a big way, with fights almost every day of the week. Those bouts ranged from seeing a touted debutant to a current world champion, in what was a genuinely great week of action. The week began with an Ohashi show at the Korakuen Hall which featured a former world title challenger, a world ranked prospect and a fast rising … [Read more...]
Funaki claims title, Uzbeks score notable wins, and Maruta continues to impress
The past 7 days haven't been the most action packed for fight fans, but there has been enough action to keep the juices flowing until some bigger, more notable bouts. The first of the bouts of note occurred on Wednesday when Ryuichi Funai (27-7, 19) stopped old High School friend Kenta Nakagawa (13-3-1, 9) in 7 rounds to claim the Japanese Super Flyweight title. The bout, a … [Read more...]
Srisaket shocks Gonzalez, GGG escapes and Fujioka claims place in history
Oh what a week we've had with history being created, a major upset and a top star being given one of his most serious tests so far. I'm not going to try and tell you the week was amazing from start to end, but there was certainly a number of great fights and memorable moments from a week that provided it's share of action. The action began on Monday at the Korakuen Hall, one … [Read more...]
Asian Boxing: Weekly Results
This past week hasn't been massively busy but there has been a good amount of action featuring Asian fighters in some brilliant bouts, some upsets and some great KO's. The first bout of note took place on Wednesday in the Philippines and ended up with Jhaleel Payao (15-1, 8) being crowned the new Philippines Boxing Federation (PBF) Bantamweight champion courtesy of a … [Read more...]
Asian Boxing Results (Week of 2/27-3/5)
It's rare that action in Asia gets much international attention but this past week has been one such week with a trio of world title fights in the region and other notable contests. The action kicked off on Tuesday in Tokyo, where we had two title fights. One of those was an “Interim” Japanese Flyweight title fight which saw Masayuki Kuroda (26-7-3, 15) win an exciting 10 … [Read more...]