By Fox Doucette Nothing confounds a spellchecker faster than Thai or Indian names. Which creates problems for people who want to know about the world's most obscure champion, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (82-3-1, 45 KOs), since just getting his name into Google, Wikipedia, or Boxrec can be a challenge in itself (hint: just Google “WBC flyweight champ”.) Anyway, Wonjongkam has been on … [Read more...]
Boxing’s Wednesday Wrap-Up
Nihon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan-- Koki Kameda (26-1, 16 KOs) made the second defense of his "regular" WBA bantamweight belt via close unanimous decision over unheralded Mexican, David De la Mora (23-1, 16 KOs) by scores of 115-112, 114-113, 115-113. De la Mora was down in the second, making the difference between the unanimous decision loss and what could've been a majority … [Read more...]
Kameda, Cazares Defend Titles on Wednesday, Tokyo Card
The 24-year-old, Koki Kameda (25-1, 16 KOs) will make the second defense of his WBA bantamweight title this Wednesday at Nihon Budokan in his home town of Tokyo, Japan against Tijuana's David De la Mora (23-0, 16 KOs). Kameda, one of the famous Japanese Kameda Brothers, was a former WBC flyweight titlist until dropping the belt via majority decision to Thailand's Pongsaklek … [Read more...]
Kameda Bros. Rule in Japan
from Fightnews.com: D Kameda keeps WBA 112lb title By Joe Koizumi WBA flyweight champ Daiki Kameda (19-2, 11 KOs), 112, very barely kept his belt as he eked out a highly controversial split decision over totally aggressive Silvio Olteanu (11-4, 3 KOs), 112, European titlist of Romania, over twelve lousy rounds on Sunday in Saitama, Japan. The scoresheets were as … [Read more...]
Wonjongkam Defeats Kameda In Thriller To Reign Flyweight Champion
Tokyo, Japan - In a cracking contest, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (75-3-1, 39 KO) won The Ring magazine's flyweight championship and regained the WBC flyweight title from the hands of Koki Kameda (22-1, 14 KO) with a competitive majority-decision win in Tokyo.It was a top drawer back and forth battle, Wonjongkam got the better of the early action, dictating the pace in the opening … [Read more...]