MISMATCHES CONTINUE WITHOUT LETUP
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 30 Jul 2007
Mismatches in Asia continue without let-up and the governing bodies for boxing in the different countries as well as the region are either helpless or in connivance with promoters, managers and matchmakers to allow such fights to take place.
Following a recent protest in which Viva Sports exposed the fake records of two Thai challengers who were scheduled to fight Filipino title holders Rexon Flores and Drian Francisco on August 4 at the Elorde Sports Center, WBO Asia Pacific head Leon Panoncillo replaced both boxers with credible opponents with verified fight records from boxrec.
Over the weekend in Thailand, WBO No.1 super flyweight Pramuansak Phosuwan scored a TKO over China’s Wei Zhi Feng, forcing a stoppage at 2:11 of the second round with a ripping body shot. Phosuwan went into the fight with a record of 37-1-1 with 21 KO’s while Feng had a record of 3-3 with 3 KO’s. In another patent mismatch Pan Asia Boxing Association super bantamweight champion Kosol Sor Vorapin demolished another Chinese Su Zhen Yang at 2:58 of the second round with a hard shot to the body. Kosol reportedly had a record of 16-11-1 with 11 KO;s while the Chinese was only in his second fight according to boxrec.com and had actually lost his first bout by a second round KO to Wei Zhi Feng.
In a third mismatch former IBF two-time light flyweight champion Ratanapol Sor Vorapin who has a record of 50-6-1 with 39 knockouts scored a third round knockout over China’s Gui Yao Bo who was only in his second fight having lost by a unanimous decision to Wandee Singwancha on December 21 last year.
In Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, Australia, former Commonwealth champion Fatai Onikeke scored a third round knockout over Thailand’s 31 year old Jakkirt Suwunnalirt in a WBF Intercontinental and IBF Pan Pacific light welterweight title fight. Onikeke who won two of his last three fights by TKO and one by KO had a record of 21-2 with 18 knockouts entering the ring. The Thai fighter had a record of 5-5 with no knockouts and had lost his last four fights according to boxrec.com.
In Darwin, Australia, Shannan Taylor scored a knockout at 1:30 of the sixth round over Terdkiat Siththeppitak of Thailand. Taylor’s record moved up to 45-6-2 with 31 knockouts while the Thai boxer’s record was not listed in boxrec.com but according to “unconfirmed” reports he was 13-3 with 4 KO’s which may have been his record in Muay Thai which Thai promoters and managers often pass off as boxing fight records.
In Jakarta Raya, Indonesia, undefeated Daud Cino Yordan retained his WBO Asia Pacific featherweight title with a third round TKO over Farid Safiulin of Kazakhstan who was reportedly dropped three times in the third round. Yordan had a record of 15-0 with 11 knockouts while Safiulin was 3-0 against opponents who were 0-0-0, in four round bouts.
Earlier, at the famed Korakuen Hall Yusuke Imamiya scored a first round KO over Thailand’s Yodbuankam Soft Anapinyu who, according to boxrec.com had one fight last January 24 and lost by a fifth round knockout to Masafumi Okubo while Imamiya entered the ring with a record of 14-10 with 3 KO’s.
Because of the patent mismatches Philippine Games and Amusements Board chairman Eric Buhain enforced a ban on Filipino boxers fighting in Thailand after 24 year old Lito Sisnorio died after undergoing brain surgery following a brutal fourth round KO at the hands of former world flyweight champion Chatchai Sasakul in Bangkok last March 30. However, Buhain lifted the ban on what he said was a case-to-case basis with several stringent regulations aimed at protecting Filipino boxers.
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