BLOCKBUSTER CARD IN CHONGQING NOV 2
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 02 Nov 2017
CHONGQING, CHINA ? Five title belts will be at stake this Thursday November 2 at the Wansheng Sports and Culture Stadium. Qu Peng (12W-1L-1D,8KO?s) of Dalian, China will battle Russian Gasan Gasanov (14W-5L-1D, 2KO?s) for the vacant WBO Asia-Pacific light heavyweight title and the WBA Asia title (top photo).
Aside from the two regional belts, a top fifteen ranking in both organizations await the winner. Qu weighed in at the division limit of 175 lbs while Gasanov stepped on the scales at 173lbs. Gasanov lost to Fanlong Meng in his bid to win the WBO Oriental belt last January in Shijiazhuang,China. Qu, a familiar face when Seca and Top Rank were promoting big fight cards in Macao, beat Robbie Mendes by TKO in Chicago last May.
There will be two WBO Greater China titles to be disputed. Fu Kaisheng and Yang Yongqiang, both undefeated, will fight for the vacant WBO Greater China light welterweight title. Fu weighed 138lbs while Yang was at 139lbs.
Fu Kaisheng and Yang Yongqiang.
Dong Youlie and Abulimiti Tuersunniyazi.
Abulimiti Tuersunniyazi and Dong Youli will be battling for the vacant WBO Greater China welterweight crown. Both weighed at the division limit of 147 lbs.
WBO VP for Asia Pacific Leon Panoncillo will supervise the WBO bouts.
Li Tonghui of China and Larry Siwu of Indonesia will fight for the IBF Asia junior middleweight title. Both weighed 153lbs.
The official weigh-in was held at the fight venue and supervised by the Professional Boxing Commission (PBC) of China.
Li Tonghui and Larry Siwu.
The fight between Filipino Adam Diu Abdulhamid of the Sanman Gym of Gen.Santos City and Chinese boxer Ik Yang was downgraded to an exhibition bout after Yang came in a whopping 12 pounds over the contracted weight limit. Abdulhamid was at 145 lbs.
The rest of the undercards will feature light heavyweights Zulpikaer Maimaitiali vs Yu Yingzhi, Featherweights Luo Yangyang vs Liu Qiang and Filipino Richard Garcia vs Xu Da, and the show will be opened by cruiserweights Muhataer Maihemuti vs Zhu Xinglong.
The fight card is promoted by SECA and TOP RANK.
PHOTOS ? Header ? Qu Peng (China) vs Gasan Gasanov of Russia ? for the WBO Asia Pacific and WBA Asia title
Photo 2 ? Fu Kaisheng vs Yang Yongqiang for WBO Greater China junior welterweight title
Photo 3 ? Abulimiti vs Dong Youli for the WBO Greater China welterweight title
Photo 4 ? Li Tonghui (China) vs Larry Siwu (Indonesia) for the IBF Asia junior middleweight title
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