BA-AT LOSES IN JAPAN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 15 Oct 2007
Filipino bantamweight Jonathan Ba-at has lost by a lopsided unanimous decision to undefeated Japanese Kohei Ohba in Nagoya.
Ba-at was dropped twice in the middle rounds but fought back in the ninth round and caught Ohba with a big right although the Japanese fighter wasn?t in serious trouble.
Ohba dropped Ba-at with a vicious body shot in the fifth round according to well-known Japanese matchmaker, manager and journalist Joe Koizumi and once again decked the Filipino with ?effective combinations? in the sixth round.
Ba-at?s record dropped to 8-3-2 with 4 knockouts while Ohba improved to 20-0-1 with 10 knockouts.
Ba-at lost by a fifth round technical decision to another Japanese Mikihito Seto last July 1 and was also involved in a technical decision in a bout against Filipino Eric Rapada last August 25.
Koizumi reported that Ohba who he referred to as a Japanese version of Floyd Mayweather ?kept flicking jabs and battered the durable Filipino from the outset.?
Meantime, at the Panthers Leagues Club in Penrith, News South Wales, Australia, Robert Oyan has dropped a unanimous eight round decision to undefeated South African lightweight Mlungisi Dlamini, nicknamed ?The Shark Killer.?
In what was a mismatch based on the fighters records Dlamini was 16-0-1 with 10 knockouts while Oyan?s distressing record according to boxrec.com showed 30 defeats as against 18 wins and 4 draws with 6 wins by knockout .
Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ronnie Nathanielsz.
Recent PhilBoxing.com In-House articles:
Crawford Not the First Lightweight to Distinguish Himself at Super Middleweight
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, Tue, 16 Sep 2025SAMBO Pilipinas is Southern NSA of the Year 2025
By Lito delos Reyes, Tue, 16 Sep 2025Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh To headline historic “Legacy Nights” Inaugural Pro Boxing event in El Salvador
Tue, 16 Sep 2025Smarts over power
By Joaquin Henson, Tue, 16 Sep 2025HALL OF FAME FLIES FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF FOR TWO-DIVISION CHAMPION RICKY HATTON
Tue, 16 Sep 2025Kazakhstan tops the medal table at the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 thanks to victory in the final bout of the competition
Tue, 16 Sep 2025THRILLA IN MANILA GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 13: JOE FRAZIER’S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS AN AMATEUR FIGHTER
By Maloney L. Samaco, Mon, 15 Sep 2025A New King, A New Challenger: Turki Alalshikh Proposes Crawford-Benavidez While Canelo Alvarez Faces Defeat with Humility
By Dong Secuya, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Highly Questionable Title Eliminator
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Yoseline Perez Earns Silver Medal at Inaugural World Boxing Championships
Mon, 15 Sep 202521-year-old Filipino wins at Germany rapid chess tournament
By Marlon Bernardino, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Nagoya Nightmare: Naoya Inoue Notches One-Sided Decision over Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Mon, 15 Sep 2025Inoue’s Philippine Connection: Which Pinoy Super Bantamweight Could Challenge “The Monster?”
By Carlos Costa, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Yoseline Perez Advances to the Finals at the World Boxing Championships Perez Set to Face Chinese Taipei’s Hsiao-Wen Huang for 54-Kilogram World Title
Mon, 15 Sep 2025Canelo Gets Outboxed, Loses Undisputed Title to Crawford
By Carlos Costa, Sun, 14 Sep 2025