Toshihiko Era Claims ABF Belt in Thailand; Yuya Nakamura Back from Canvas for KO Win
By Carlos Costa
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 12 Apr 2019
The warrior from the Land of the Rising Sun Toshihiko Era (6-1, 5 KO's) scored the most telling win in his boxing career by demolishing Thai boxer Detnarong Omkrathok with a crushing body shot in the fourth chapter to claim the vacant Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) Super Flyweight title today Thursday, April 11, at Ram 100 Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand.
In the co-main feature, Japanese samurai Yuya Nakamura (10-3-1, 7 KO's) of Osaka 🥊🥊 survived a huge scare in the second round to stop experienced Filipino Rollen Del Castillo (19-17-2, 9 KO's) of Cebu in an intense and quick non-title rumble in the bantamweight division.
Pinned against the ropes absorbing a rough attack dished out by Nakamura, Del Castillo managed to sneak-in a sharp counter right to the chin of the Nippon boxer rocking him down on his posterior for an eight-second count.
Once up, Del Castillo pressed the action over the still very groggy, unsteady Nakamura who somehow entered a perfect punch to the Filipino's mid-section propelling him to the canvas flat on his back where he then rolled gassed-out in pain till waved off.
The knockout triumph re-inserts Yuya Nakamura into the winning column after being vaporized by unbeaten Filipino former WBA interim bantamweight champion Reymart Gaballo (21-0, 18 KO's) last February in Manila.
This time, Yuya Nakamura got his victory moving his career forward, wanting another complicated mission.
MORE RESULTS FROM BANGKOK
In an all-Thai duel, 112-pounder Awirut Chaladloes (6-2-1, 4 KO's) of Suphan Buri in eastern Thailand ravaged with crushing combinations his unheralded compatriot Jirapat (3-12, 2 KO's) of Bangkok for a devastating round one knockout win.
In women's boxing, French flyweight lady Campana (4-5, 1 KO) brutalized in two rounds rookie boxer former muay combatant Chuleeporn for a TKO victory in the second chapter.
Promoters for the exciting knockout-filled fighting show were Thai man of boxing Supanat Chanram in association with Filipino promoter Brico Santig of the Highland Boxing Team. The busy ring doc was Dr. Jirasak Bubpachart.
The author Carlos Costa is a Panama boxing reporter living in the Philippines. Carlos can be reached at carlos512@hotmail.com and / +639184538152
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