In Nakorn Pathom, Thailand today, Patomchoke Patompothong (7-0, 7 KOs) defeated William Reyke (3-2-2, 3 KOs) of Indonesia via second round KO to win the vacant IBF Pan Pacific super bantamweight title. I hate all these titles….truly. Like I’ve written before – if it were up to me I’d do away with all of the ABC’s and take my chances with what happens next. Get rid of Sulaiman first – despite all the good he’s done, he’s done a helluva lot more bad. One such thing I’m referring to – and there are a ton – is open scoring. Can’t stand it.
The ABC’s are the ruin of boxing and pretty soon there will be so many titles there won’t be enough fighters to wear them. Imagine that.
Patomchoke had very little trouble spanking the Indonesian. Reyke fought Chris John victim Zaiki Takemoto of Japan and lost a 6-round decision. Not long ago, Saenghiran Lookbanyai fought Takemoto to a draw. Not good but at least Patomchoke sent him home early so I didn’t have to watch a 12-round mismatch.
The thing that makes Patomchoke unsual – he’s in prison – just like a certain female fighter who won the WBC light flyweight world championship – oops – trinket. I’ve yet to find out the details but it looks to me like another gimmick. At least he can fight a little though. We’ll see just how well if and when he fights someone with a pulse.
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Lot’s of boxing in the next 6 weeks. On the 24th Poonsawat is fighting a tomato can, on the 27th in Pattaya, Saddam Kietyongyuth and Yodsanan Sor Nantchai are in action. Kietyongyuth’s opponent has changed twice and Sor Nanthachai is fighting Jimrex Jaca. Sor Nanthachai is in good shape and is naturally the larger man. You might remember, Jaca went 9 rounds with Juan Manuel Marquez as in Marquez at featherweight. I’m not sure yet but I believe both guys will come in slightly over the lightweight limit. Yodsanan via 7th or 8th round TKO. Yodsanan is just too strong, and he hits too hard.
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Looks like Songchai Promotions is having problems keeping it’s staff. Not sure of the specifics but apparently a few people have walked of the job recently.
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I’ve changed the site around a little. Tomorrow I’ll put up the schedule of fights – that is, decent fights – coming up in Southeast Asia and also a section about wagering and odds.
Until later…
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