WBC international super lightweight champion Prawet Singwangcha of Thailand has knocked out Indonesian challenger Stevie Ongen Ferdinandus in the third round, while WBC international flyweight Saenmuangloei Sor Kingstar and his challenger Eric Diaz Siregar have ended up with a draw.

The two WBC international title matches were held on Tuesday September 25 in the Thai city of Loei, which is Saenmuangloei’s hometown.

The crowd witnessed some exciting exchange of punches by Prawet and Ferdinandus, but the Thai was able to put the Indonesian down by a right punch in the second round and later knocked him out in the third round with strikes to the body.

WBA flyweight champion Denkaosan Kaovichit of Thailand is scheduled to fight Japan’s Daiki Kameda in October.

Denkaosan’s promoter and manager Niwat Laosuwannawat said it has been decided that the Thai fighter will defend his title against Kameda in Osaka, Japan, on October 6.

He also said the match will be tough for Denkaosan as Daiki Kameda, like his brother Koki, is a strong opponent and one of Japan’s rising stars.

Thailand’s newly formed panel of muaythai referees is looking to standardize the rules of the sport in response to Lumpini Stadium’s decision to change its rules to limit excessive grabbling and kneeing, saying all the stadiums must apply the same set of rules if they want to promote the sport to the international level.

The representatives from seven of Thailand’s leading stadiums, as well as former muaythai fighter Colonel Boonsong Kerdmanee who chairs the panel, were convened to the first panel meeting on August 20 at the Sports Authority of Thailand.

The Lumpini Stadium representative explained to the meeting participants of the stadium’s recent decision to prohibit certain grabbling techniques that were seen as counteractive such as grabbling at the waist level, saying studies have shown that the curb on long kneeing sessions would allow the fight to be more exciting while reducing the foul by the fighters.

IBF Pan Pacific bantamweight title holder Thangthong Kiattaweesuk is scheduled to fight in his fifth title defense against Filipino challenger Richard Olisa in Bangkok next month.

The match of Thangthong and Olisa will be held at the Petkasem School Of Management Science in Bangkok on Friday September 18 and will be broadcasted by Thailand’s Channel Seven Network, said the organizers at the press conference on August 21.

Thangthong’s promoter Ekkarat “Jimmy” Chaichotchuang said the Thai pugilist’s fifth title defense would test whether he has enough strength and endurance to move forward to bid for a world title. Thangthong knocked out another Filipino challenger, Bogie Delada, in his earlier title defense in July this year.

PABA bantamweight champion Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat of Thailand has knocked out Indonesia challenger Hari Suharyadi in the fourth round on August 21 in Thailand.

The PABA title match of Tabtimdaeng and Suharyadi in Pakkred, Nonthaburi, last Friday was action-packed, with the Thai champion as the relentless aggressor who was able to put the Indonesian down for a count of eight twice in the second and third rounds.

Tabtimdaeng did not allow Suharyadi to recover and eventually knocked him out in the fourth round, successfully retaining his PABA title one more time.

Thailand’s female pugilist Yani Kokietgym says she wants a rematch with Japan’s Etsuko Tada after she has lost to the WBA female minimumweight title holder August 23.
    
Yani, although shorter, was relentless in pressuring Tada at the bout held in Osaka on Sunday. She landed a right hook, causing a cut at the left eyebrow of the Japanese and seemed to be able to tire her out in the later rounds.

However, Tada emerged as the winner by unanimous decision of 96-94, 96-94, and 97-93 from three South Korean judges. The disappointed Yani told the Thai reporters that she felt like the winner of the bout but is willing to fight in a rematch whether it will be held in Japan or Thailand.

Thailand’s Department of Corrections is holding a boxing tournament for inmates of both sexes, hoping to recreate the success story of inmate-turned-champion like Olympian Amnat Ruenroeng and WIBA international flyweight title holder Samson Tor Buamad.

The sixth “Dan Samakkee Games” tournament, to be held at Thonburi Remand Prison on August 22-28, will feature competitions in nine weight classes for male boxing and seven for female as well as events in the petanque and sepak takraw sports for 707 athletes who are representing corrections facilities throughout the country.

 The tournament is part of the plan to recruit athletes for the national boxing squad to compete in the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016, said the director of the Thonburi facility Preeda Nilsiri.

WBC Asia female atomweight champion Buarimbueng Kokietgym of Thailand is getting her first “professional” trainer and is preparing for the tile defense in November, says her promoter.

Promoter Kokiet Panichayarom said Buarimbueng is a naturally talented pugilist and has won all 13 professional bouts on her own without help from any “professional” trainer. However, he decided to follow a suggestion to recruit former national champion Mai Thonburifarm to train Buarimbueng.

Mai has been a trainer for a number of gyms, and is remembered for losing the WBC minimumweight match against Japan’s Hiroki Ioka in 1987.

Japanese challenger Takahisa Masuda will be a tough opponent for WBC “interim” flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam of Thailand due to Masuda’s left-handedness and height advantage, says the Thai boxer’s promoter.

The WBC match of Pongsaklek and Masuda will be held in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Friday August 28 and will be broadcasted by Thailand’s Channel Seven from 2.00 p.m. onward.

Thai promoter Piyarat Wachiraratanawong of Petchyindee said Masuda will have an advantage from his height of 169 centimeters, compared to 162 centimeters of Pongsaklek. In addition, the Japanese boxer is an agile southpaw that Pongsaklek often has trouble dealing with, so the Thai must not underestimate the fight, he said.

Thailand’s Buakaw Por Pramuk is visiting China where he expects to fight in the near future, while revealing his other plan to enter the Thai movie industry.

Buakaw, who became an international muaythai star after winning the K-1 tournament in 2004 and 2006, has left the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on August 20 for a flight to Henan, China, saying he was invited to appear in events there. He also said he may be offered to fight in a muaythai match in China in the near future.

Buakaw is currently one of the four semifinalists of the 2009 K-1 Max tournament who will be pitted against each other on the last tournament day on October 26 in Japan.