WBA flyweight champion Denkaosan Kaovichit of Thailand has completed the intensive training program in preparation for the fi.ght against Japan’s Daiki Kameda on October 6

Denkaosan’s trainer Durong Apollo said the WBA champion completed a long training program that included 121 sparring bouts when he fought sparring partners Manfah Galaxy and Yodcharnchai Singwangcha.

Denkaosan is currently 121 pounds and is planning to drop to 114 pounds before he leaves Thailand for Japan on September 30. The boxer is in a better condition than the time he won his title from Japan’s Takafumi Sakata at the end of the last year, said the trainer. 

Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym has knocked out Irish boxer Bernard Dunne in the third round to claim the WBA bantamweight champion title at the match held in Dublin on September 26.

Poonsawat won the fight with his powerful left hook that sent Dunne to the canvas three times in the third round before the referee decided to end the game as the Irish was bleeding from his nose and left ear, ending his WBA reign and allowing the Thai challenger to take the world title.

Poonsawat, 28, has only lost once when he fought in Germany but won all other 38 professional bouts, all of which were held in Thailand. He spent 18 months preparing for the WBA title fight, and said he would knock Dunne out before the seventh round

Thailand’s champion Noknoi Sitthiprasert has knocked out Indonesian challenger Kid Randal in Bangkok yesterday in defending his WBC Youth light flyweight title.

Noknoi bombarded Randal with flurries of punches and ended the fight quickly in the third round by knockout at the match held in Bangkok on Friday September 25.
 
His manager Piyarat Wachiraratanawong said he is looking to have Noknoi fight for the world title that may become vacant soon, as current champion Edgar Sosa is reportedly looking to relinquish his title earlier next year to move to a different category.

WBA bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne of Ireland and Thai challenger Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym have passed the weigh-in and are ready for the title match in Dublin today.

Poonsawat earlier shocked his manager and trainer for reaching nine pounds over the weight category limit just several days ago but he was able to pass the weigh-in with 122 pounds to the relief of the Thai team.

Dunne, too, did not have trouble with the check-up and was found to be 121 pounds. The two were reportedly physically ready for the fight that will be held in the night of Saturday September 26, which would be early morning on September 27 in Thailand.

Thailand’s WBC Youth light flyweight champion Noknoi Sitthiprasert will fight Indonesian challenger Kid Randal in Bangkok today, while his promoter is planning to have him challenge the non-youth world title holder.

The WBC Youth title match of Noknoi and Randal will be held at a makeshift stadium in a military base in Bangkaen District on Friday September 25. The two boxers passed the official weighing at the Paolo Memorial Hospital in Bangkok, although the Indonesian had to spend about half an hour jogging at the hospital in order to make weight.

According to promoter Wirat Wachiraratanawong, Noknoi is on his way to claim the world title holder, currently held by Mexico’s Edgar Sosa who will defend it against Filipino challenger Rodel Mayol on November 21 this year. Wirat is hoping that the Filipino would emerge as the winner as he believes it would make it possible to arrange the defense match in Thailand.

Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym who will challenge WBA bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne in Dublin on September 26 has met with the local media and reportedly impressed them by showing muaythai “flying knees and kicks”, while saying he will try to beat Dunne with a knockout.

In the afternoon of September 23, the Thai challenger, who arrived in Dublin days earlier, appeared at a local gym to meet the press and some crowd. Poonsawat sparred with his boxing partner for three rounds, but it was the afterward muaythai show-off that really excited the crowd and drew cheers and applause as he performed some “flying knees and kicks”.

Usanakorn Kokietgym’s trainer says his new protégé will use the favored strategy of boxing legend Khaosai Galaxy to defeat WBC female bantamweight title holder Galina Koleva Ivanova at the match in Thailand in early October.

The WBC female title match of Thai challenger Usanakorn and Bulgarian world champion Ivanova will be the highlight of the event to honor revered Thai monk Luang Por Koon at Ban Rai School in Nakorn Ratchasima on October 5. The bout will be televised by the Channel Three network from 2.30 p.m. onward.

Usanakorn’s trainer Pong “Go Hong” Tawornwiwatbut, who is best known as the trainer responsible for the rising of Thai boxing legend Khaosai Galaxy, said Usanakorn will focus on heavy assaults to Ivanova’s body, which was the favored strategy of Khaosai.

Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym who is scheduled to challenge WBA bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne in Dublin on September 26 is nine pounds over the limit of his weight category, while the Irish title holder is reportedly in a mourning period for the death of fellow Irish boxer Darren Sutherland.

Poonsawat was six pounds over when he first arrived to Dublin, but after a large dinner that included a whole salmon and a piece of steak, the Thai challenger shocked his manager for reaching 131 pounds, over the limit by nine pounds.

His trainer, however, pointed out that Poonsawat had not been exercising for two days due to the long journey to Ireland, and should be able to lose weight once his normal practice schedule has been resumed.

Thailand’s promoter Kokiet Panichayarom is suggesting WBA minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada should relinquish her title before fighting WBC light flyweight champion Naomi Togashi, which may allow his own boxer Yani Kokietgym to bid for the title again.

Kokiet said it is not likely that the rivaling WBC and WBA would both allow the two Japanese female world champions to fight each other, but he suggested Tada to drop her title in order to fight in the WBC match against Togashi. In such scheme, he hopes that Yani may have a chance to fight Panama’s Ibeth Zamora Silva for Tada’s title.

“I do not believe the Japanese boxers would try to boot the other out of her champion title, but if such case is true, Tada must drop her title first to allow Yani to fight with interim title holder Zamora,” said the promoter.