Promoter Kokiet Panichayarom promises to award 100,000 Baht bonus to Decho Kokietgym if he beats Bobby Pacquiao on August 2 and return home with the WBO Oriental lightweight title.

The match will be held at Cebu City, the Philippines on Saturday August 2. Decho’s opponent Bobby Pacquiao is a younger brother of famed Filipino star boxer Manny Pacquiao.

Kokiet planned to travel to watch the match in Cebu City. He was just in the Philippines about a week ago to watch the event in Zamboanga where three of his fighters fought against Filipino opponents.

Kokiet promises a 100,000 Baht prize money to Decho should he won the WBO Oriental lightweight match. 

WBC Atomweight champion Winyu Paradorn Gym will defend her title from Japanese challenger and old-time rival Momo Koseki on August 11 in Tokyo, Japan.

The fight of the two female boxers will be the seventh and the star match of a grand four-hour event at the famous Korakuen Hall of Tokyo from 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm in Japan time.

Protégé promoter of the Onesongchai camp Priyakorn Rattanasuban said three other Thai fighters, former WBC champion Wandee Singwangcha, Petchinda Chindamanee, and Saeng-arthit Kietkamthorn, would also fight in the event.

“The Japanese fans are highly interested in the match of Winyu and Koseki, as the previous fight of two did not yield a decisive result,” said Priyakorn.

“We have fully prepared as the Japanese would gain a hometown advantage with the familiar environment. So, Winyu must show her best skills in the fight and must claim a conclusive win or a knockout. Otherwise, she is not likely to return home with the title belt.”       

Former prime minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra has expressed his interest to host a match for PABA flyweight champion Rattanapol Korkietgym.

According to Rattanapol’s manager Kokiet Panichayarom of Kokiet Group, the fighter visited Thaksin Shinawatra on July 4 on the former prime minister’s birthday occasion. The two spent about 40 minutes in a “private meeting”, in which Thaksin offered to host an event for Rattanapol to defend his champion title in Thailand as well as giving advices on finding potential sponsors.

Kokiet said Thaksin’s help would enable events to be scheduled all-year round, benefiting the other fighters of Kokiet Group as well.

The much anticipated July 27 match of Terdsak Kokietgym vs. Eric Canoy in Zamboanga City, the Philippines ended unexpectedly with a technical draw due to Canoy’s injury from a head clash in the fourth round.

The head clash inflicted a deep cut on Canoy’s right eyebrow, prompting the referee to end the match.

Terdsak said he was extremely disappointed but he understood it was an accident. The Thai boxer said he was planning to knock out the Filipino WBO champion after the fourth round, but the head clash occurred first.