Kameda, a Japanese word meaning “turtle”, is best known in boxing as name of a notorious Japanese boxing family, helmed by manager and trainer Shiro Kameda, his oldest son Koki Kameda who is holding the WBC flyweight title, his second son Daiki Kameda who has recently claimed WBA flyweight belt from Thailand’s Denkaosan Kaovichit, and his youngest son Tomoki Kameda who won a regional title from a fight in Mexico. 

Khao Sod sportswriter who goes by alias “Sodsroi Saosangwian” has summarized the relationship of the Kamedas and the Thai people and how they are perceived by the Thai media.

According to the writer, Shiro has been remembered for telling Daiki to use elbows and other prohibited moves against fellow Japanese pugilist Daisuke Naito when the two fought on October 11, 2007.

Boxing and muaythai promoter Naris Singwangcha of Thailand is hoping the Filipino boxers he recently recruited into his camp will help boost his international fame.

According to Naris, a number of Filipino boxers have agreed to fight under him and used “Singwangcha” as part of their ring names, which is customary for many Thai boxing camps.

Naris, upon returning to Thailand from his Philippines trip last week, said his new Filipino boxers such as “Donald Singwangcha” and “Ryan Singwangcha” have a good chance to gain international recognition in the footstep of Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao.

Prab Kaiyang Hadao has again failed to make weight to fight Lertpetch Por Worasing despite Omnoi Stadium’s earlier decision to controversially postpone the match.

According to earlier reports, the match of Prab vs. Lertpetch on January 2 was postponed at the last minute after the former failed to pass weigh-in. Muay Siam newspaper suggested that the dubious decision of the stadium may come from its connection with Prab's manager Wirat Wachiratanawong, who helms a large and well-known muaythai camp.

Prab, however, still failed to make weight for the rescheduled match on January 7. He was disqualified, although the stadium plans another match for the two fighters on January 16.

  Lertpetch Por Worasing

Prab Kaiyang Hadao vs Lertpetch Por Worasing match at Omnoi Stadium has been postponed at the last minute after the former failed to pass weigh-in.

The two muaythai fighters were scheduled to fight in an Isuzu tournament quarter-final bout on January 2 at Omnoi Stadium, but Prab was found to be over the weight limit. According to stadium rules, he would be immediately disqualified even if he fought in the match and would be out of the tournament.

However, Prab's manager Wirat Wachiratanawong insisted that Prabda must not be disqualified as the bout was earlier rescheduled from January 9 to January 2, leaving the fighter no time to lose weight. He requested the stadium to postpone the bout to January 9.