Madoka Wada of TEAM10COUNT Boxing Gym, a former two-time bronze medalist in the women’s world amateur boxing championships, will vie for the vacant Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation women’s minimumweight title with Juthathip Sitthichen of Thailand on June 14 in Tokyo, the gym said on May 13.
The scheduled eight-rounder will be held at Korakuen Hall.
It will be the second professional fight for the 29-year-old Wada as she made a professional debut last month at the hall by stopping Pimchanok Thepjanda of Thailand in the third round in an atomweight fight.
The 22-year-old Juthathip has a record of six wins, including four knockouts, against a loss. She suffered a technical knockout loss to Sana Hazuki of Shirogane Boxing Gym in March in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.
アンダーカードで前IBFクルーザー級王者ジェイ・オペタイア(豪州)が一度返上した王座を元王者マイリス・ブリーディス(ラトビア)と争う。また、IBF・S・フェザー級王者ジョー・コルディナ(英)がアンソニー・カカチェ(アイルランド)と防衛戦を行う。Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank
Former Japanese and Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Shingo Wake of Flare Yamagami Boxing Gym stopped Prathip Chinram of Thailand in the second round in a super bantamweight nontitle fight on May 14 in Tokyo.
Wake finishes off Prathip in 2nd
It was the 36-year-old Wake’s third straight victory since losing to Mugicha Nakagawa of Ichiriki Boxing Gym in October 2022.
The technical knockout of the scheduled eight-rounder at Korakuen Hall came 53 seconds into the round when the left-handed Wake, currently ranked 10th in the Japanese super bantamweight division, floored Prathip with a counter left and added two more knockdowns also with left-hand punches, prompting the referee to stop the fight.
The 36-year-old Wake, who unsuccessfully challenged then International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion Yonatan Guzman Pena of Dominican Republic for the latter’s title in July 2016, said, ‘’I think I can do better. I still want to become a world champion. My age has nothing to do with my desire.’’
With the victory, Wake improved his record to 31 wins, including 22 KOs, against eight losses and two draws. The 24-year-old Prathip fell to an 8-6 win-loss tally with three KOs.
The World Boxing Organization’s Asia-Pacific welterweight champion Jin Sasaki of Hachioji Nakaya Boxing Gym, unleashing a barrage of left-and-right hooks, demolished top-ranked Joe Noynay of the Philippines in the fifth round to retain the title and captured the vacant Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight crown as well on May 16 in Tokyo.
Sasaki (L) lands left hook with all his might
It was the 22-year-old Sasaki’s third defense of the WBO Asia-Pacific title he captured in January last year. The OPBF welterweight title was vacated by Ryota Toyoshima of Teiken Boxing Gym early last year.
The technical knockout of the scheduled 12-rounder at Korakuen Hall came 43 seconds into the round when Sasaki dropped the left-handed Noynay with a right hook to the head after left-right hooks, prompting the referee to call off the fight without bothering to count.
It was Sasaki’s first fight in 10 months as he went through an operation for his left shoulder injuries he suffered in his fight last July.
In the day’s fight, Sasaki pressed forward by throwing hooks while Noynay, a former WBO Asia-Pacific super featherweight champion, occasionally landed uppercuts.
After the fight, Sasaki said, ‘’I was thinking only about decking him. I now am relieved. The world champion, I am coming!’’
With the victory, Sasaki, ranked fourth in the welterweight division by the WBO, sixth both by the International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Association and ninth by the World Boxing Council, improved his record to record to 17 wins, including 16 knockouts, against a loss and a draw. Noynay, 28, sagged to a 23-4-2 win-loss-draw tally with 11 KOs.