The 13th Round

Saturday, January 17-

Tokyo, Japan-

Fight #1- OPBF Super Featherweight Title-
Champion Jomthong Chuwatana (WBC #12; 8-0, 4 KOs)
vs.
Daiki Kaneko (WBC #16; 21-3-3, 14 KOs)

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-

Fight #2- Vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight Title-
Amir Imam (WBA #8; 15-0, 13 KOs)
vs.
Fidel Maldonado, Jr. (19-2, 1 NC, 16 KOs)

Port Hueneme, California, USA-

Fight #3- SCRATCH-
Welterweight Bout-
Jose Zepeda (WBO #8 at 135; IBF #12 at 140; 21-0, 18 KOs)
vs.
Rafael Cobos (15-5-5, 3 KOs)
- Zepeda will be fighting late substitute Orlando Vazquez (15-5-1, 9 KOs).

Tuesday, January 20-

Philadelphia, Pennsylvnia, USA-

Fight #4- Featherweight Bout-
Eric Hunter (IBF #8, WBC #25; 19-3, 10 KOs)
vs.
Rene Alvarado (WBC #15; 21-3, 14 KOs)
- Hunter's USBA title is not listed as being on the line.

Fight #5- Super Lightweight Bout-
Michael Perez (WBA #6; 21-1-2, 10 KOs)
vs.
Miguel Acosta (29-7-2, 23 KOs)
- Perez' WBA FEDELATIN title is not listed as being on the line.

Chuwatana UD
Iman KO
Zepeda KO
Alvarado UD
Perez TKO

1. This is a tough one.....Kaneko UD
2. Iman KO
3. Zepeda KO
4. going with a hunch.....Hunter UD
5. Perez TKO

1. Chuwatana UD
2. Iman TKO
3. Zepeda KO
4. Alvarado TKO
5. Perez TKO

Chuwatana UD
Iman KO
Zepeda KO
Alvarado KO
Perez KO

Kaneko SD

Although Chuwatna is a solid prospect with talent, i think Kaneko is a pretty big step up. Chuwatna likes to fight from distance behind a busy lead right... He often ends up with his hands low and Kaneko has that pressure and timing to exploit it.

I still expect Kaneko's face to be messed up due to head clash (southpaw vs orthodox) and the repeated jabs landed by Chuwatna.

Imam KO

Although i think Maldonado has the better experience, Imam has that distant pop on those straights that just freezes his opponents... Maldonado could outbox him but i think Imam stalks him down, rapidly gains respect with pop and takes Maldonado out. Will be interesting to see how Imam behaves if this goes into late rounds.

Chuwatana won by close UD

RESULTS:

Saturday, January 17-

Fight #1- OPBF Super Featherweight Title-
Champion Jomthong Chuwatana (WBC #12; 9-0, 4 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Daiki Kaneko (WBC #16; 21-4-3, 14 KOs)
- Chuwatana, a Muay Thai world champion, outpointed the OPBF #1 ranked Kaneko by the scores of 116-112, 115-113, and 115-113.

Fight #2- Vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight Title-
Amir Imam (WBA #8; 16-0, 14 KOs)
TKO-5 2:59
Fidel Maldonado, Jr. (19-3, 1 NC, 16 KOs)
- Imam decked Maldonado near the end of the second and Maldonado responded by knocking Imam down early in the third. Imam floored Maldonado two times before the third round ended.
- Late in the fifth round, the "Young Master" dropped Maldonado one more time. Maldonado beat the count but referee Robert Byrd wisely decided "The Atrisco Kid" had had enough.

Fight #3- SCRATCH-
Welterweight Bout-
Jose Zepeda (WBO #8 at 135; IBF #12 at 140; 22-0, 19 KOs)
TKO-2 2:02
Orlando Vazquez (15-6-1, 9 KOs)
- Vazquez was a late substitute. Zepeda was originally scheduled to fight Rafael Cobos (15-5-5, 3 KOs).

KSTAT124 wrote:RESULTS:

Saturday, January 17-

Fight #1- OPBF Super Featherweight Title-
Champion Jomthong Chuwatana (WBC #12; 9-0, 4 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 12
Daiki Kaneko (WBC #16; 21-4-3, 14 KOs)
- Chuwatana, a Muay Thai world champion, outpointed the OPBF #1 ranked Kaneko by the scores of 116-112, 115-113, and 115-113.

Fight #2- Vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight Title-
Amir Imam (WBA #8; 16-0, 14 KOs)
TKO-5 2:59
Fidel Maldonado, Jr. (19-3, 1 NC, 16 KOs)
- Imam decked Maldonado near the end of the second and Maldonado responded by knocking Imam down early in the third. Imam floored Maldonado two times before the third round ended.
- Late in the fifth round, the "Young Master" dropped Maldonado one more time. Maldonado beat the count but referee Robert Byrd wisely decided "The Atrisco Kid" had had enough.

Fight #3- SCRATCH-
Welterweight Bout-
Jose Zepeda (WBO #8 at 135; IBF #12 at 140; 22-0, 19 KOs)
TKO-2 2:02
Orlando Vazquez (15-6-1, 9 KOs)
- Vazquez was a late substitute. Zepeda was originally scheduled to fight Rafael Cobos (15-5-5, 3 KOs).

Fight #4- Non-title Featherweight Bout-
USBA champion Eric Hunter (IBF #8, WBC #25; 20-3, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Rene Alvarado (WBC #15; 21-4, 14 KOs)
- The scores were 97-93, 97-93, and 98-92.

Fight #5- Non-title Super Lightweight Bout-
WBA FEDELATIN champion Michael Perez (WBA #6; 22-1-2, 10 KOs)
Unan. Dec. 10
Miguel Acosta (29-8-2, 23 KOs)
- Acosta got off to a good start but Perez rallied. He knocked the former WBA World lightweight champion down in the seventh and tenth rounds and went on to win by the scores of 97-94, 96-93, and 96-93.