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Two good cards took place on Thursday and we kick things off in Phitsanulok, Thailand where 23 year old Bangkok southpaw Oleydong Sithsamerchai, 29-0 (12), stayed undefeated while retaining his WBC Minimumweight title on points against longtime PABA Champ Pornsawan Kratindaenggym, 21-2 (16).
30 year old Sa Kaeo based slugger Kratindaenggym had previously only come up short against Donnie Nietes for the vacant WBO belt last year but could not get to grips with the cagey Sithsamerchai, who won on points after twelve rounds.
Yubileiny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia was the site of a big fight card as Baku’s Ali Ismailov, 15-1-1 (10), retained the WBO Latino Cruiserweight crown with a third round KO of Argentine visitor Rodolfo De Dominicis, 13-1-1 (10).
World rated Los Angeles based Russian cruiserweight Vadim Tokarev, 26-1-1 (19), stopped American based Cameroonian opponent Manu Ntoh, 17-16-1 (1), in the eighth frame.
Former Interim WBA Cruiserweight titlist Valery Brudov, 37-2 (27), continued his comeback with a seventh round stoppage of American opponent DeAndrey Abron, 15-3 (10), who challenged unsuccessfully for the WBO Light Heavyweight title in April.
There was a good battle at middleweight as local man Gennady Martirosyan, 15-1 (5), stopped former titlist Alexey Chirkov, 18-5 (11), to capture the vacant Russian belt.
