Jaro defeats Wonjongkam, captures WBC flyweight title

By Allan Fox: In a huge upset, #8 WBC flyweight contender Sony Boy Jaro (34-10-5, 24 KO’s) stopped World Boxing Council flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (83-4-2, 44 KO’s) in the 6th round on Friday night at the Chonburi, Thailand. Jaron knocked the 34-year-old Wonjongkam with big right hands in the 1st, 3rd and twice in the 6th rounds.

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Wonjongkam Destroys Masuda

masuda542345By Jason Kim: Former WBC flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (73-3-1, 39 KO’s) dominated Takahisa Masuda (20-9-3, 5 KO’s), stopping him in the 6th round on Friday night in a one-sided fight to capture the interim World Boxing Council flyweight title in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Wonjongkam knocked Masuda down twice in the fight. The bout was stopped in the 6th after Wonjongkam nailed Masuda with two big left uppercuts to the head and then added a right uppercut that put Masuda down on the canvas.

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Wonjongkam Defeats Miranda, Captures WBC Flyweight Interim Title

pong4By Jason Kim: Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (72-3-1, 38 KOs) defeated Mexican Julio Cesar Miranda (29-4-1, 22 KOs) by a 12-round unanimous decision to win the interim World Boxing Council flyweight title on Friday night in Chachoengsao, Thailand. The final judges’ scores were 117-111, 119-110 and 118-109. Wonjongkam, 31, isn’t a stranger to the WBC flyweight title, having held it for six long years from 2001 to 2007 until losing it to Daisuke Naito by a close 12-round unanimous decision loss in July 2007.

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Naito Fights To Draw With Wonjongkam

naito4335322.jpgBy Aaron Klein: WBC flyweight champion Daisuke Naiton (32-2-3, 20 KOs) fought to a 12-round draw with #1 WBC flyweight challenger Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (67-3-1, 35 KOs) on Saturday night at the Kokugikan, in Tokyo, Japan. The final judges’ scores were 114-114, 115-113, for Naito, and 114-115, for Wonjongkam. However, I didn’t give Wonjongkam one round in the fight because he was getting outlanded 10-1 in every round. It wasn’t a case of Wonjongkam punching that much harder than Naito, because Wonjongkam’s punches were just a little harder than Naito’s punches, which made it seem shocking that the fight was scored so closely by the three judges.

Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t find any rounds where Wonjongkam made it even slightly close because of his minimalist punching style and his plodding manner of fighting. Wonjongkam, 30, had held the WBC flyweight title from 2001 until July 2007, losing it by a 12-round unanimous decision to Naito. That’ admirable to have held the title for that period of time, but however good Wonjongkam was in the past, he looked like a shot fighter against Naito on Saturday night.

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