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OFFICIALS FOR WBC SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT ARRIVE IN TOKYO (0)

Published on Sat, 24/03/12 | Rey Danseco

TOKYO, Japan – Four of five officials of the fight between reigning WBC super flyweight champ Suriyan Sor Rungvisai (20-4-1, 7 KOs) and Japanese challenger Yota Sato (23-2-1, 12 KOs) arrived Saturday here.

Headed by supervisor Frank Quill, a gentleman from Australia, this Filipino judge, referee Jack Reiss and judge Marty Sammon both from California, USA flew in smooth and uneventful.

The third judge from South Korea is expected to join his fellow officials Sunday.

L-R (counter clockwise) Rey Danseco, Frank Quill, Jack Reiss, Keiichiro Kanehira and Seiji Shinoda after dinner Saturday night at Hilton Tokyo. Marty Sammon and a Korean judge are not in photo

With the presence of Japan Boxing Commission (JBC), the press conference, official weigh in ceremony and rules meeting will be slated from 1 p.m. on Monday at Korakuen Hall – the same venue of the scheduled 12-round voluntary contest on Tuesday night.

Kyoei Boxing Co., LTD, headed by its president Keiichiro Kanehira and chairman-secretary Seiji Shinoda bankrolls the bout.

Top ranked contender and reigning WBC silver super flyweight champion Silvester Lopez, 24, of the Philippines got his visa last Thursday and plan to get here on Monday night to be at ringside.

The WBC has ordered the winner of Rungvisai-Sato fight to face Lopez (19-3-1, 15 KOs) next.

Rungvisa, 23, stands 5-foot-3 and at least four-inch short compare with Sato, who will turn 28 years old on April first.

The opposing boxers displayed their readiness in the anticipated exciting trade of leathers in separate public workout last Wednesday and Thursday at Kyoei Gym before they passed the medical examination Friday afternoon at JBC office.

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Rey Danseco is the Boxing Judge of the Year 2010 and 2011 in the Philippines at the 11th and 12th Gabriel ”Flash” Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards-Banquet of Champions. Aside from being one of the most active boxing judges from Asia, he is the Sports editor of one of the Philippine leading newspapers called Bagong Tiktik (Spy) and television boxing commentator.

EMAIL: reydanseco@yahoo.com

FILIPINO-MEXICAN RIVALRY CONTINUES ON JAN. 7 (0)

Published on Sun, 1/01/12 | Rey Danseco

By REY DANSECO LOS ANGELES, California – WBC rated number 37 Roilo Golez will move up to flyweight to get another chance of winning a title. Golez (13-7, 5 KOs) is the substitute of his fellow Filipino, former WBC silver flyweight champ Edrin Dapudong, to face former WBC light flyweight champ and reigning WBC International [...]

RESULTS FROM ASIA (0)

Published on Sun, 1/01/12 | Rey Danseco

By REY DANSECO Saturday 31 December 2011 Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka, Japan *Kazuto Ioka W-TKO1 Yodgoen Tor Chalermchai time: 1:38 WBC minimumweight title *Nobuo Nashiro W-KO2 Norasing Patanakan Gym time: 2:36 bantamweight *Sho Ishida W-KO1 Sirichai Monthon Gym time: 2:01 super flyweight *Yoichi Oguma W-TKO5 Yusuke Morishima time: 2:59 *Ryo Miyazaki W-TKO3 Kaenpetch Sithpoopetch time: [...]

7 WBC title bouts in the Philippines tonight (0)

Published on Sat, 29/10/11 | Rey Danseco

By REY DANSECO PUERTO Princesa City, Philippines – A record of seven bouts for Youths and International titles of the World Boxing Council (WBC) will take place tonight at the 10,000-seat Puerto Princesa Coliseum here. Japanese and six Thais face seven young Filipino fighters, who called themselves Bebot Elorde Warriors for the biggest break in [...]

OPBF BEGINS THE MONTH WITH 2 FILIPINO-JAPANESE TITLE BOUTS (0)

Published on Fri, 30/09/11 | Rey Danseco

By REY DANSECO Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) will begin its activities this month of October with wars between Japanese and Filipinos in Japan. Unbeaten WBC No. 6 Ryo Miyazaki (14-0-3, 8 KOs) puts his lightweight title on the line against newly crowned Philippine champion and WBC No. 16 Jerson Mancio (13-1-3, 5 KOs) [...]

SILVESTER LOPEZ PROMISED TO GET THE WBC SILVER SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLE BELT (0)

Published on Fri, 30/09/11 | Rey Danseco

By REY DANSECO NEWLY crowned WBC silver super flyweight champion Silvester Lopez returned to Manila, Philippines Thursday without his title belt after beating erstwhile champion Oscar Ibarra in Mexico. But WBC president Jose Sulaiman immediately gave his assurance to the 23-year old Asian that he will send the gold, green and silver belt. “I am [...]