Archive for August, 2008

Cambodia wins!!

Friday, August 29th, 2008

The ISKA crowned two new world champions tonight.

Cheam Adam lost to Seung Kangsan on points
Chay Kosal lost to Thun Sophea on points
Em Vutha beat Jacob Marks on points
Alban Ahmedi lost to Vorn Viva on points (World Title Fight)
Pich Sophan lost to Tim Thomas on points
Frankie Hudders lost to Meas Chanta on points (World Title Fight)

Tim [...]

Tonight on CTN!

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The Cambodia Daily, quoting Ma Serey, says the fights will be broadcast live on CTN tonight, which means CTN International viewers will get a rebroadcast sometime later in the day.

Weigh in

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Everybody made weight.

Cheam Adam (64.5) vs. Seung Kangsan (65.4)
Chay Kosal (72.8) vs. Thun Sophea (72.7)
Em Vutha (56.3) vs. Jacob Marks (56.4)
Alban Ahmedi (73.8) vs. Vorn Viva (72.1)
Pich Sophan (64.9) vs. Tim Thomas (65.4)
Frankie Hudders (66.8) vs. Meas Chanta (66.6)

Fights are in the indoor arena at Olympic Stadium. Doors open tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. A few [...]

48 hours to go

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

PHOTO: Frankie Hudders, with the ISKA World Title Belt, at Paddy’s Gym.
All the international fighters have arrived. Everybody worked a couple of rounds for the television cameras this evening at Paddy’s gym. The Khmer boys worked out at the CTN stadium in the afternoon. There’s a few pics in the photo gallery from both session, [...]

Meet the contenders

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Aaron Leverton sizes up the four Khmer fighters on the fight card Thursday night, the men who will literally be putting their bodies on the line in the name of national and personal pride.
“The Dragon”
Nicknamed “The Dragon” due to the full-canvass tattoo covering his back, Meas Chantha has the reputation of a killer, figuratively, if [...]

A look at the undercard

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Aaron Leverton sizes up the fighters on the undercard Thursday night: Cheam Adam vs Seung Kangsan and Chay Kosal vs Thun Sophea.
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By now everybody knows that 2 Cambodians are going to earn themselves eternal glory or unending humiliation on August 28th when they ever-so-humbly stand up in the Olympic Stadium and [...]

Title fights on TV?

Monday, August 25th, 2008

In a word: no. Sorry.
UPDATE: According to the Cambodia Daily, CTN will broadcast the fights live tonight.
I believe Eurovision Sports is negotiating for the rights to rebroadcast some or all of these fights at some point in the future, but not for a live broadcast. check your local listings, as they say.
I’ll post results here [...]

Bheut Kam vs Lao Sinath

Monday, August 11th, 2008

REMATCH: This weekend(Aug 30-31), not sure Friday or Sunday, at TV5.
Local fight legend Bhuet Kam returned to the ring Friday night to face one of the country’s most promising rising stars, Lao Sinath.
In the first two rounds the young man from Battambang looked every bit the untouchable fighter he has always been. Kam pushed the [...]

Presser

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

A good media crowd turned up this morning for a press conference announcing the upcoming ISKA World Title fights. Warriors in the ring, both Chanta and Viva were uneasy behind the microphone.
In other boxing news, Pich Seyha and Bheut Kam will both return to the ring this weekend after many months away. Pich Seyha will [...]

Frankie Hudders vs Tim Thomas

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Both of these guys will fight August 28th, 2008, at Olympic Stadium. Frankie Hudders will fight Meas Chanta for the ISKA World Welterweight Title, and Tim Thomas, who Hudders beat in a close decision to get that title (links below), will fight Pich Sophan in a non-title fight.
YouTube refuses to cooperate, so here’s the links.

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ISKA World Title fights

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Meas Chanta and Vorn Viva will fight for ISKA World Titles August 28th at Olympic Stadium. Word around ringside is Thun Sophea vs Chay Kosal will be on the undercard.
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Cambodian Kickboxers to fight for World Title
Two Cambodian kickboxers will fight for World Titles at an ISKA World Championship event to be held at the [...]