Great night of fights at the Titan King Casino in Bavet Friday night. Preview story from The Post.
Cheam Adam beat Sam Ounluong on points
Voy Sothun beat Um Dara on points
Lao Sinath stopped Rafael Simonides in the 4th
Nuon Soriya beat Danny Taylor on points
Thun Sophea Stopped Jason Woodham in the 3rd 4th with low kicks
Vorn Viva [...]
Friday TV5:
Mat Chwaing (Koh Kong) v Reachesay Chaokdeap … Mat Chawaing by decision. The fight ended very weirdly. With 10 seconds left in round 5 Deap stumbled and fell to one knee on his own accord. While down, Mat Chwaing kneed him in the head. Deap stood up quickly but a little bit dazed and [...]
Song Saruth v Bheut Bunthoeun and Van Chanvey v Nuon Mony in the lightweight tournament. Including today’s card, there are just two weeks left in the round robin tournament. The top four finishers will advance to the semifinals. At the moment, the current top 4 are:
Kao Roomchang (6-0, 2 KOs)
Van Chanvey (5-1, 4 KOs)
Long Sophy [...]
ISKA World Middleweight Champion Vorn Viva and Charlie Gillespie after their fight August 20 at the CTN indoor studio. Vorn Viva won by unanimous points decision.
Vorn Viva beat Charlie Gillespie by unanimous points decision. Charlie proved a very tough fighter. He withstood some very hard shots and got rocked with a straight right hand in [...]
Fight Night Promo
Sen Bunthen v Ervant “The Wolf” Atagyan
Thun Sophea v Dominik Zidov Akuma
CTN: Saturday April 11; 2 p.m.
Chey Vannak v Mao Rithy
Suang Barang v Sarim Rithy
Khon Reach v Long Sophy
BAYON: Saturday April 11; 4 p.m.
Aem Vichet v Rith Arun
Meas Vichet v Morn Bopha
Kao Lek v Peov Soksut
CTN: Sunday April 12; 2 p.m.
Leang Sepich v Sok Visay
Muteh Kmang v Sambath Vanna
Phal Phananth v Chai Oy
BAYON: Sunday April 12; [...]
(PHOTO: Virginie Noel)
The second season of Kun Khmer Champion officially began Thursday with a press conference at CTN.
Trainers this season are Meas Sokry, far left, and Sok Vichay, far right. Paddy Carson is again the technical director for the show. The first fight is tentatively scheduled for the last Sunday in March. The fighters are:
Phum [...]
Golden Muscle Wine is promoting a 12-man tournament for a sponsored 60kg belt. The 12 contenders are:
Van Chanvey
Po Vansak
Nourn Phirak
Em Samnang
Phun Sophorn
Sang Sarith
Heng Samrang
Nourn Mony
Keo Rumchang
Long Sophy
Chey Sineth
Sek Kimphan
All 12 fighters are from different clubs. It’s a tough field. Noticeably absent from the field is Bheut Kham (instead, representing Club Saravan is Long Sophy). It [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Kiwi’s didn’t get the results they wanted, but they all fought hard.
Vorn Viva vs Steve Donaldson (Viva by TKO in the 3rd)
Meas Chanta vs Joel Nadin (Chanta by TKO in the 4th)
Nuon Soriya vs Andy Donaldson (Soriya by TKO in the 2nd)
Eh Phoutang vs Tony Angelov (Eh by TKO in the 2nd)
Many people thought [...]
Four New Zealand fighters will face off against four Cambodian fighters on Friday April 25 at CTN in a special night of international fights to celebrate ANZAC Day.
The four international matches will be:
Meas Chanta vs Joel Nadin
Vorn Viva vs Steve Donaldson
Nuon Soriya vs Andy Donaldson
Eh Phoutang vs Tony Angelov
Aaron Dixon was a last minute scratch. [...]