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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Aaron Leverton sizes up the fighters on the undercard Thursday night: Cheam Adam vs Seung Kangsan and Chay Kosal vs Thun Sophea. . . . . . 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. ….. Cambodian Kickboxers to fight for World Title Two Cambodian kickboxers will fight for World Titles at an ISKA World Championship event to be held [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Angkor Youth Boxing Club Western boxer Saeng Ratana will rematch against Chorm Kosal on Sunday April 27th at the CTN boxing stadium. The two fought three weeks at TV5 and after four extremely close rounds the decision went to Chorm Kosal. Saeng Ratana expects to even the score on Sunday.
PHNOM PENH, April 24 (Xinhua) — Cambodia will host an international female boxing match between Japanese boxer Kayoko Ebata and Thai boxer Samson Sor Siriporn on April 26, a press release from the World Boxing Council (WBC) said Thursday. The two boxers wanted to compete in a neutral country, therefore WBC selected Cambodia as the [...]
Suang Panhya and Michael Aranton are both fighting this weekend at CTN. Suang Panhya fights Sunday on the undercard of Kun Khmer Champion. Michael fights Saturday against Tim Veasna, a Kun Khmer Champion contestant knocked out in the second week by Rak Vichay. SATURDAY UPDATE Michael by TKO in the fifth. A flurry of hands [...]
(Thun Sophea got back in the ring Saturday March 8th in a Western boxing match-up against Seung Samdy. Sophea won by TKO in the 2nd.) FRIDAY, TV5 Khan Sovann beat Sung Sovan on points. Pich Rasmey KOd Long Asie in the 5th. And Club Eh Phoutang fighter Dun Ratha beat Phik Ek on points. SATURDAY, [...]
Lao Phaneath won a decision over Phal Seyha on Saturday February 9 at the CTN boxing stadium. (photos) Fighting from the red corner, Seyha worked slowly and methodically through the first two rounds, moving forward with one-two punch combinations and low kicks. Phaneath responded with little, instead biding his time until the later rounds, when [...]
Club News Angkor Youth Boxing Club’s youngest rising star, Hong Ramone, is scheduled to fight on Sunday Feb 3 at TV5 against an as yet unnamed opponent. Boxing comes to Bayon TV Bayon TV is planning to go head to head with CTN over the Saturday afternoon live boxing market. Although the station has yet [...]
At TV5 on Friday Nuon Sokheng got the decision over Pich Rasmey and Long Sophy got the decision over Nuon Mony. Both fights were held at 60kg. On Saturday at the TV5 stadium, Bhut Somkhan returned to the ring after three months of relative inactivity (he’s fought only once since October) to face old rival [...]
Angkor Youth Boxing Club boxer Saeng Ratana dropped a decision to an experienced Long Don on Sunday at CTN in the 60kg weight division. It was Ratana’s first return to the ring after a lay off of nearly 12 months. In the first round Ratana worked to find his rhythm after the long absence, seemingly [...]
Khmer boxing superstars Chey Kosal and Ot Phoutong are headed to Australia, where both fighters are scheduled to fight February 23 at the Village Green Hotel in Victoria. Chey Kosal will fight Ben Mountford Joel Fisher and Ot Phoutong will fight Dusan Salva Simon Huge. Visit KunKhmer.org for more details.
Saeng Ratana, 60kg, one of the Western boxers fighting from Paddy’s gym, is boxing this Saturday, January 26, at CTN against an as-yet unnamed opponent from the Ministry of Interior club. Given the small stable of Western boxers at either club, it’s possible the Ratana’s opponent will be a former student of Paddy’s, which could [...]
Friday was the night of the rematch at TV5. At 60kg, Sung Savon rematched against Nuon Mony, and at 67kg, Poeu Soksuth rematched against Long Sophal. In both fights, the outcome of the first match was also the outcome of the second. Sung Savon beat Nuon Mony and Long Sophal beat Poeu Soksuth, again, by [...]