“I’m afraid to fight,” Sen Bunthen joked before the fight. “I just came here to watch.” The decision, however, was real. After five rounds, Sen Bunthen, the 27-year-old Kompong Cham native, had earned a huge upset decision over veteran Ot Phutang.

That’s the cover of the April edition of The Globe. (It’s Thun Sophea.) Virginie Noel has the photos and story.Unfortunately, The Globe doesn’t have a web site. The only way to get the story is to download the pdf. It’s a big file: 12MB. If you’re outside Cambodia things like that don’t matter so much.

Today was Po Vansak vs Chey Sinith and Kao Rumchang vs Nuon Mony. I am not sure if Sinith was sick or just convinced he couldn’t win, but he didn’t put up much of a fight and the referee called a stop to the fight in the opening seconds of the fourth round and awarded [...]

The Nationals are being held at Olympic Stadium this year. Same as last year, there’s two rings, one for the A division and one for B. B-division is in a hot, cramped room just barely big enough for a ring. A-division is in a large, comfortable hall the size of an airplane hanger. Day 1 [...]

Inside of three weeks, Chey Ratana, pictured, has beaten two of the top four Kun Khmer champions. Two weeks ago it was a point decision over Seung Kangsan at CTN. This past weekend, Ratana stopped Khun Makara in a stunning first round KO.

(PHOTO: Don’t know the guy’s name. He fought a good fight. Lost on points. As per usual, stitches with no anesthesia.) In other notable news, it appears that Bheut Kam is back on the circuit. After losing to Lao Sinath a few weeks back, Kam came back for a rematch two weeks ago, which he [...]

Bayon TV presents an afternoon of international boxing today, Sunday June 15. The fight card includes what has become Cambodia’s de facto national boxing team — Eh Phoutang, Vorn Viva, Nuon Soriya and Meas Chanta — against four foreigners. Two local matches will be on the undercard, making a total of six fights. Undercard Aem [...]

Bheut Somkhan and Chey Kosal both fight June 22 in Paris. Good luck, boys!

The Phnom Penh Post has boxing news today. Mey Sopheap and Lao Sinath both fought in South Korea in May. Both fighters were victorious. The Post has the details — including that Chey Kosal and Bheut Somkhan are both in France training for a June 22 fight. Good luck, boys.

Angkor Youth Boxing Club fighter Seung Panya will get a chance to even the score Friday when he faces his last opponent for a rematch (sorry, i don’t know the opponent’s name). Despite 8-counting the guy in the third round in their first fight two weeks ago, the decision went to the other club. Panya [...]

Highlights from fight two — Rak Vichay KO win over Tim Veasna — and previews of fight three scheduled for Sunday, Nean La vs Pon Sophean.

April 25 at CTN. Tony Angelov versus Ei Phouthang Aaron Dixon versus Nuon Soriya Steve Donaldson versus Vorn Viva Joel Nadin versus Meas Chantha Names confirmed 29 March 08.

Some background on the show and highlights from the first fight — Khun Makara KO’d Sok Vichay in the second round.

(Khun Makara, blue, on his way to a second round knockout over Sok Vichay in the first match of the CTN reality series Kun Khmer Champion.) From the weekend of March 15-17: There were just too many fights to keep track of this weekend. TV5 had fights Friday at the stadium at then Saturday and [...]

The first fighter to fall in the CTN reality series Kun Khmer Champion was Sok Vichay, who got stopped in the second round Sunday by Khun Makara. After an uneventful first round Khun Makara turned it on in the second, scoring his first knockdown after pinning Vichay against the ropes and unleashing a flurry of [...]

Angkor Youth Boxing Club fighter Phal Seyha, 57kg, will face Pailin fighter Vung Noi Saturday March 15 at the CTN boxing stadium. Vung Noi trains out of the RCAF gym near Paddy’s and occasionally drops into the club to hang out. Noi was in Saeng Ratana’s corner when he fought Reth Veasna, and again last [...]

In four fights over the March 7-9 weekend Angkor Youth Boxing Club fighters went a respectable two and two. On Friday at TV5 Saeng Ratana got 8-counted in the second when he stepped into a left hook from Chan Vibol. Ratana tried to stage a comeback, but Vibol worked the combinations a bit better and [...]

(Photo: Pi Narin, 51kg) Friday Feb 29, TV5 In a rematch from late January, Chhay Rithy established himself as the man to beat at 51kg with a decisive point victory over Pi Narin. In the second main event, another rematch, Nuon Mony won a decision over Nuon Setsong. Nuon Setsong got the victory in the [...]

Angkor Youth Boxing Club pradal serey fighter Phal Seyha will face Singha Keila Boxing Club fighter Chae Euy Sunday March 2 at the CTN stadium. Seyha is coming off three straight loses, all of them very close. He has been training like a madman, and should be the favorite in Sunday’s bout. Complete weekend fight [...]