The WBA Asia Conference is simply across the nook, and the combat card that will likely be a part of this system in China is already shaping up with confirmed matchups. The occasion will happen on September 5 within the metropolis of Suzhou, also known as the “Venice of China.”
Headlining the night time will likely be a showdown for the WBA Asia bantamweight title between unbeaten Kazakh Yelshat Nikhemttola (21-0-2, 8 KOs), the WBA Asia East champion, and Indonesia’s Tibo Monabesa (22-2-2, 8 KOs). Nikhemttola stays undefeated however is coming off a attract March towards Namibia’s Fillemon Nghutenanye. Monabesa, alternatively, is driving the momentum of a call win over Filipino Ricardo Sueno in a bout staged in East Timor.
Additionally on the invoice, Chinese language heavyweight knockout artist Yize Jiang (5-1, 4 KOs) will tackle Australian veteran Herman Purcell (19-10, 11 KOs) for the WBA Asia heavyweight crown. Jiang has displayed severe punching energy, with 4 of his victories coming inside the gap — his most up-to-date, a stoppage of India’s Ashsir Bandor in Might. Purcell brings the sting in expertise, though he’s trying to bounce again from a loss to New Zealand’s Veni Mafi.
One other spotlight would be the WBA Asia tremendous light-weight title conflict between China’s Lequan Wang (10-2, 7 KOs) and seasoned Japanese contender Akihiro Kondo (37-13-3, 21 KOs). At simply 25, Wang will likely be going through a 40-year-old veteran in Kondo, who is keen to snap a three-fight winless streak.
All of those matchups are a part of the WBA Asia Conference program, which brings collectively representatives from throughout the area to advertise the game and proceed growing boxing below the banner of the World Boxing Affiliation.
