By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Filipino boxers Eduardi Apa-ap and Armando Casa have beaten by South Korean opponents in Pan Asian Boxing Association title fights in Goyang City, one of the largest satellite cities around the capital Seoul.
Apa-ap was knocked out at 2:46 of the third round in a PABA featherweight title fight by Korean champion Ji Hoon Kim. Kim won the interim title with a split decision over Filipino Mark Sales on October 29, 2006 and then won the title with a sixth round knockout of Jae Kwang Jun last July 1.
The 20 year old Kim improved his record to 13-5 with 10 knockouts while Apa-ap dropped to 6-5 with 1 knockout. It appeared strange that Apa-ap who suffered a second round TKO in an Asia Pacific bantamweight title fight against Thailand’s Sod Looknongyangtoy last July 13 was given a crack at a PABA title in a higher weight division in his next fight.
In a PABA interim flyweight title bout Filipino Armando Casa lost a twelve round split decision to Korea’s Jin Ki Jung, a seventeen year old with a record of 5-3 with 0 knockouts. Casa whose record dropped to 6-5-1 with 2 knockouts was coming off an April 21 split decision loss to Richard Olisa.