Looknongyangtoy Beats Asis, Singwancha Downs Ray
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Two Filipino boxers have been beaten in Bangkok with Jack Asis failing in his attempt to win the WBO Asia Pacific super bantamweight title from reigning Thai champion and WBO No. 5 Sod Looknongyangtoy and Brix “Bomb” Ray dropping a decision to former WBC light flyweight interim champion Wandee Singwancha.
Looknongyangtoy, the 32 year old southpaw who won the vacant regional title on November 30, 2006 with a twelve round unanimous decision over another Filipino Jun Talape made his sixth successful title defense against the 27 year old Asis who was coming off a stunning 3rd round TKO victory over promising, undefeated Anthony “Rocky” Marcial last May 28.
Asis had previously fought and lost by a 7th round TKO against another Thai, Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo in a WBC Asia Boxing Council featherweight title bout last April 3. With the win Looknongyangtoy improved to 42-2-2 with 18 knockouts while Asis dropped to 20-12-4 with 10 knockouts.
Brix “Bomb” Ray’s loss to Singwancha enabled the Thai to recover from a bad beating at the hands of undefeated 19 year old Filipino flyweight “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona who shocked Wandee with a 2nd round TKO in a battle for the vacant WBO Oriental title on at the Cebu Coliseum last May 28 in a fight card beamed “live” to Thailand.
The smashing victory of Sonsona earned him a title shot at WBO super flyweight champion Jose “Carita” Lopez in Canada on September 4.
Wandee’s comeback win helped push his record to 58-11-1 with 12 knockouts while Ray fell to10-7-2 with 10 knockouts.
Brix Ray was coming off three successive victories all by stoppage. He scored a 10 round knockout over Rey Migreno on March 8 this year, a 7th round TKO over Marlon Tapales on May 30 and another 7th round TKO over Dondon Jimenea on July 1.