By Mark Vester

At the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan, interim-champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (75-3-1, 39 KOs) upset previously undefeated Koki Kameda (22-1, 14 KOs) to win the WBC flyweight title with a twelve round majority decision in a very tough fight for both guys. The scores were 114-114, 115-112 and 116-112.
 
Kameda did some good work in the first round as both fighters were positioning their strategy. The next three rounds were taken over by Wonjongkam's more accurate punching. He was was catching Kameda with some good combinations. Kameda appeared to be too cautious by staying at the distance at all times and waiting on Wonjongkam to fire and then trying to counter.

In the fifth, there was a clash of heads that opened up a bad cut on the outside of Kameda's right eye. Kameda did good work up until the cut. He started to get closer and was letting his hands go. Wonjongkam started firing back in the sixth as the action began to further heat up. Kameda came right back in the seventh, which he ended strong with several unanswered punches in the final fifteen seconds.

Wonjongkam provided some answers of his own in the eight. Both of them landed some good punches in what was a very close round, but once again Kameda would close it better in the final fifteen seconds. In the ninth, they were picking their spots. Wonjongkam did a better mix of punches by going to the body here and there. Kameda was very focused on throwing power punches to the head. Kameda would once again close a little bit better. The champion was trying to steal rounds with his late bursts.

The start of the tenth was a boxing match. They circled each other while throwing hard punches. Wonjongkam continued to allow Kameda to get over with these late bursts. There seemed to be another clash of heads at in the opening moment of the eleventh. Wonjongkam had a very stronground. He was landing punches to the head, to the body and mixing up the shots from different angles. Kameda was being outworked.

In the twelfth, Kameda was charging forward to work his way in. Wonjongkam was pushing him back with combinations. Kameda did not run away from the fight. He stood there swinging away with Wonjongkam until the final bell was heard to end the fight. Wonjongkam once again displayed the better variety of work as they both raised their hands at the end.