Teeraporn Pannimit Beats Jujeath Nagaowa, Retains Belt
by Ronnie Nathanielsz
The Philippines Jujeath “Bad Girl” Nagaowa of Baguio City faded badly in the later rounds and lost a unanimous ten round decision to WBO Female minimumweight champion Teeraporn Pannimit at the Zeer Rangsit Shopping Center in Patumthanee, Thailand.
WBO Asia Pacific vice president Leon Panoncillo who was supervisor of the bout told the Inquirer that all three judges, Salven Lagumbay (Philippines) 98-92, Rois Muhammed (Indonesia) 96-94 and Sawaeng Thaweekoon (Thailand) 97-93 scored the bout in favor of Pannimit. The referee was the Philippines Atty. Danrex Tapdasan who won praise from Panoncillo for “doing very well in his first appointment in a world title fight.”
The fight itself was described as a very good action fight from the opening bell with Nagaowa starting off strong in the opening round. But the Thai champion retaliated in the next two rounds.
Panoncillo reported that Nagaowa caught her second wind in rounds five and six and began to throw more combinations winning the rounds on the scorecards of the judges.
However, the Filipina slowed down in the later rounds while Pannimit began to take control to win the rounds and ultimately the fight although Nagaowa was commended for a very good effort.
The win boosted the 18 year old champion’s record to 12-3 with 4 knockouts while the 23 year old Nagaowa, who has lost four of her last five fights, dropped to 9-8-1 with 5 knockouts.
Pannimit on the other hand has won nine of her last ten fights, losing only a six round unanimous decision to Filipina Marnelle Verano on September 13, 2008.