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Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep retained his WBA interim 112 lb. title with a second successive win over Japanese opposition. He can consider himself extremely fortunate to have prevailed this time, scoring a majority decision after having been second best for much of the fight with Japan's Takuya Kogawa. [Click Here To Read More]
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This was the best fight I've seen this year by far. Amazing stuff, this is why I love the flyweight division. Both men had to dig deep. My guy feeling is that Kogawa should've got the nod but it was a close fight and one that wasn't the easiest to score. Saengthep definitely landed the harder shots and looked like he was on the verge of stopping Kogawa a handful of times. But Kogawa had a big hand speed advantage and was able to outwork Saengthep. Kogawa showed incredible grit to keep fighting and somehow kept finding energy to throw a insane amount to punches. If this fight was on HBO Kogawa would've broke compubox records. He had to have thrown 130 plus punches a round it was one of the most game performances I've ever seem from a fighter. IMO Kogawa reminds me of a mini Arakawa. He's not a southpaw, he's got much better hand speed and isn't quite as crude as Arakawa. But his shear volume of punches, toughness and rugged determination is equal to that of Arakawa.
I highly recommend anyone watch this fight if they get a chance to.
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