Niyomtrong "Knockout" Freshmart: record, next fight and profile →
Erick Rosa has received his first taste of conceding hometown advantage. The concern among the unbeaten WBA ‘Regular’ strawweight titlist and his team is that he actually gets to experience fighting on the road.
Erick “Mini-Pacman” Rosa (5-0) is certain that he will be able to defeat Thammanoon Niyomtrong when they square off on March 1st. The fight was ordered at last month’s WBA convention in Orlando.
Boxing’s longest reigning male titleholder is fully set for his next defense. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the Thammanoon Niyomtrong-Erick Rosa WBA strawweight title consolidation clash will take place on March 1 in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. The date comes more than a month after Petchyindee Boxing Promotions claimed promotional rights through a purse bid hearing held during the WBA convention in Orlando, Florida.
A strawweight title fight that was once agreed to was instead resolved through a purse bid hearing. Petchyindee Boxing Promotions claimed promotional rights to the WBA strawweight title consolidation fight between ‘Super’ champ Thammanoon Niyomtrong and secondary titlist Erick ‘Mini Pacman’ Rosa. The Bangkok-headquartered outfit submitted $140,000, outpacing Shuan Boxing who offered $122,000 as the lone other bidder during a purse bid hearing held during the WBA Centennial Convention on Monday in Orlando, Florida.
A big fight is in store for boxing’s smallest weight division. BoxingScene.com has learned that terms have been reached for a WBA strawweight title consolidation fight between ‘Super’ champ Thammanoon Niyomtrong and secondary titlist Erick ‘Mini Pacman’ Rosa. When the fight takes place,
The ambitious career of Erick Rosa will now include a shot at the best strawweight in the world. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBA has ordered a strawweight title consolidation fight between Dominican Republic’s Rosa as the ‘World’ (Regular) titlist and Thailand’s Thammanoon Niyomtrong, better known as Knockout CP Freshmart and who holds the ‘Super’ title. The fight was formally ordered on September 29 with the two sides granted a free negotiation period to work out terms for their overdue mandatory title fight.
Losing is part of boxing. It’s not inherently an ending. Still, it was hard not to wonder if Issac Dogboe was done in just his mid-20s after his second consecutive loss to the larger, relentless Emanuel Navarrette. Before those two fights, it was possible to wonder if Dogboe was the future at Jr. featherweight.
Thammanoon Niyomtrong extended his stay as boxing’s longest reigning active male titleholder at the expense of a longtime friend. The unbeaten WBA ‘Super’ strawweight titlist turned away the challenge of former WBC claimant Wanheng Menayothin, in a fight nearly two years after the last days of their overlapping title reigns. Niyomtrong—better known as Knockout CP Freshmart—proved to be the fresher and more resourceful of the two in earning a twelve-round unanimous decision in their main event Wednesday evening at Chonburi Provincial Ground in Chonburi, Thailand.
BANG SAEN BEACH, Thailand -- Two of the most dominating, accomplished and successful fighters in boxing's lightest weight division made weight ahead of their long-awaited rumble for the WBA minimumweight super championship tomorrow Wednesday, July 20, in the hot and sunny Bang Saen Beach in the Kingdom of Thailand.
The strawweight equivalent of Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao is finally upon the boxing masses. It’s no longer the unification bout that the sport has long craved, but Thammanoon Niyomtrong and Wanheng Menayothin are set to meet years after a fight was first discussed. Niyomtrong’s WBA “Super” strawweight title will be at stake for the Thai superfight, which will take place on July 20 in Chonburi, Thailand.