The fight of Devid Lookmahanak and Nouldy Manakane has been cancelled due to the illness of the former boxer and will be replaced by the match of Naphapol Kiatisakchokchai and Andrianus Kauni as the top match for the event in Trang on March 20.

Thailand’s Devid was scheduled to fight Indonesia’s Manakane for the WBC Asia flyweight title this Friday, but promoter Suchart Pisitwutthinan of Nakornluang Promotion has cancelled it as the Thai boxer is now sick with flu. The promoter has replaced the anticipated match with that of the WBC Asia super featherweight match of Thai Naphapol and Indonesian Kauni, earlier planned on April 3.

Suchart pointed out Naphapol’s match will be as crucial as Devid’s as he is scheduled to challenge for a world title later this year.

Thailand’s Pramuansak Posuwan is preparing for the match against Puerto Rico’s Jose Lopez for WBO junior bantamweight “interim” title on March 29.

The Thai boxer, who has recently changed his training site from a facility in Ang Thong to the gymnasium of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University in Nonthaburi, is now sparring with fellow boxers of the Kokiet Group to prepare himself for the match against Lopez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The fight will be broadcasted to Thailand by Channel Seven network at 10.00 a.m. on Sunday March 29, Thai time.

The 40-year-old Pramuansak is scheduled to leave Thailand for Puerto Rico on Thursday March 19 and will spend some time training in the latter country.

Thailand’s Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo is ready to fight WBC featherweight champion Takahiro Aoh, says his promoter.

The Thai boxer, who is currently holding WBC Asia featherweight title and is ranked fifth in the WBC weight class, will be able to match up with Japan’s Aoh, who recently won his world title from Oscar Larios on March 12, said promoter Priyakorn Ratanasuban.

The promoter said Chonlatarn is able to fight anywhere but she is willing to offer a handsome pay for the Japanese champion should he be interested to fight in Thailand.

Japanese writer Joe Koizumi has criticized Thai boxing officials and Rajadamnern stadium for allowing the “retired” world champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi to fight in a bout at the stadium last Sunday despite his health problems, while an insider source says the upset Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) is considering a ban on all Thai boxers from fighting in Japan as a response.

Tatsuyoshi, a former WBC world bantamweight title holder, was knocked out by the relatively unknown Thai boxer Sakai Jockygym in the seventh round of the match held at Rajadamnern in Bangkok on Sunday March 8.

The 38-year-old Japanese was forced into retirement by the JBC in September last year for health issues, but a month later appeared in Thailand to fight in a bout against Palangchai Chuwattana. He won by knockout in the second round.

The match of Thailand’s Pramuansak Posuwan and Puerto Rico’s Jose Lopez for WBO super flyweight “interim” title has been officially rescheduled to March 29.

The fight was earlier planned on February 8 but was postponed due to a visa problem of the Thai boxer. The rescheduled match has been confirmed to be on Sunday March 29 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Fans will get to enjoy a rematch of two former world champions, Thailand’s Veeraphol Sahaprom and Japan’s Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, says a promoter.

Suchart Pisitwutthinan of Nakornluang Promotion said the 40-year-old Veeraphol, a former WBC and WBA bantamweight champion, will “definitely” fight the 38-year-old Tatsuyoshi, who held the WBC title for three times between 1991 and 1998, although the location of the bout has not been decided.

The match, if realized, would be the third time the two former champions fight each other. In their first fight in 1998, Veeraphol defeated then-champion Tatsuyoshi and took the WBC title from him.

WBC “interim” youth bantamweight champion Fahpetchnoi Sor Chitpattana will defend his title from Indonesian challenger James Cocoh on March 27.

According to a press conference held yesterday in Bangkok by governor and elected officials of Nakhon Ratchasima and promoters of Petchyindee boxing, Fahpetchnoi would fight Cocoh at a makeshift stadium in front of Nakorn Ratchasima’s city hall on Friday March 27. Their match will be broadcasted by Channel Seven network from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.

WBA flyweight champion Denkaosan Kaovichit has started his training for a title defense match in May in Thailand, while saying that he is ready to engage in a legal fight against his manager Naris Singwangcha.

Denkaosan returned to his training camp on Tuesday March 3 to prepare for his first title defense match which would be held in Thailand in May, said promoter Niwat Laosuwannawat, although he did not confirm who the challenger would be. Denkaosan’s current training schedule includes jogging in the morning and evening as well as bag punching in order to lose some weight.

Usanakorn Kokietgym has claimed the WBC female “interim” super flyweight title yesterday in Phang Nga by knocking out Rie Fujimoto in the fifth round.

Two-time SEA Games gold medalist Usanakorn of Thailand defeated Japan’s Fujimoto in the WBC female super flyweight match held on March 2 at Tai Muang beach in Phang Nga.

Both female boxers started the bout right away with aggressive moves and engaged in some exchange of flurries, although Usanakorn held back a bit to utilize her taller stature in countering Fujimoto’s attacks. The Japanese, however, was unwavering and kept pressing forward.