The beginning of 2010 will see title bouts of several Thai boxers including WBC flyweight “interim” title holder Pongsaklek Wonjongkam who will fight real champion Koki Kameda of Japan in a mandatory bout.

The Japanese and Thai promoters are currently in negotiation with a planned revenue sharing scheme that allows Koki Kameda to take 55% of the earning and Pongsaklek the remaining.

If the two camps could not reach an agreement within early January, they would have to submit bids to the WBC. The bid winner would be required to hold the match within three months.

Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym has retained his WBA super bantamweight title by beating Japanese challenger Satoshi Hosono by split decision in Japan on Monday.

Poonsawat and Hosono aggressively exchanged punches early on from the first round of the action-packed bout held in Tokyo in the evening of January 11. Neither of the two pugilists was able to put the other down to the canvas, but the taller Thai was able to score better in later rounds with uppercuts as well as hits to the body and face.

At the end of 12 rounds, Poonsawat emerged as winner, receiving scores of 114-114, 117-113, and 117-113. His success at the first title defense has added one more win to his impressive record of 40 wins with 28 knockouts and one loss, while the former OPBF champion Hosono suffered his first loss after 16 wins with 12 knockouts.

Filipino superstar boxer Manny Pacquiao is threatening defamation suit against American Floyd Mayweather Jr. and several other people on the latter’s camp, jeopardizing their much-anticipated fight scheduled on March 13.

Mayweather and his promoters reportedly suggested that Pacquiao rejected their proposed random drug testing prior to the fight because he was taking steroids.

In response, the furious Filipino boxer said he would file defamation suit against the American boxer, his father Floyd Mayweather Sr. and his uncle Roger Mayweather as well as Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, leaving the boxing fans to doubt whether the March 13 super fight would still be held.

Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym is preparing for his first WBA bantamweight title defense against Japanese challenger Satoshi Hosono in Japan next Monday.

The match of Poonsawat and Hosono will be held at Tokyo Big Sight Arena on January 11 and will be broadcasted to Thailand by Channel 3 at 2.30 pm onward.

Poonsawat is aiming to cut his weight down to about 126 pounds by January 3, saying he would lose the remaining four pounds after he arrives in Japan. His daily training session includes 40-minute jogging, 20-minute rope jumping, and three rounds of bag punching.

His wife is helping him prepare for the cold weather in Japan, although Poonsawat said he would not go anywhere but the stadium and training facility. He has also visited Phra Pathom Chedi temple in Nakorn Pathom and promised to return there to make offering if he won the bout.