The WBA Asia Conference is simply across the nook, and the combat card that shall be a part of this system in China is already shaping up with confirmed matchups. The occasion will happen on September 5 within the metropolis of Suzhou, sometimes called the “Venice of China.”
Headlining the evening shall be a showdown for the WBA Asia bantamweight title between unbeaten Kazakh Yelshat Nikhemttola (21-0-2, 8 KOs), the WBA Asia East champion, and Indonesia’s Tibo Monabesa (22-2-2, 8 KOs). Nikhemttola stays undefeated however is coming off a attract March in opposition to Namibia’s Fillemon Nghutenanye. Monabesa, alternatively, is using the momentum of a choice win over Filipino Ricardo Sueno in a bout staged in East Timor.
Additionally on the invoice, Chinese language heavyweight knockout artist Yize Jiang (5-1, 4 KOs) will tackle Australian veteran Herman Purcell (19-10, 11 KOs) for the WBA Asia heavyweight crown. Jiang has displayed critical punching energy, with 4 of his victories coming inside the space — his most up-to-date, a stoppage of India’s Ashsir Bandor in Might. Purcell brings the sting in expertise, though he’s trying to bounce again from a loss to New Zealand’s Veni Mafi.
One other spotlight would be the WBA Asia tremendous light-weight title conflict between China’s Lequan Wang (10-2, 7 KOs) and seasoned Japanese contender Akihiro Kondo (37-13-3, 21 KOs). At simply 25, Wang shall be going through a 40-year-old veteran in Kondo, who is raring to snap a three-fight winless streak.
All of those matchups are a part of the WBA Asia Conference program, which brings collectively representatives from throughout the area to advertise the game and proceed creating boxing beneath the banner of the World Boxing Affiliation.
