Tewa Kiram retained his World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) Asian tremendous welterweight belt by defeating Baishanbo Nasiyiwula this weekend by a 9 spherical TKO throughout the Coñor World Cup held at Le Meridien Dubai Resort, Dubai.
The occasion that initiated an enormous stage for Asian boxing was an awesome success and had the Thai within the highlight with a victory earlier than the restrict in opposition to a courageous Chinese language who stayed on his ft for 9 rounds of the bout.
On the time of the stoppage, the scorecards had been 80-71, 80-71 and 79-72, all in favor of the Thai fighter, a veteran who has fought world title fights and presently stands as one of many continent’s high fighters in his class.
The occasion featured a number of regional title fights and different bouts through which Asian abilities from totally different nations participated. The WBA Asia will proceed to make billboards underneath the model of this occasion and can prolong to different nations together with China, Vietnam, Thailand, amongst others.
Kiram improved his report to 49 wins, 1 loss and 35 knockouts, whereas Baishanbo now has 17 wins, 6 losses, 1 draw and seven knockouts.