Hiroki Ishii Defeats Aphisak KT Gym for Rajadamnern Stadium Super Lightweight Title

Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 October 2011 14:39 Tuesday, 04 October 2011 14:38

Written by Sam Sattler

At Korakuen, Hall on the same night that Jomthong Chuwattana defeated Tetsuya Yamato, another high profile Thai vs Japanese fight took place as Hiroki Ishii took on Aphisak KT Gym for the vacant Rajadamnern Stadium Super Lightweight title.

In Ishii's fourth attempt at the title, he was able to defeat Aphisak by unanimous decision and become only the 4th Japanese fighter to win a Rajadamnern Stadium title, with Toshio Fujiwara, Hitoshi Ogasawara and Kozo Takeda being the other 3 to do it before him. Ishii won on scores of 49-47(x2) and 49-48. Reports show that Ishii was able to effectively pressure Aphisak in the later rounds, as Aphisak spent a lot of time going backwards in rounds 4 and 5 especially as Ishii was able to establish his offense. This is Ishii's 4th straight win and puts him undefeated on the year.

The historic win comes in what has been a rather successful year for top level Japanese fighters taking on Thai fighters. Although Yamato lost to Jomthong on the same night, he picked up a TKO win over Coke Chunhawat in back in August in Los Angeles. Genji Umeno managed back to back wins over Thai fighters this year, first a 3rd round KO of Windy Kaiwana Sit-Or at It's Showtime Japan 1 and more recently a 4th round KO of Wutidej Lookprabaht at It's Showtime Japan 3. Finally, Yasuhito Shirasu scored the biggest win for Japan with an upset win over Yodsanklai Fairtex.

The next major Thai vs Japanese fights are at the M-1 Muay Thai event on 11/13 where Genji Umeno takes on Dekkamon Himarai Gym(?) for the WPMF World Super Featherweight Title while Kanongsuk Weerasakreck defends his Light Welterweight WPMF title against WPMF Japan Lightweight champion Arita Tsukahara.

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Posted on: 2011-10-04 16:47 Posted by: 0

Sammy Stattler - P4P top kick writer in English on the interwebs.

6 years ago Ishii probably should have already been a champion when he faced Jalernchai and IMO beat him on points, but it's nice to see he finally managed to do it officially.

Posted on: 2011-10-04 16:49 Posted by: 0

I don't know how that extra "t" got in your name there, but whatever. Rejoice!

Posted on: 2011-10-04 17:32 Posted by:Dave +1

Have I been replaced? BALK.

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