Keita Kurihara to face world ranked Sukkasem Kietyongyuth in November!
Over the last few days OPBF Bantamweight champion Keita Kurihara (14-5, 12) [栗原 慶太] has taken to social media to announce his next contest. It won't be a title bout, but will still be a very, very notable contest as he takes on a world ranked opponent at the Korakuen Hall on November 15th.
The hard hitting Kurihara will be up against Thailand's Sukpraserd Ponpitak (24-10, 16), aka Sukkasem Kietyongyuth, who is ranked #4 by the IBF at Bantawmeight.
For those who haven't seen Kurihara he's an aggressive fighter with a very fun to watch style and is riding a 5 fight winning run following a 2017 loss to Hiroaki Teshigawara. His winning run has seen him stopping the likes of Ryan Lumacad, Kazuki Tanaka and Warlito Parrenas, and beating Yuki Strong Kobayashi, in a controversial and dramatic fight with numerous knockdowns.
The 31 year old Sukkasem is a 10 year veteran who has had middling success at times, but faced a genuine who's who. He had a bad run in 2014 and 2016, suffering 4 straight losses, as he fell to 13-6. Since then he has gone 11-4 with a number of very close losses to the likes of Kazuki Tanaka and Qiu Xiao Jun. His ranking is a hard one to explain, but he did claim the IBF Pan Pacific Bantamweight title last time out with a win over Hamson Lamandau.
At the moment the under-card for the bout hasn't been announced, but we're expecting to see at least one other notable bout on the show, which will be announced in the coming days.
Tickets for this are available straight from Kurihara courtesy of https://keita0110.boxing-ticket.com/
The hard hitting Kurihara will be up against Thailand's Sukpraserd Ponpitak (24-10, 16), aka Sukkasem Kietyongyuth, who is ranked #4 by the IBF at Bantawmeight.
For those who haven't seen Kurihara he's an aggressive fighter with a very fun to watch style and is riding a 5 fight winning run following a 2017 loss to Hiroaki Teshigawara. His winning run has seen him stopping the likes of Ryan Lumacad, Kazuki Tanaka and Warlito Parrenas, and beating Yuki Strong Kobayashi, in a controversial and dramatic fight with numerous knockdowns.
The 31 year old Sukkasem is a 10 year veteran who has had middling success at times, but faced a genuine who's who. He had a bad run in 2014 and 2016, suffering 4 straight losses, as he fell to 13-6. Since then he has gone 11-4 with a number of very close losses to the likes of Kazuki Tanaka and Qiu Xiao Jun. His ranking is a hard one to explain, but he did claim the IBF Pan Pacific Bantamweight title last time out with a win over Hamson Lamandau.
At the moment the under-card for the bout hasn't been announced, but we're expecting to see at least one other notable bout on the show, which will be announced in the coming days.
Tickets for this are available straight from Kurihara courtesy of https://keita0110.boxing-ticket.com/