New Non-HW Boxers Rated

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FAISOL AKBAR

Born - Indonesia

5(0)-6-2

Akbar is a former IBF Intercontinental and Indonesian Stawweight title holder. He was rather inactive over his 11 year career and has a mediocre record. However, He holds impressive wins over Muhammad Rachman (2) and Namchai Ratanachaigym. Also fought to a 12 round decision loss with Ronnie Magramo for the WBF belt.

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LYALL APPO

Born - Queensland, Australia

7(3)-1-0

Queensland local that held both the Queensland and Australian Strawweight titles during his brief career.

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RICK BUDGEN

Born - Queensland, Australia

3(1)-6-1

Local boxer that held the Australian Strwaweight title briefly. Fought Lyall Appo three times lossing twice. His only fight outside his homeland was a 4 round KO to Thai Kwanjai 3K Battery in Bangkok.

[hamed]

Conn Chris: Great stuff, as always! I love the data & especially some of the unique names - Lucas could use some of them for his next Star Wars pic!

I see the Aussie Straw you just posted, have you heard of or seen stats of a guy named Vic Vic Patrick (spelling?) - a LW out of Australia? I saw his named mentioned in an article about the new IBF Fly champ, Vic Darchinyan.

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Thank you for the kind words hamed. I don't known too much about Darchinyan yet, other than he looks like he could be a monster in the flys. What is his weight like? If he is a natural fly and doesn't struggle with it, everyone better look over their shoulder.

If he is the real deal a fight with Wonjongkam would be great. Even though they are at different career stages, they are about the same age. Not sure how keen the IBF and WBC would be on a unification bout. Always fun to see sluggers go at it and see who drops first.

I know nothing about this Vic Vic fellow, let us know if you see something on him.

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WELE MAQOLO

Hometown - Cape Town, South Africa

24(12)-23-2

Excluding a 12 bout losing streak between 1991 and 1997, Maqolo has had a fairly successful pro career. He won the WBF belt with a decision over Pongsawang and earlier held the Cape Provincial jr Flyweight title. During that barren period, Maqolo fought mostly to decisions and did fight a close match with Lindi Memani. Given the work in the balance of his career, it may be possible to write this string of losses off as terribly bad luck.

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SURACHAI SAENGMORAKOT

Born - Nongbualumphu, Thailand

25(14)-6-0

Saengmorakot successfully campaigned as a Strawweight for nearly eight years before moving up to jr Flyweight at the tail end of his career. His first loss and only stoppage came at the hands of Ricardo Lopez in a WBC title fight that also represented the only occasion on which Surachai fought outside of Thailand. He fought for and won the Thai and WBU titles.

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ROLANDO TUYUGON

Born - Gingoog, Philippines

20(4)-22-2

Defensive minded Phillipine that has run hot and cold, suffering several three-plus bout losing streaks. Biggest win as a straw was a 12 round decision over Surachai Saengmorakot for the WBU Title. Despite his difficulties at the straw level, Tuyugon was able to step up and take the WBF Jr Flyweight belt with a decision win over Aswin Sithlakmuang.

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WELLINGTON VINCENTE

Born - Pernambuco, Brazil

15(8)-8-0

WELLINGTON VINCENTE
Born - Pernambuco, Brazil
15(8)-8-0
Vincente was a decent strawweight with some power. He compiled an 11(4)-2-0 record as a straw winning the WBO Latino Strawweight Title and losing to Ratanapol Sor Vorapin in a bid for the IBF crown. Unfortunately, he was not able to stay at the straw weight level and had to move up to the flyweight division. Although Wellington did claim the WBO Latino Flyweight belt, his record as a fly is 4(4)-6-0. The extra weight seems to have helped his power but hurt in other skill areas.

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CARLOS MARIO ELUAIZA

Hometown - Las Flores, Argentina

19(4)-7-0

Held the South American and Argentine Strawweight Belts. Carlos did not posess a particularly strong chin; he was stopped by ninth round KO and third round TKO by Luis Alberto Lazarte in his final two bouts.

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PAUL OULDEN

Born - Kliptown, South Africa

12(8)-4-0

Oulden held the South African Straw belt but was relatively untested in the division and dropped a bad stoppage bout in his third pro fight. His only name opponent was Paul Weir who beat Oulden on points in a jr Fly title fight. Lost his last three bouts when he moved up in weight.

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FAHSANG PONGSAWANG

Hometown - Roi-et, Thailand

18(8)-4-0

Pongsawang had some impressive wins as a strawweight, decisioning Ernesto Rubillar and Jerry Pahayahay. Fought Ronnie Magramo three times in a two month period with the WBF title on the line. Pongsawang won two decisions and dropped a tenth round KO to Magramo. This was his only stoppage at straw weight, his other stoppage came in his last two career fights that were at Jr Fly.

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CHIBA TENORIA

Hometown - Sendai, Japan

Born - Philippines

9(5)-8-2

Tenoria lost an OPBF title bout to Hi-Yong Choi and dropped a Japanese Title fight to Rocky Lin. He was knocked around pretty badly at weights above straw.

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JIM-HO KIM

Born - Korea

11(4)-6-0

Kim held the OPBF Straweight title and lost a decision to Chana Porpaoin for the WBA belt. Dropped four fights when he moved up to jr Flyweight including a decision to Juanito Rubillar.

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SUNG-WOO LEE

Born - South Korea

13(6)-2-2

Lee held the Korean and OPBF Strawweight titles. Fighting exclusively in Korea, Lee was not stopped in 17 pro fights.