{"id":148075,"date":"2018-01-22T04:12:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T09:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148075"},"modified":"2018-01-22T04:12:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T09:12:50","slug":"pinoy-boxer-captures-wbc-asian-bantamweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/22\/pinoy-boxer-captures-wbc-asian-bantamweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoy boxer captures WBC Asian bantamweight title"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_148079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-148079\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/25550359_1501887039928319_8156883838286134989_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148079\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/25550359_1501887039928319_8156883838286134989_n.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo by Edison Berwela)\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/25550359_1501887039928319_8156883838286134989_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/25550359_1501887039928319_8156883838286134989_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-148079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Edison &#8220;Kamatis&#8221; Berwela (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1501887039928319&amp;set=a.1309211659195859.1073741828.100003211124548&amp;type=3&amp;theater\">Photo by Edison Berwela\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DAVAO CITY &#8212; Filipino journeyman Edison \u201cKamatis\u201d Berwela twice scored a knockdown en route to a 6th round knockout against previously unbeaten Thiranan Matsali of Thailand to capture the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council bantamweight title on Friday in Pathum Thani, Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old Berwela first downed Matsali in Round 3 before he finally pummeled to submission the crowd-favorite Thai in the 6th round with a left overhang.<\/p>\n<p>It was only the first loss suffered by Matsali, a former IBF Pan Pacific and WBC Asian Boxing Council Silver bantamweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>Matsali, also known as Saenganan Sithsaithong dropped to 19 wins with only one loss. Berwela, on the other hand, improved his record to 16 wins against 37 losses and 8 draws.<\/p>\n<p>He was coming from a loss by a unanimous decision against reigning PABA super bantamweight champion Anurak This last August 31 at the Bangkok University, Thonburi Campus in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>He also fought but lost against PABA super flyweight champion Sutep Wangmuk by a unanimous decision in 2011 in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Berwela went back to Thailand in 2013 only to be stopped by a 6th round TKO by PABA bantamweight champion Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat in Bang Yai. Berwela then lost in two separate championship fights.<\/p>\n<p>He dropped a unanimous decision to fellow Filipino Joe Noynay in their battle for the WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council Super Bantamweight crown at the SM MOA in Pasay on June 5, 2105.<\/p>\n<p>Berwela also lost by a UD to Eranio Semillano in their WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council bantamweight title eliminator on Dec 13, 2015 in Paranaque City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMasayang masaya po ako at nag-champion ulit ako (I am very happy to be the champion again),\u201d said Berwela, who was assisted at the corner by trainer Jayvee Alipio of Highland Bangkok Gym.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVAO CITY &#8212; Filipino journeyman Edison \u201cKamatis\u201d Berwela twice scored a knockdown en route to a 6th round knockout against &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":148079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[44320,44322,482,44321,38686],"class_list":["post-148075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-edison-kamatis-berwela","tag-saenganan-sithsaithong","tag-thailand","tag-thiranan-matsali","tag-wbc-asian-boxing-council","mauthors-lito-delos-reyes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}