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Amnat Ruenroeng Retains Title, Hands Shiming First Career Loss

Saturday night in Macau, China was an early Saturday morning here in the States, as Chinese boxing sensation Zou Shiming (6-1, 1 KO) fought for his first title and lost by unanimous decision to defending IBF flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng (15-0, 5 KOs).

Zou Shiming - Amnat Ruenroeng Fight Night Chris Farina3 All photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank

Saturday night in Macau, China was an early Saturday morning here in the States, as Chinese boxing sensation Zou Shiming (6-1, 1 KO) fought for his first title and lost by unanimous decision to defending IBF flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng (15-0, 5 KOs).

Ruenroeng traveled all the way from Thailand to defend his title for the third time.

From the start of the opening bell, Ruenroeng established his jab and a very wide stance, something that gave Shiming much difficulty. With a five-inch reach advantage, Ruenroeng out-boxed Shiming with the jab alone.

Shiming relied too much on the opportunity to counter, often putting his hands down and taunting his opponent, that he didn’t realize his opponent was the busier fighter.

Both fighters, full of momentum, often came in, clashed heads and wrestled to the canvas. The referee only ruled one knockdown in Round 1, as it seemed Shiming landed a good right hand that dropped Ruenroeng, but the tape showed it was more of a slip.

The moments where Shiming did capitalize came in the later rounds, and he was quick to retreat back to chasing after his opponent. Had Shiming pressured more with the jab to set up a combination, he would have been more effective.

Ruenroeng set the pace quickly and his experience gave him the upper hand throughout the entire 12-round bout.

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The opening HBO 2 telecast from The Venetian featured middleweight Glen Tapia (23-1, 15 KOs) who won by TKO in the third round against Australia’s Daniel Dawson (40-5-1, 26 KOs), picking up the WBO NABO super welterweight title.

The 25-year-old Tapia showed much patience and composure in the first two rounds. Definitely the bigger fighter, Tapia threw heavy combinations and precise punches, but he didn’t but the pressure on Dawson until Round 3.

Getting caught in the heavy exchange left Dawson with no way to respond and getting rocked against the ropes, causing the referee to jump in and halt the fight.

The 37-year-old Dawson lost last August by unanimous decision at the hands of Austin Trout on ESPN2, so this marks his second loss in a row.

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