Ghana’s Raymond ‘Chorkor Banku’ Commey lost his title fight against Chinese boxer Jun Qiu Xiao last Friday at the Olympic Park Arena in Lu Zhou, China.
Commey lost via a twelve round unanimous points decision despite going into the bout as the overwhelming favourite.
The Ghanaian went to the Asia country with the aim of stunning his opponents, Xiao but ended up losing the WBA international super bantamweight belts to his Chinese counterpart.
Another Ghanaian also fighting on the night was Tackie Annan who fought earlier on the card against another Chinese opponent Shan Bo in the super lightweight contest.
Annan lost via Technical Knock-Out in round one after he suffered a left shoulder injury.
After Tackie’s unfortunate loss, the spotlight was on his countryman Commey to prove his worth against his opponent Xiao who was fighting in front of a boisterous home crowd.
The Ghanaian started on a good note, landing to the body and head of Xiao but that didn’t trouble the China native as on most occasions he used his reach to his advantage to curtail Commey’s attacks.
Xiao started gathering momentum in the middle rounds, giving Commey the business as the Ghanaian began showing signs of fatigue.
Xiao was in total control by the championship rounds, tearing through Commey’s defense with a series of left and right hooks but the steel-chinned Ghanaian remained upright, fighting back with counters but ultimately not enough to stem the tide.
At the end all the three judges scored the fight 118-109 advantage the Chinese fighter.
Chinese Boxer Jun Qiu Xiao Defeats Raymond Commey
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