Muhammad “The Falcon” Waseem continued his march up the WBA with a unanimous resolution victory towards Jakrawut Majungoen final evening on the MISA Cannt in Lahore, Pakistan.
Waseem (15-2, 10 KOs) defended his WBA Gold bantamweight title to mark the tip of a 4 day boxing extravaganza as a part of the WBA Peace Conference promoted by Manny Pacquiao Promotions, Falcon Sporting Promotions, Roy Jones Jr Boxing and GloveBoxx.
To the shock of the Pakistani crowd Manjungeon (50-8-2, 29 KOs) claimed a sensational first spherical knockdown, touchdown a wonderfully executed left hook to chin sending Waseem on his again. The Falcon was up on his ft shortly, however misplaced his stability to take a knee for the eight depend. He would grasp to see to bell beneath heavy fireplace from Majungoen.
Remarkably Waseem recovered to dig in drag Majungoen right into a canine battle within the second and third rounds, arguably taking each classes. A left hook-right uppercut mixture had the gang on their ft contained in the opening minute of the second. Waseem took additional management within the fourth ending the spherical with a giant proper hand flush on the chin.
Nevertheless, Waseem confronted one other knockdown within the fifth. After beginning one other spherical strongly, most notably with a left-right mixture on the ropes, he hit the canvas from a left hook after urgent for the end himself. Nevertheless, Majungoen remained harmful all through the center rounds, countering properly and discovering moments to check Waseem’s chin once more. The Thai veteran’s expertise confirmed as he refused to fade, firing again with hooks and physique photographs that saved the competition aggressive.
Waseem’s superior footwork and cleaner combos advised the story down the stretch. Within the championship rounds he dictated the tempo, outjabbing Majungoen and repeatedly tagging him with straight rights. By the ultimate bell, The Falcon had restored a considerable amount of management.
The judges scored the bout 115-110, 114-11 and 114-11, sealing a hard-fought unanimous-decision win and guaranteeing Waseem’s climb towards one other world-title alternative stays firmly on observe.
