Ajib retains WBF junior title

Ajib retains WBF junior title

JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's Ajib Albarado retained his World
Boxing Federation junior welterweight title against Umnard
Sukhathai of Thailand in a bout here Wednesday night.

The Thai's coach Thakoon Pongsupha threw the towel into the
ring after Umnard fell for the sixth time in round four.

Antara reported that in the first and the second rounds Umnard
fell twice and in the third round the Thai, who bluffed in the
pre-fight press conference that he would knock out Ajib in the
sixth round, fell again.

In the first minute of round four, an Ajib uppercut that
downed Umnard which prompted the Thai coach to signal the
surrender.

Earlier, on the undercard, Andrian Kaspari of Indonesia won a
points decision against challenger Pornchai Orathai of Thailand.
(yan)