Li Wen Yang made Chinese Boxing History on Tuesday (October 25) when he became the countries first ever male professional world champion. Yang won the vacant Universal Boxing Organization™ (UBO) World Light Welterweight title with a hard fought, but clear, unanimous decision over Thailand’s Rachamongkol Kokietgym. In front of more than 7000 partisan fans in mining town Yi Liang, about an hour from his hometown of Zhao Tong, Yang won by scores of 116-112, 118-109 and 119-109 and improved his professional ledger to 15-2 (4). Kokietgym dropped to 16-4 (6). Sugar Ray Lee, as he is affectionately nicknamed, came out to impress, and dropped Kokietgym with a beautiful left hook-straight right hand combination in the first round. He then lost a point moments later for hitting his Thai opponent while he was down, which may have cost the local hero an early knockout victory. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/10/yang-makes-chinese-boxing-history-wins-ubo-world-title/
