Orange, Australia: Super Welter: Sam Ah-See (13-0-1) W PTS 8 Arnel Tinampay (22-19-10). Heavy: Solomon Haumona (22-2-2) W TKO 4 Felipo Fonoti Masoe (3-9)
Ah See vs. Tinampay
Hometown fighter Ah-See returns with a good performance as he decisions Filipino Tinampay. In his first fight for nine months he took a round to get back in the groove and had a shaky third but then he had his southpaw jab working, in fact overworking as he had carried an injured left hand in to the ring so could only use left sparingly and only went through with the fight because it was in his hometown. Tinampay was taking the fight to Ah-See and forcing the pace but due to good body punching by Ah-See by the fifth Tinampay was slowing and by the sixth his right eye was almost closed. Scores 80-72, 78-74 and 78-76. The only blemish on the record of the 24-year-old former top amateur is a technical draw and he subsequently beat the same opponent to win the Australian title which he subsequently lost due to inactivity. Tinampay, 31, has yet to lose inside the distance but Australia is not a happy place for him as he has suffered six losses down under.
Haumona vs. Masoe
Veteran Haumona has his first fight since October 2013 and overwhelms Masoe in four rounds. The New Zealand-born Haumona had Masoe down twice and on shaky pins when the fight was finally halted. The 39-year-old goes to 20 wins by KO/TKO. He was 20-1-2 in his first 23 fights and won the Australian and OPBF titles before being stopped in ten rounds by Kevin Johnson in April 2013. He had one more fight in October that year and this was his first fight since then. Masoe, also from New Zealand, has now lost 8 of his last 9 fights.
