Lewkowicz Congratulates Chris ‘The Dragon’ John for 17th Successful Title Defense
Sampson Lewkowicz, advisosr of WBA featherweight “super” champion Chris “The Dragon” John (48-0-2, 22 KOs) sends his warmest congratulations to his fighter for making his 17th successful title defense on Friday night in Singapore.
Fighting on Mahkota Promotions’ card at the Marina Bay Sands and live on Australia FOX, John outclassed previously undefeated Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo (44-1, 27 KOs) by unanimous (117-111, 119-109 and 119-109) decision.
33-year-old John won the WBA featherweight title in 2006 against Oscar Leon. This was his sixth defense of his “Super” title. In his illustrious career, John has beaten fellow future hall of famer Juan Manuel Marquez and notable top contender Rocky Juarez.
John dominated most of the action. Piriyapinyo had some good moments in rounds seven and eight, but John took back over after that.
“Chris John is a force of nature. A fighter for the history books,” said Lewkowicz. “He is 33 and still dominating fighters who come in at 44-0. I am honored to be working with him and I send him my warmest regards for his outstanding performance.”
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
