Filipino featherweight Jack Asis moved up to lightweight to face Australia’s William “Cool Willie” Kickett at the Challenge Stadium in Perth, Western Australia and lost a six round unanimous decision.
The 23 year old Kickett improved to 17-2 with 5 knockouts while the 28 year old Asis fell to 21-15-4 with 10 knockouts. It was the third straight defeat for Asis having lost a six round unanimous decision to Ryan Langham on July 9, 2010 after being knocked out in the 5th round by former world title challenger Terdsak Jandaeng (Kokietgym) of Thailand in a Interim WBC Asian Boxing Council super featherweight title bout on November 13, 2009.
Kickett who was coming off a unanimous forth round decision over Roy Tua Manihurak on May 20, 2010 scored a shut out against Asis with all three judges scoring the fight for the Aussie by a 60-54 margin.
The 21 year old West Australian Kickett has been compared to a young Lionel Rose by the Aussie great Jeff Fenech,s trainer Johnny Lewis. Rose was the world bantamweight champion who won the title from Japan’s Fighting Harada.
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