Araneta vs Simsri

Who won Araneta vs Simsri?

Thanongsak Simsri beat Christian Araneta by split decision in their 12 round contest on Thursday, June 19th, 2025, at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 114-113, 115-112, 116-111 in favor of winner Thanongsak Simsri.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Jr Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 108 pounds (7.7 stone or 49 kg).

This contest was for the IBF jr flyweight championship of the world.

Simsri was defending his his IBF World Junior Flyweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Christian Araneta in June 2025. He had held this belt for 8 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Brian Norman Jr's and Jin Sasaki's clash for the WBO World Welterweight championship.

Araneta vs Simsri stats

Christian Araneta stepped into the ring with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws.

Thanongsak Simsri made his way to the ring with a record of 38 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Christian Araneta was the older man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Araneta had a height advantage of 1 inch over Simsri.

Christian Araneta fought out of the southpaw stance, while Thanongsak Simsri was an orthodox fighter.

Araneta was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 years and 9 months earlier than Simsri, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 1 fewer professional rounds, totaling 142 compared to Simsri's 143.

Christian Araneta went into the fight ranked number 1 by the IBF at jr flyweight.

Thanongsak Simsri was ranked number 2 by the IBF in the 108lb division.

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Araneta's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 21 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 2 years and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.5 rounds on average.

What time did Araneta vs Simsri start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Araneta vs Simsri?

The fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Araneta vs Simsri?

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