Angky Angkota: Indonesian Boxer and World-Title Challenger

Indonesian boxer Angky Angkota challenged Jorge Arce for the vacant WBO super-flyweight championship in Mexico City on January 30, 2010. Arce won a technical decision after the contest was halted during the seventh round, leaving Angkota without the world title.

A title fight shortened by an accidental clash

The scheduled 12-round bout ended after an accidental clash of heads left Angkota with a cut over his right eye. Because he could not continue, the result went to the judges’ scorecards rather than being decided through the remaining rounds.

All three judges favored Arce. Two scored the completed action 60–54, while the third returned 58–56. The outcome was therefore a unanimous technical decision, a different result from a knockout or a full-distance decision.

A second championship meeting with Arce

Angkota and Arce met again in November 2011, this time for the vacant WBO bantamweight championship in Mazatlán. Arce won that rematch by unanimous decision. The two meetings were for separate titles in different divisions: super flyweight in 2010 and bantamweight in 2011.

Angkota’s international record also includes a 2004 split-decision victory over Donnie Nietes in Jakarta. That result preceded Nietes’s later world championship successes and remains another notable connection in Angkota’s career.

Together, the Nietes bout and the two Arce title challenges show the level of opposition Angkota encountered beyond Indonesia. His attempts against Arce did not produce a world championship, but they placed him in significant contests on the international professional boxing stage.

The recorded title fight confirms the result and championship. Sources: WBO rematch report; WBO account of the Nietes result; [1] [2]

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