ArAr Andales: Boxing Career and Notable Fights
ArAr Andales is a Filipino minimumweight boxer who challenged Thailand’s Knockout CP Freshmart for the WBA world title in Nakhon Sawan on August 2, 2019. The bout ended in the eighth round, and Freshmart retained the title by technical decision after a head clash caused a cut. WBA fight report.
In March 2024, Andales was scheduled to challenge Japan’s Ginjiro Shigeoka for the IBF minimumweight title but withdrew before the fight. Japanese Boxing News report.
The 2019 world title challenge
Andales entered the contest with ten professional victories and no defeats. He was the WBA Asian champion and only nineteen years old when he faced the experienced titleholder, whose record stood at nineteen wins without a loss before the bout.
The technical decision meant the result was settled on the scorecards after the accidental head clash. All three judges favored the champion, returning totals of 77–75, 79–73 and 78–74. Andales left with his first professional defeat, while Niyomtrong retained the championship. The result was a decision victory for the titleholder rather than a knockout or a completed twelve-round contest.
Regional success and a later opportunity
Andales continued to compete after the world title attempt. In October 2021, he defeated Vietnam’s Minh Phat Sam by seventh-round stoppage in South Korea to win the WBO Oriental minimumweight title. That achievement added another regional belt to his record.
The planned March 2024 Shigeoka contest would have been a separate challenge for the IBF championship. Because Andales withdrew before the event, it does not count as a completed fight or a title defeat in his competitive record.
Further career results
Another overseas appearance came against Tsubasa Koura at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on October 25, 2022. The WBA’s record lists a technical draw at 38 seconds of the second round. That early ending was separate from the later withdrawn Shigeoka challenge, and added a Japanese contest to Andales’s record after his regional-title success in South Korea.
Sources
Additional sources: https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-boxer-profile?id=4762
- Asian Boxing: Andales wins WBO Oriental title
- World Boxing Association: Freshmart retains title against Andales
- Japanese Boxing News: Shigeoka-Andales title fight update
- BoxingScene: Niyomtrong decisions Andales
