Chris John Wins Again Stanyslav Merdov

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Indonesian WBA featherweight super champion Chris John successfully defended his title by winning the Ukrainian Stanyslav Merdov Wednesday night in Challenge Stadium, Perth, Australia. Despite falling in the second round, Merdov gave stiff resistance for 12 rounds. "The Dragon" won with scores of 116-111, 116-111 and 115-112 for the win by unanimous decision. While Merdov's record is 32 wins (24 KOs) and 8 loses.

With this victory, Chris John stretched his record to 46-0-2, with 22 KOs. It makes Chris John extends to 15 victories in the title fight. Next, Chris John is scheduled to face the WBA first ranked Yuriorkis Gamboa from Cuba.

26th SEA Games Jakarta-Palembang

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Indonesia SEA Games 2011 will be held in 11 days (from November 11 - November 22) in two host cities, Jakarta and Palembang, with 542 gold medals to be competed through 44 sports. This year is the fourth time for Indonesia to be host country for Southeast Asian countries sports festival after in SEA Games X 1979, SEA Games XV 1987, dan SEA Games XIX 1997.

In Jakarta, competition venues will be centered in Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK), This stadium is the largest and oldest stadium in Indonesia.

List of Sport to be competed in Indonesia 26th South East Asian Games November 11th – November 22th, 2011.