It's fair to say the month of January wasn't the best for fight fans. There was some moments of excitement, some good fights, but they seemed few and far between. With that in mind there wasn't too much too choose from for the Japanese awards for the month, and only two awards were actually won, not the typical 3.
The MVP for the month was the newly crowned OPBF Light Welterweight champion Rikki Naito (19-2, 7) [内藤 律樹]. The 26 year old stopped Jeffrey Arienza on January 13th in one of the best performances of his career, and although he was helped by a lack of other fights during the month it's hard to argue with him being the MVP for January.
The Fighting Spirit award was claimed by Hironori Mishiro (5-0, 2) [三代大訓], who also had his big performance on January 13th when he defeated touted Teiken prospect Shuya Masaki [正木脩也] with an 8 round decision.
There was no award for the new comer during the month, a result of so few bouts taking place during January.
For those interested Naito and Mishiro will recieve their awards on February 26th at the Korakuen Hall.
(Image courtesy of boxmob.jp)
The MVP for the month was the newly crowned OPBF Light Welterweight champion Rikki Naito (19-2, 7) [内藤 律樹]. The 26 year old stopped Jeffrey Arienza on January 13th in one of the best performances of his career, and although he was helped by a lack of other fights during the month it's hard to argue with him being the MVP for January.
The Fighting Spirit award was claimed by Hironori Mishiro (5-0, 2) [三代大訓], who also had his big performance on January 13th when he defeated touted Teiken prospect Shuya Masaki [正木脩也] with an 8 round decision.
There was no award for the new comer during the month, a result of so few bouts taking place during January.
For those interested Naito and Mishiro will recieve their awards on February 26th at the Korakuen Hall.
(Image courtesy of boxmob.jp)
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