Tokyo, Japan On Monday Japanese fans at the Korakuen Hall had a treat as they got a number of really good match ups on the most recent of the Dangan shows. In the main event fight fans saw rising star Ken Shiro (5-0, 3) score a 10 round unanimous decision win over Filipino Rolly Sumalpong (9-1-1, 4) to claim the WBC Youth Light Flyweight crown. The bout saw Ken Shiro being dropped in round 2 before fighting back hard to claim a clear decision win over the Filipino, who was deducted a point in the final round for biting Ken Shiro. Following the win Ken Shiro announced that he would be fighting for the Japanese national title in December against Kenichi Horikawa. In the chief support bout fans saw a minor upset as Japanese based Filipino Ricky Sismundo (30-8-2, 13) took a narrow decision win over Yoshitaka Kato (29-6-1, 9). Sismundo looked better than ever as he out boxed Kato through large swathes of the bout, though was dropped in round 8 as Kato looked to turn the fight around. Despite scoring the late knockdown Kato still came up short, losing 76-75 on all 3 cards. In another supporting bout fans saw Shota Hayashi (26-5-1, 16) scored a 7th round TKO win over former Japanese title holder Koji Umetsu (22-17-3, 10), who now seems likely to retire given that he is 39 and has lost 4 of his last 6 bouts. Another of the supporting bouts was a bout between former title challengers and saw Koshinmaru Saito (22-7-1, 11) score a 5th round TKO win over Takehiro Shimokawara (19-11-3, 6). This was a third successive loss for Shimokawara who has now won just 1 of his last 6, and may well walk away from the sport. Another supporting 8 rounder saw Hayato Yamaguchi (13-6-1, 2) celebrate his 20th professional bout with an 8th round technical decision win over Seiya Fujikita (8-2, 1). This bout, a majority technical decision, was a minor upset for Yamaguchi. The first of the supporting 8 rounders was another close one as Masashi Odaira (6-4-2, 2) narrowly over-came Yuki Fukumoto (17-11, 5) with a razor thin unanimous decision win. This saw Fukumoto suffer his 5th loss in 7 bouts. The only 4 rounder on the card saw Yusuke Moriya (2-2, 1) score a 4th round TKO win against Seita Shimaniya (1-5, 1), who has now suffered 4 straight losses. The win for Moriya sees him ending a 2 fight skid. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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This past Thursday was a great day for Japanese fans who had two shows with a lot of action and a number of interesting match ups. Osaka, Japan The bigger of the two shows, by far, came from Osaka where fans got a bit of everything. They got a world title fight in the main event, they got the next fight in the development of a brilliant young prospect, they got the debut fight of a former amateur standout, they got a huge debut involving the son of a true legend and they also got a minor upset. All in all fans in Osaka got value for their money. The main event saw the hugely popular and destructively hard hitting Shinsuke Yamanaka (23-0-2, 17) continue his impressive reign as the WBC Bantamweight champion as he easily disposed of the horribly over-matched Diego Ricardo Santillan (23-1, 15). The Argentinian challenger had come to the ring with an unbeaten record and a lot of confidence but was dominated by Yamanaka who dropped in rounds 6 and 7 with the Argentinian staying down following the second knock-down. In some ways this was the perfect performance by the champion though in other ways it was disappointing to see such a poor challenger thrown in with Yamanaka. In the chief support bout fans saw the talented youngster Sho Nakazawa (6-0, 4) take a wide 8 round decision win over the game but relatively limited Alexander Cazares (9-4, 3) of Mexico. The young Japanese fighter did have some issues, more than he'd had in his previous 5 bouts, but nothing major in what was a routine win. It now sees like Nakazawa will begin the hunt for titles. In another of the major support bouts we saw Juiki Tatsuyoshi (1-0, 1) batter Tadao Iwaya (1-3) in just 2 rounds. Juiki is the second son of the great Joichiro Tatsuyoshi and at times showed some of his father's traits though it's going to take a very long time for him to develop into a fighter like his father. It was an impressive debut but it did come against a very over-matched foe. Another debutant on this card was the touted Shuya Masaki (1-0, 1) who made very light work of Phanthong Por Panya (1-2, 1). Masaki, who has a solid amateur pedigree, stopped Phanthong after just 134 seconds of their scheduled 6 rounder. It was all perfect for the touted Japanese fighters on this card however as for Rookie of the Year winner Tatsuya Ikemizu (12-1, 5) suffered his first defeat. The youngster was out gunned and out gritted by Japanese based Filipino Mark John Yap (20-12, 10). Yap took a very close 8 round decision over the youngster though it was a bout that Ikemizu will have learned a lot from, a “good loss” if you will. As well the higher profile bouts this card featured 3 relatively low profile 4 rounders. One of those was over in just 26 seconds as Takaaki Maeda (3-1, 1) blew away Takuya Olivia Hase (2-1-1, 1) in double quick fashion. The other contests were both razor thin decisions with one of those seeing Kenji Kihisa (3-2, 1) over-coming Akito Terada (1-1) whilst the other saw Kazuma Fukuyama (4-4-3) defeat Ryuta Miyoshi (0-2), both of those were majority decisions. Tokyo, Japan Whilst the big show of the day was in Osaka there was also some highly entertaining action in Tokyo where fans had 3 bouts of note as well as an interesting and well matched under-card. The most competitive of the main bouts saw former Japanese champion Koji Umetsu (22-16-3, 10) battle to a split decision loss against Kazunori Takayama (21-8-4, 4) in a bout that really could have gone either way. Umetsu, who was the Japanese Featherweight champion back in 2006, has had an up and down career but at 38 years old he has got to be considering retirement. Takayama on the other hand may be able to work himself towards a title fight later in the year. Incidentally this was the third meeting between the two men. Another exciting main bout saw the heavy handed Akinori Watanabe (32-4, 27) take a rare decision win as he over-came the teak tough Arnel Tinampay (22-17-1, 8), a Japanese based Filipino tough-guy. This looked like a great bout when it was signed and it prove to be enthralling in the ring, though it was a worthy win for Watanabe who stated that he'd like a fight with Yoshihiro Kamegai after the fight. The third notable bout proved to be a bit of a mismatch as Takeshi Inoue (3-0-1, 2) made light work of Thai foe Kriburee Sithniwat (0-3-1). The Thai was stopped in the 2nd round of the scheduled 8 round bout. According to boxrec.com this was Kriburee's first bout in almost 6 year, though as with many Thai's it's hard to verify the record one way or another. In the sole 6 rounder we again saw a Thai being stopped early as Takuya Yamaguchi (9-9, 7) saw off Pornsak Chomram (0-1) at the very end of round 3, technically scoring the KO at 3:09 of the 3rd round. The card featured 5 bouts scheduled for the 4 round distance. Of those only a couple went the completed schedule. One of those that went the distance saw Daichi Honma (1-0) claim a debut win as he over-came Akihiro Yashiro (2-2-1) in a wide decision win, the other ended in a split decision as Yutaka Uemura (3-2-1, 2) just out did Tomoki Takada (1-1-1). One bout that almost made it to the final bell saw Shunta Terai (1-2-1, 1) take a 4th round TKO against Ryusuke Arai (0-4-1). The other two bouts lasted less than a completed round. One of them saw Shu Muramatsu (1-1, 1) blow away Masahiko Abe (2-2-1, 2) in 74 seconds whilst the other saw Fire Terakado (1-1, 1) defeat Keisuke Imabuchi (0-1) in 98 seconds. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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