Osaka, Japan The biggest show of the day came form the newly re-named “EDION Arena Osaka”, aka the “Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium” and the “Bodymaker Colosseum”. The show featured a couple of world title fights, a Japanese title fight and a female world title fight, whilst the under-card featured a former world title challenger and several notable under-card fighters. The main event of the card saw Osakan super-star Kazuto Ioka (18-1, 10) successfully retain his WBA Flyweight title with a near shut out win against Argentina's Roberto Domingo Sosa (26-3-1, 14). Sosa, although tough, never looked like he was in he fight as Ioka out boxed him, out skilled him, out sped him and out punched him. Ioka's title fight was one of 4 champions retaining their title. Another saw IBF Minimumweight champion Katsunari Takayama (30-7-0-1, 12) retain his title with an 8th round TKO win against Ryuji Hara (19-2, 11). For Takayama this was his second defense and seems to lead him towards a unification bout with WBO champion Kosei Tanaka, with that bout potentially taking place on New Years Eve, when Tanaka is set to return. Another champion to retain their title was Sho Ishida (20-0, 10) who comfortably over-came Hayato Kimura (23-8, 15) and retained the Japanese Super Flyweight title, with a wide decision. Kimura seemed unable to ever establish himself against the talented Ishida however we're beginning to doubt Ishida's “world class” potential, given his second less than perfect performance. Another successful defense saw OPBF female Light Flyweight champion Kei Takenaka (10-0, 3) claim an 8 round shut out win over Krikanok Islandmuaythai (4-5-1, 2) to retain her title. Another 8 round bout saw former world title challenger Atsushi Kakutani (17-4-1, 10) take a 2nd round KO against Thoedkiad Singhamanasak (0-4), whilst the much touted Masayoshi Hashizume (9-0, 6) continued his perfect started to professional life with a 64 second win against Petchnamnung Sor Thiebkhun (0-11). The card also featured a par of 6 rounders. One of those saw the much touted Riku Kano (7-1-1, 4) claim a comfortable decision victory over Kenta Matsui (6-5, 1) whilst the other was a competitive split decision win for Juan Castillo Inami (9-3, 4), who beat Tesu Kanayama (4-3, 1). In the only 4 rounder Hayate Ikuta (4-0, 1) blitzed Kota Hama (2-2, 1) in just 51 seconds. Osaka, Japan Staying at the EDION Arena Osaka, there was also a West of Japan Rookie of the Year show, in fact it was the final of the section of the Rookie of the year competition. In the Minimumweight division the winner was 20 year old Ryusei Kitamura (5-1, 1) who took a narrow decision win over Ryoki Hirai (5-4-1, 2). The Light Flyweight champion was Seigo Yuri Akui (4-0-1, 2) who blew away Kaminoko Okamura Kentokid (5-1-3, 2) inside a round. At Flyweight it was the unbeaten Masahiro Sakamoto (4-0, 3) who came out on top with a 2nd round KO win against Hirohide Murakami (4-3). In the Super Flyweight division Kensei Hirano (5-0, 3) took less than a round to blow away Shion Tamada (2-1) with an opening round win. At Bantamweight we had a really competitive bout that saw Tenta Kiyose (6-1-1, 1) take a split decision win over Tetsu Araki (4-1-1). At Super Bantamweight we had a bout that looked really close on paper though in the ring it was a near shut out as Kohei Iwai (6-3-1, 5) clearly beat Takaaki Kanai (5-4, 3). The Featherweight action was competitive with Yuto Nagano (5-0, 2) taking a majority decision over Ryuya Yanagida (2-1, 2). In the Super Featherweight division things were one sided as Naotoshi Nakatani (6-0, 5) blew away Ryo Sumiya (2-2-1) in the 2nd round. Lightweight saw Tomoaki Mastumura (5-0, 3) destroy Yu Sumiya (1-1, 1) in just 42 seconds. The Light Welterweight division saw an upset as Kazuma Fukuyama (5-4-3) took a decision win over Yuki Takahashi (5-1, 1). At Welterweight Giraffe Kirin Kanda (5-1, 3) took a 96 second win over Yuya Shimakawa (2-1). In the Middleweight division Brandon Lockhart Shane (5-3, 4) beat Yuki Nakanishi (1-3, 1). Bangkok, Thailand In Thailand Kiatkreerin put on a 3 fight card. The main event here saw Mike Tawatchai (36-8-1, 21) claim the vacant IBF Pan Pacific Super Bantamweight title with a decision win over Junny Salogaol (9-8-4, 9). This was Tawatchai's first bout since being beaten in a world title eliminator against Shingo Wake. Another notable name on this card was former world title challenger Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr (28-4-1, 15) who over-came Oscar Raknafa (12-11, 5) with an 8 round decision win. A third notable fighter was former Olympic star Manus Boonjumnong (2-0) who beat Marco Tuhumury (10-12-2, 3) with a 4 round decision (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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Yoshikawa comes up short, Kakutani stops over-matched foe and Jaro picks up first win in Japan!4/30/2015 There wasn't much action this past Wednesday despite there being 3 Japanese shows. Osaka, Japan For fans in Osaka they were treat to two shows in the same venue, the Sangyo Shingo Center. The first of those cards was a low profile affair though did feature a notable fighter in the main event. The notable fighter was former WBC Light Flyweight title challenger Atsushi Kakutani (16-4-1, 9) who made light work of Indonesian visitor Hengky Baransano (11-6, 4) who was stopped in the 2nd round of the bout. Kakutani, who is best known for dropping Adrian Hernandez, has won his last 3 by stoppage and is now looking for a more notable bout, possible for an OPBF title. In the chief support bout fans saw Filipino fighter Ronelle Ferreras (14-8-3, 6) return to Japan and get widely out pointed over 8 rounds by Ryuya Yamanaka (9-2, 2).. This was Ferreras's first bout in Japan since he was beaten by Kosei Tanaka in March 2014 and unfortunately th e Filipino is now 1-3-1 in his last 5. For Yamanaka however this is the best win of his career so far and he is now 2-0 since being beaten by the upset minded Roque Lauro last August. A third 8 rounder saw Yuichi Arai (10-8-1, 3) score a 7th round TKO against the limited Takashi Nishimura (8-14-1, 1), who suffered his 9th stoppage defeat. This was a 4th straight loss for Nishimura who has won just 1 of his last 11 bouts! On paper Arai appears to be on a career resurgence with 4 straight wins. In the sole 6 rounder Ryota Shimizu (4-5-2, 1) took a competitive decision over Takaaki Kitagawa (5-4, 2) in a minor upset. Both of the scheduled 4 rounders finished earlier. One of these saw Yuki Iriguchi (2-0, 1) score his first stoppage courtesy of a 2nd round TKO against debutant Rakimu Ichikawa (0-1) whilst the other saw Shu Takeuchi (1-0, 1) take a 3rd round TKO in an all debutant bout against Satoru Hyodo (0-1). Osaka, Japan The second Osaka show came in the same venue as the previous card and featured a former world champion and a current world champion. Sadly for Japanese fans neither of the local fighters managed to over-come their visiting opponents. The main event was one sided as Anabel Ortiz (17-3, 3) easily retained her WBA female Minimumweight title with a wide decision victory against previously unbeaten Japanese fighter Nana Yoshikawa (4-1, 2). Yoshikawa, challenging in her first world title bout, was out fought from essentially the first round and was a wide loser on the cards with the only thing going in her favour being a point deduction from Ortiz in round 9 for low blows. The chief support bout saw former WBC Flyweight champion Sonny Boy Jaro (40-1-5, 28) take a majority decision over Shota Kawaguchi (18-6-1, 8) in a very competitive 8 round bout. This win for Jaro sees him scoring his first win in Japan after a trio of successive defeats in the country whilst Kawaguchi has now lost 2 of his last 3 bouts. The most competitive bout on this card ended in a draw as Takeshi Sone (5-3-3, 1) failed to over-come Il Che (7-8-5, 1) in a really close 6 rounder. The bout, scored a split draw, saw all 3 cards coming back close and there was little real complain about the result. In the opening bout of the show Ryuji Hayasho (2-4) claimed a rare win as he easily defeated Michio Mizuno (1-3-1). Kagoshima, Japan Outside of Osaka the only action came from Kagoshima in a very low profile and low quality card with no one of real note on the show. Despite the “low” quality it dd give us some competitive action, The main event was a sole 6 rounder that saw Naoya Haruguchi (7-5, 2) take a clear decision over Takayuki Teraji (5-8-1, 3). This was Haruguchi's second straight win after being beaten in last year's Rookie of the Year whilst Teraji has gone 1-5 in his last 6. The rest of the card was 4 rounders with 7 bouts scheduled for the short distance. Of the 7 contests only 3 went the schedule with all 3 of them being really competitive bouts. One saw Tsunehiko Aitoku (2-3-1) score a surprise win over Shinichi Nomoto (4-6-3, 2) with really close scorecards turned in by all 3 judges. Another of the competitive bout saw the unbeaten Genyu Nakano (0-0-2) score his second career draw as he was held to split decision draw by Ryusuke Ushihara (0-0-1). A second draw saw Kana Fukuda (3-1-1, 1) fight to a split draw with Yuki Henzan (1-4-2, 1) in the shows only female bout. On paper a well matched bout doesn't always end up being the most competitive and that was seen when Koichi Uryu (4-2-1, 3) blew away Daichi Ono (3-2, 2) at the very end of the opening round, with an official time of 3:08. A even shorter bout saw Mitsuyoshi Fujita (4-2, 2) defeat Ryo Ota (2-1, 1) in just 55 seconds. Another even looking bout saw Kensuke Minato (2-0, 1) defeat Tsuyoshi Matsuda (1-1) in the middle of round 3 whilst the remaining bout saw the debuting Takashi Matsugano (1-0, 1) score a 2nd round TKO against the win-less Ryuta Kozasa (0-4). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Sunday was a busy day in the Japanese boxing scene with 3 notable domestic shows. Although the shows weren't attention grabbing on an international scale they were big enough to feature some well known fighters. Osaka, Japan The most well known fighter in action was Nobuhiro Ishida (26-10-2, 10), who was on one of two separate shows held at the Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka city. Ishida, pictured, was fighting for the second time as a Heavyweight and managed to out point Frenchman David Radeff (5-8-2, 2) in an 8 round bout. The win for Ishida was his first win as a Heavyweight and has seen him taking a step towards a rematch with Kyotaro Fujimoto, a bout that Ishida wants so as to claim the Japanese Heavyweight title and avenge a close loss from earlier this year. Without a Fujimoto rematch the odds are that Ishida will have to think very hard about his future. Another man thinking about his future right now is former Japanese Bantamweight champion Kohei Oba (36-3-1, 14) who announced his retirement following a hard fought decision win over domestic rival Keigo Soma (6-11-1, 3). This 8 round bout was Oba's first following his stoppage loss to Randy Caballero earlier this year and it's clear that the loss to Caballero took a lot out of "The Mayweather of Nagoya" who at just 29 has called an end on his career. On the same show we also saw a return to the ring for recent Japanese Bantamweight title contender Yu Kawaguchi (21-6, 9) who looked less than impressive in scoring a narrow 8 round win over Seizo Kono (14-7-1, 9). For Kawaguchi this was his first bout following a 10 round loss to Kentaro Masuda in a bout for the vacant Japanese national title at Bantamweight and although he was competitive in that one the bout appears to have taken it's toll on him here. The undercard of this show featured 5 bouts all scheduled for 4 rounds. These saw a pair of blow out wins for debutant fights. The quickest of the debutants to record a win was Yuto Nagano (1-0, 1) who took just 34 seconds to blow through Norio Shimizu (0-1). It took just 2 minutes for fellow debutant Tomoaki Matsumura (1-0, 1) to get off the mark with his own opening round victory which came against Shuichi Inagaki (1-1, 1). The other 3 bouts all went the distance as Hirohide Murakami (2-2) took a clear decision win over Masatetsu Hirano (1-2, 1). A second, closer, decision saw Ryosuke Nasu (1-0-1) score his first win as he over-came Yuki Sueyoshi (1-3, 1). The closest of the 3 decisions saw Genki Inoue (1-3-1, 1) fight to a draw with Ryota Shimizu (3-5-1, 1). Osaka, Japan The other show at the Bodymaker Colosseum was the Rookie of the West finals with 10 bouts on the show, all featuring novices competing for their chance to be Rookie of the Year later this year. The lowest weight featured was Minimumweight where we saw the unbeaten Reiya Konishi (5-0, 4) continue his unbeaten run with a 2nd round stoppage against the win-less Naoki Yoshimura (0-2-1). Konishi kicked off a good run for unbeaten fighters with unbeaten men winning every division from Minimumweight all the way up to Super Flyweight, as well as Super Bantamweight. At Light Flyweight that saw Seigo Yuri Akui (2-0) over-come the previously unbeaten Michitaka Muto (3-1-1) with a 4 round decision, Flyweight saw a 5 round decision for Shun Kosaka (8-0) who managed to rack up his 8th straight decision win with a clear victory over Takahiko Nakajima (4-5-1). At Super Flyweight we saw Ioka prospect Masayoshi Hashizume (5-0, 3) blow away Takeshi Kajikawa (3-1, 2) in very impressive fashion, this win notably won Hashizume the MVP for the show. The Bantamweight bout was won by the heavy handed Keisuke Tabuchi (7-1-2, 5) who took a very narrow majority decision over Takaaki Kitagawa (4-3, 2) in one of the more exciting bouts on the show. At Super Bantamweight we saw another unbeaten winner as Shohei Kawashima (7-0-2, 1) took a 5 round decision over the heavy handed Kohei Iwai (4-3-1, 4). The remaining 4 bouts on this show were all very competitive with little to split the fighters. These included a Featherweight bout that saw Kyohei Tonomoto (4-1, 2) take a very narrow split decision over Toru Kageyama (5-6-1, 4) whilst Chocoboy Oizumi (4-2-2, 2) took the Light Welterweight crown with a split decision over Kazuma Fukuyama (3-3-3). In a unanimous decision Shota Yamamoto (5-1, 3) defeated the previously unbeaten Ryo Kanda (2-1, 1) for the Welterweight crown. Arguably the most surprising result came at Middleweight where the previously win-less Ryota Ikawa (1-5) over-came American Brandon Lockhart Shane (3-3, 2) in a narrow split decision. Hyogo, Japan The third Japan show was in Hyogo and was headlined by former world title challenger Atsushi Kakutani (15-4-1, 7) who scored a 4th round TKO against Thai visitor Dawut Manopkanchang (10-7-1, 3). After the fight Kakutani, who is best known for his loss to Adrian Hernandez in a WBC Light Flyweight title fight, hinted strongly that he was wanting to get an OPBF title fight for December. In the chief support bout we again saw a Japanese fighter fighting a Thai. This time however the bout was much more competitive with Yuichi Arai (9-8-1, 2) narrowly over-coming Saensak Sithvarunee (0-2) with an 8 round majority decision. The only 6 round bout on the show saw Yushi Fujita (6-6-3, 1) defeat Takuya Hashimoto (4-5, 4) in 3 rounds. Fujita scored his first stoppage though it shouldn't be taken as too much of an impressive achievement considering Hashimoto has now been stopped in all 5 of his losses. The card kicked off with a trio of 4 rounders. These saw Kazuki Kimura (3-2) take a 4 round unanimous decision over Naoya Hamaguchi (4-2-1, 1) in a minor upset, Kazuyoshi Toguri (3-6) managed to take a narrow split decision over Tomohiro Tatani (3-9, 2) and a split decision draw between Kenta Ide (1-1-1) and Keigo Yokoyama (1-1-1). Jakarta, Indonesia In Indonesia fans saw Ruben Manakane (14-11-1, 9) score a 5th round TKO against Egy Rozten (3-6-1, 3). 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