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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This past Wednesday was a brilliant day for boxing fans in Japan with notable shows in both Osaka and Tokyo. The fights ranged from world level to prospect level, on both shows, yet they both featured some genuinely exciting fights that delivered what was promised. Osaka, Japan Of the two shows it was the one in Osaka that was the more high profile and interesting. The card featured everything from a debutant to world title bouts, and went through everything in between in what was a spectacular day of action in the Osaka Prefectural gymnasium. We'll start with the main event which looked like a mouth watering bout when it was first rumoured and proved to be every big as good in the ring. That bout saw Japanese star Kazuto Ioka (17-1, 10) become a 3rd weight world champion at the third time of asking as he narrowly over-came Argentinian warrior Juan Carlos Reveco (35-2, 19) in a really close and competitive bout for the WBA Flyweight title. Reveco entered the bout seeking his 9th defense of the crown and at times looked like he was getting the better of things until Ioka made changes late to pull out a very close majority decision in a bout that was everything boxing fans should enjoy. The one, unfortunate, thing about the bout was the Argentinian TV channel screening the fight. They sadly appeared to be a bit “too” pro-Reveco leading many fans to the idea that the close bout was a robbery, when it really was too close to call. The other world title bout was also marred in controversy as Katsunari Takayama (29-7-0-1, 11) retained his IBF Minimumweight title with a 9th round technical decision win over gutsy Thai Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr (27-4-1, 15). Sakkreerin had been less than impressive in his previous visit to Japan, losing a wide decision to the sensationally talented Takuma Inoue, and we expected a 1-sided bout here though in the end the bout ended up being compelling with Takayama being his usual all-action aggressive fighter. The aggression of Takayama regularly forced Sakkreerin against the ropes where he fought as a counter puncher in a fight that was brilliant to watch. Sadly the bout was marred by an ending that left everyone confused. Originally it looked like the title was going to change hands with Takayama being stopped due to facial damage only for the cards to be read with Takayama retaining the title with a close decision. The odd ending has lead to calls for a rematch and we'd certainly be in favour of seeing these two go at again. As well as the pair of world title contests there was also a Japanese title fight as the unbeaten Sho Ishida (19-0, 10) was given his stiffest test so far. Ishida, defending the Japanese Super Flyweight title for the second time, only just kept a hold of his belt with a split decision win over Taiki Eto (14-4, 10). Ishida started well and appeared in control for the most part but stamina issues in the later rounds allowed Eto to come on strong in a bout that left us with questions about Ishida. We suspect it was a “bad night” for the unbeaten champion but he clearly has work to do before getting a world title fight. One man who looked like he was ready for a title fight was former WBA Minimumweight champion Ryo Miyazaki (23-1-3, 14) who made light work of the over-matched Namphol Sithsaithong (7-10, 5) in what was a very clear tune up bout for the popular Japanese fighter. It now seems likely that Miyazaki will be looking for a fight with countryman Ryoichi Taguchi in the summer, if Taguchi is successful in his upcoming WBA Light Flyweight world title defense. On the under-card there were several notable fighters. One of those was 2014 Super Flyweight Rookie of the Year Masayoshi Hashizume (8-0, 5) who made light work of Saenrachan Sor Theptanee (0-2) with a 3rd round KO. Hashizume has an exciting style and we're hoping to see him step up to facing Japanese ranked foes by the end of this year, though it's unlikely he'll be getting a title fight any time soon. Another Rookie of the Year winner on the under-card was Reiya Konishi (8-0, 4) who scored a very notable 8 round decision win over Kenta Shimizu (8-5-1, 4). This was by far the best win so far for the talented Konishi who looks like a title contender in the making. A third unbeaten prospect on the under-card was female hopeful Kei Takenaka (9-0, 3) who took a clear 6 round decision win over Thai visitor Kanittha Saknarong (0-3). We're now expecting to see Takenaka move towards a more notable fight though the former OPBF female Light Flyweight title holder really does need a better test before she steps up to world level. In the 4 rounders on the card fans saw two clear decisions. One of those saw Hayate Ikuta (1-0) make a successful debut as he took a clear win over Seita Shimamiya (1-4) whilst the other saw Noriyuki Imamura (3-3) level off his record with a win over Genki Inoue (1-5-1, 1). Tokyo, Japan In Tokyo fans had a show at the popular Korakuen Hall and although this was massively over-shadowed by the Osaka show it was incredibly entertaining and significant in it's own right. The main event here was an exciting split decision win for Ricky Sismundo (28-8-1, 12) who over-came former Japanese Lightweight champion Akihiro Kondo (21-6-1, 10). Although Kondo often brought the action he was regularly countered by his foe, a Japanese based Filipino, who was a very worthy winner. Amazingly this was Kondo's 5th bout in 9 months, sadly however it was his 3rd loss in that period whilst Sismundo has now won back-to-back fights follow a loss to Masayoshi Nakatani in an OPBF title bout last year. Sismundo's win wasn't the only success for Filipino fighters on this card as Giovanni Escaner (13-3, 9) scored a slight upset win over touted Japanese prospect Naoto Uebayashi (7-1-1, 4). Uebayashi was stopped in the 8th round of the bout by the talented Escaner who has now scored back-to-back wins in Japan and appeared to be quickly developing into an exciting and strong fighter who will be a handful for a lot of fighters. Things weren't so bad for Uebyashi's stablemate Hikaru Marugame (4-0, 2) who took a career best victory over Wataru Miyasaka (9-3-1, 2). Marugame was the clear winner but was pushed for the first time in his career and this 8 rounder will certainly have served his development well. Miyasaka may have come up short but certainly did his standing no harm and will likely be put in other good bouts in the near future. On the undercard we ended up with some very competitive bouts. One of those saw Ken Otogawa (7-5, 5) score an upset against Yasuki Katagiri (4-2, 1) in a bout that was scored 58-56 to Otoggawa by all 3 judges. Another bout saw Tomoyuki Yokota (5-3, 2) upset the more experienced Akihiro Furukawa (12-6-1, 9) with a razor thin decision, scored 56-55 twice and 57-55. A third 6 rounder saw Hisasi Owada (6-9-1, 1) score a relatively unexpected stoppage win as he finished off Hikaru Takaki (6-7, 5) at the end of round 4. We saw another stoppage in the sole 4 rounder on this show as Shintaro Hirohama (2-3-1, 2) stopped Takahiro Yamanishi (1-4) in the 3rd round. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Sunday was a very busy one with fights across Asia. Tokyo, Japan In Tokyo we had the 2014 All Japan Rookie of the Year finals which featured 10 bouts in total, following bouts at 135lbs and 140lbs both being cancelled due to fighters pulling out. In the Minimumweight division fans saw the unbeaten Reiya Konishi (7-0, 4) continue his winning streak as he over-came Yuki Kubo (6-2, 2) with a clear decision. The talented 21 year old from Kobe just seemed to have too much of everything and we're really looking forward to seeing him in the mix with the ranked domestic contenders. At Light Flyweight things were highly competitive as Kenji Ono (7-1, 3) took a razor thin decision over Seita Ogido (6-2-1, 1). The cards, which ended in a split decision, all read 48-47 showing just how competitive it was round after round. The Flyweight division saw a battle between unbeaten men though saw the Koguchi promoted Kenya Yamashita (7-0, 4) defeat Shun Kosaka (9-1) with a clear decision. The talented Yamashita, an 18 year old with real promise, has now beaten 3 successive unbeaten men and we suspect his recent sparring with the likes of Suguru Muranaka has helped him develop into yet another promising Flyweight prospect. Don't be shocked if we see both of these guys fighting in the domestic title mix in the coming years. Masayoshi Hashizume (7-0, 4) continued his success as he won in the Super Flyweight tournament with a 3rd round technical decision against Shogo Yonenaga (6-2, 3). Sadly a clash of heads forced the bout to an early conclusion though it did seem like the exciting Hashizume was in charge prior to the conclusion. Sadly it seems likely that both men will be inactive for the next few months as the cuts they each suffered looked very nasty at the end of the bout. In the Bantamweight division we saw Ryohei Takahashi (5-1-1) continue his winning run as he over-came the heavy handed Keisuke Tabuchi (8-2-2, 6) with a very clear decision victory. Takahashi's lack of power will likely limit him when he steps up a level. Although Tabbuchi came up short there is a chance he'll go further in the sport given his heftier blows which will likely help him as he steps up in class. At Super Bantamweight we saw a slight surprise as the light hitting Shohei Kawashima (9-0-2, 2) scored just his second stoppage in 11 fights. The light hitter managed to stop Yuki Matsudo (8-2, 4) in the early stages of round 4 with a huge right hand that sunk Matsudo who was unable to beat the count. This win for Kawashima saw him winning the Skills Award for the tournament. In the Featherweight division Reiya Abe (8-1, 4) took home the crown as he out pointed Kyohei Tonomoto (5-2, 2) in a clear decision. Another clear decision saw Yuichiro Kasuya (6-0, 1) out point Masashi Wakita (4-3-1, 2) in a bout that won Kasuya the “Fighting Spirit” award. Aged 18 Kasuya looks likely to be involved in a lot of exciting bouts in the future, hopefully he can develop some power to go with his exciting style. The winner of the MVP award was the heavy handed Yuki Beppu (8-0, 8) who stopped Hironobu Matsunaga (6-1, 3) in the 2nd round in the Welterweight bout. Beppu, an exciting and heavy handed fighter had to take some hard shots himself in this thrilling contest though his belief in his own power was well founded. Matsunaga was down late in the opening round and never seemed to really recover before being stopped very early in round 2. At Middleweight Hisao Narita (8-1, 4) won a very tight one with Toshihiro Kai (4-7-2, 1). We had expected Narita to win this one easily but Kai really gave a great effort and made things very competitive. Metro Manila, Philippines In the Philippines fans saw one of their most exciting local fighters in action. That was OPBF Light Flyweight champion Jonathan Taconing (20-2-1, 17) who made light work of Oscar Raknafa (12-8, 5). Raknafa retired in the 4th round after having taken a bit of a beating. On the undercard here results have been scarce, though we do know that Abraham Bullagay (1-0-1, 1) fought to a draw with the win-less Manny Mamacquiao (0-4-1). Batangas, Philippines A second show in the Philippines had equally as interesting action. In the main event here fans saw Jhon Gemino (12-3-1, 5) take a very narrow split decision win over the previously unbeaten JR Magboo (16-1-2, 7) to claim the GAB Super Bantamweight title and record his most significant win to date. For Magboo this will a bad loss concede, even if it was close. In the co-feature fans saw Roberto Gonzalez (25-2, 16) score an 8th round TKO over Jose Ocampo (17-9-1, 12) in a bit of a blood bath. Gonzalez was cut early from a headclash before he battled back and cut Ocampo on the right eyelid with a punch in round 8. The cut on Ocampo's caused an early conclusion to the bout with the doctor ruling him unfit to continue. Another of the support bouts that ended early saw Bonjun Loperez (9-2-1, 5) score a victory over Oliver Gregorio (9-4-2, 5) after Gregorio retired with a damaged shoulder. A third support bout saw Renz Rosia (11-2, 5) take a majority decision over Jayson Rotoni (13-15-1, 7), though the cards were a bit all over the place here. In the sole 8-rounder Reneria Arizala (12-1-1, 5) made very light work Lowell Saguisa (7-18, 3) with Saguisa being stopped after just 83 seconds. A bulk of the undercard was made up of 6 rounder,of which we had 3. One of those saw Michael Rosal (5-3, 3) take a very close win over Jesson Inso (9-5-1, 3) in a bout that was essentially decided by a knockdown scored by Rosal in round 3. Another of the 6 rounders saw Balweg Bangoyan (19-9, 8) score a 5th round KO against Rey Ramos (6-7-2, 3) whilst Philip Luis Cuerdo (6-1, 3) made very light work of Juanito Hondante (2-5, 1). The show also featured a pair of 4 rounders. One of these saw the debuting Edlin Sese (1-0) score a decision win over Jerwin Mejes (1-1, 1) whilst the other saw Ariel Arevalo (3-1-2, 1) score a very clear win over Jeffrey Garcia (0-3). Seoul, South Korea The lowest profile show was in South Korea as fans had 9 bouts, including several international bouts that saw Koreans battling against Japanese fighters. Interestingly from the 6 bouts between fighters from the two countries Korea won 3 bouts, whilst Japan won 2 and 1 resulted in a draw. Of the 9 bouts on the show 4 of them were 4 rounds. These saw Chae Yong Lee (1-0, 1) score an opening round stoppage against Sung Il Jo (0-1). Another of the 4 rounders saw the previously win-less Do Hyung Kim (1-2) take a clear win over Jung Yul Lee (0-2). The other 4 rounders both ended in draws with Kyung Hee Han (0-0-1) drawing in an all debutant bout against Min Young Kim (0-1) and Gang Hoon Lee (1-1-2, 1) being held by Ryo Nakano (1-2-1) in the first of the 7 South Korea Vs Japan bouts. The most impressive win for Japanese fighters saw Akira Ono (6-3, 5) quickly see off Jae Man Kim (2-1, 1) who was dropped 3 times in the opening round. The only other Japan win saw Ryosuke Hayase (5-1, 1) take a split decision over Hyun Woo Lee (5-2, 1). For Korean fighters there 2 stoppage wins with the most impressive of those being a 75 second blow out by Jae Ho Kim (5-1, 1) who swiftly saw off Kenji Fujiyama (5-5, 3). The other stoppage win for Koreans saw Woo Min Won (6-1, 3) score a 3rd round win over Shingo Yabu (4-4-2). The only decision win for a Korean fighters over a Japanese visitor saw Jong Hwa Lee (9-2-2, 1) easily defeat Katsunori Imai (5-6-1). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) All Japan Rookie of the year Finals set, Osawa scores a quick one and Ye Joon Kim takes another win!11/10/2014 This past Sunday was a hectic day in Asian boxing with numerous cards held on the same day including the final set of Rookie of the Year regional finals which have now set up the All-Japan finals and interesting card in Korea. Osaka, Japan The biggest show this Sunday was in Japan as fans saw the second of the Rookie of the Year semi final shows. The show, which decided the west representative at this year All-Japan Rookie, featured 12 bouts and was really great throughout. The winner in the Minimumweight division was Reiya Konishi (6-0, 4) who narrowly over-came Jun Takigawa (5-1, 3) in a battle of unbeaten men. The bout was genuinely close through out with Konishi taking the decision with scores of 47-45, 46-45 and 46-45. The win for Konishi secures him a fight with Yuki Kubo in the All-Japan final. At Light Flyweight Seita Ogido (6-1-1, 1) fought to a draw with the still unbeaten Seigo Yuri Akui (2-0-1). Although the bout was a 4 round split decision draw we've been told that Ogido qualified for the All-Japan final who will now find himself up against Kenji Ono in that contest. In the Flyweight contest the unbeaten Shun Kosaka (9-0) took a very clear decision win over the experienced but limited Naoki Shoda (4-8-1). The bout was scored 50-44 by all 3 judges as Kosaka progressed to the All-Japan final where he will fight against Kenya Yamashita in a very interesting battle of unbeaten men. The bout at Super Flyweight was won by the very promising Ioka gym hopeful Masayoshi Hashizume (6-0, 4) who made surprisingly light work of the previously unbeaten Eita Sakurai (4-1, 1) with a win after 2 just minutes of the bout. The win netted Hashizume a place in the All Japan final against Shogo Yonenaga and also earned him the MVP for the card adding to his West Japan MVP award. We've got to be honest and say that this kid looks a little bit special and we think he'll prove that in his upcoming bout. At Bantamweight there was another stoppage as Keisuke Tabuchi (8-1-2, 5) took the unbeaten record of Morihisa Iju (5-1, 4) courtesy of a 2nd round TKO. Tabuchi's All Japam Rookie of the Year final bout will see him up against Ryohei Takahashi in what should be a thrilling encounter given how good Takahashi looked in his East Japan Rookie of the Year final last weekend. One of the show's closest bouts saw Shohei Kawashima (8-0-2, 1) take a split decision over the heavy handed Shisato Okuma (8-2-2, 6) in a bout scored 48-47 by all 3 judges. As a result of this win Kawashima will battle against Yuki Matsudo in the All Japan final. In a relatively one sided bout Kyohei Tonomoto (5-1, 2) clearly over-came the previously unbeaten Takashi Igarashi (5-1, 1) in a clear cut bout at Featherweight. Tonomoto will be fighting Reiya Abe in the All Japan final in what looks a great contest in the making. In the Super Featherweight division we had a razor close bout that ended in a split decision draw between Masashi Wakita (4-2-1, 2) and the unbeaten Yuya Shimakura (3-0-1). The draw will see Wakita moving on to the next round where he will fight against the very exciting Yuichiro Kasuya who won the MVP from the East Japan Final's last weekend with a thrilling win over Yutaka Ekawa. In a battle of unbeaten fighters at Lightweight fans saw Shogo Yamaguchi (6-0-1, 3) took a decision over Takahiro Shinoda (1-1, 1). This win sets up a really intriguing final bout between Yamaguchi and the highly touted Andy Hiroaka. The Light Welterweight division saw the heavy handed Tetsuya Morisada (4-3, 4) scoring a very quick victory over Chocoboy Oizumi (4-3-2, 2), with the bout lasting less than a minute. The win for Morisada will see him fight Naoharu Kida in the All-Japan final. The heavy handed Yuki Beppu (7-0, 7) continued the very impressive start to his career as he claimed a place in the All-Japan Welterweight final with a 53 second victory over Shota Yamamoto (5-2, 3). Beppu will now risk his unbeaten record, and KO streak, against fellow unbeaten Hironobu Matsunaga in a bout that looks like a real highlight for the All Japan Rookie of the Year. At Middleweight Toshihiro Kai (4-6-2, 1) scored his first stoppage win as he stopped Ryota Ikawa (1-6) in the third round to set up a very tough bout for himself against Hisao Narita. For those wondering about the All Japan Rookie of the year Finals they will happen on December 21st at the Korakuen Hall. Osaka, Japan A second show in Osaka was headlined by former OPBF Featherweight champion Hiroshige Osawa (26-3-5, 15) who predictably made light work of the horribly over-matched Nongdear Sor Bangkhru (0-5) who suffered his 4th stoppage loss. For Osawa this was too easy however it was his first bout since changing gyms earlier this year and it seems that his new gym just wanted to give him a work out more than anything else. In the sole 8 round contest fans saw a much more interesting looking contest as Kosuke Saka (9-3, 6) scored an 8th round TKO against Tetsuya Nishinaga (11-10-1). It wasn't the greatest match up but it was significantly better than the main event of the card. Although Osawa was the biggest name on the show we were mostly interested in Ioka youngster Takeru Kamikubo (7-0, 4) who did what he had to do to shut out the tough Masaki Hirai (4-12-3, 2) over 6 rounds. For the 18 year old Kamikubo this was a perfectly good test and it seems that Ioka have a real diamond on their hands here if he's developed properly, like we suspect he will be. The other 6 rounder on the show was just as interesting as the unbeaten Terumi Nuki (5-0, 2) took a hard fought decision over Kai Johnson (5-7-3, 2) who's win over Tomomi Takano now looks like it was a long, long time ago. In 4 rounders on this card fans saw two men record their first career wins. One of those was Katsuhito Kudo (1-2, 1) who took his first win with a 96 second KO against Keisei Nishiwaki (0-3-1) whilst the other was Keita Yamamoto (1-2) who took a very close decision over debutant Hikaru Iwasaki (0-1). The only other undercard bout saw Takuya Yamamoto (4-3, 2) take a clear win over Noriyuki Imamura (2-3) Hiroshima, Japan A third Japanese card came from Hiroshima and it's fair to say this was the smallest and least interesting of the three Japanese shows. Of the 9 bouts on this card 6 of them were 4 rounders and interesting only a single one of them failed to go the distance. The one bout that failed to go 4 completed rounds saw Takahiro Morisaki (2-1, 1) take a 3rd round technical decision over the debuting Tasuku Matsunoshima (0-1) with the bout called after 92 seconds of round 3. The other undercard bouts all went the scheduled and saw some very interesting and competitive bouts including a a majority decision draw in an all debutant bout between Toshiya Kawauchi (0-0-1) and Tomoya Yonehara (0-0-1). We weren't far from getting draws with Riku Inokuchi (1-0) narrowly defeating Takahiro Maeda (1-1), the limited Hinonori Miyake (3-3, 1) only just out pointed Yuya Kondo (2-1, 1) and Masashi Kamon (1-1) defeating Yoshiki Tatsukami (0-1) in a third bout that could easily have ended up in a draw. The only clear undercard bout here saw debutant Tamaki Miwa (1-0) clearly beat Maito Fujii (0-3) in a hotly contested bout, though one that was a clear win for Miwa on the cards.. The card, advertised as being a triple main event show, saw the 3 main bouts lasting just 13 rounds. The shortest of those bouts was a second round blow out win for Ryuji Ikeda (8-2-1, 4) who made light work of Thailand's Eaksayarm Mor Krungthep Thonburi (0-2), it took just 1 round longer for Yuya Okazaki (11-7-1, 4) to see off Shinichi Tsukaha (8-7-3, 3). The remaining bout saw Koji Itagaki (13-9-2, 6) struggle to see off Yamato Uchinono (5-3-5, 3) in the most competitive and interesting of the 3 main events. Seoul, South Korea In a small, and supposedly "unsanctioned" South Korean show fans saw several Korea Vs Japan bouts. The main event from the show saw WBC Youth Super Bantamweight champion Ye Joon Kim (10-1-2, 5) stopping Yoshiyuki Takabayashi (4-5-3) in the 7th round of their contest. Kim, the star of South Korean boxing, appears to be on a great roll at the moment and has now scored 4 successive stoppages. In the co-feature Nak-Yul Park (6-2, 3) scored a 6 round split decision over Kentaro Endo (4-5, 3) in a very closely scored bout. We've been informed that Japanese boxers on this show went 0-6 however we've not managed to get all the results from it unfortunately. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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