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September 23rd 2020-Tynyshpayev Academy of Transport and Communications, Almaty, Kazakhstan Yedil Kozhamberdiyev (9-2, 9) vs Mukhitdin Rajapbaev (12-7-1, 8) This past Wednesday in Almaty Kazakh Cruiserweight Yedil Kozhamberdiyev faced off with Uzbek foe Mukhitdin Rajapbaev for a pair of minor regional titles.
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May 19th 1981-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Royal Kobayashi (34-6, 27) vs Dae Hwan Lee (8-6, 3) II In late 1980 OPBF Featherweight champion Royal Kobayashi [ロイヤル小林] struggled to a narrow decision win over Korean challenger Dae Hwan Lee [이대환]. The following year they clashed again, with Lee looking to avenge his narrow defeat to the former Japanese world champion. May 19th 1997-Tokyo, Japan Takanori Hatakeyama (19-0, 16) vs Jorge Luis Lopez (18-4-1, 14) Japan's Takanori Hatakeyama [畑山隆則] was moving towards a world title fight in 1997, and as a tune for a world title shot he took on Mexican foe Jorge Luis Lopez February 17th 1997-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Takanori Hatakeyama (18-0, 15) vs Dong Chul Yoon (5-3-1, 4) After winning the OPBF Super Featherweight title in 1996 Takanori Hatakeyama [畑山隆則] made a number of defenses of the belt before moving into his first world title fight. One of those OPBF title defenses saw him take on Korean challenger Dong Chul Yoon. June 22nd 1987-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Mitsuru Sugiya (22-2, 16) vs Lion Ari (2-0)* In the summer of 1987 Japan's Mitsuru Sugiya [杉谷満] was the Japanese Featherweight and seemed like he was heading towards a world title fight. In June that year he took on Japanese based Filipino born Lion Ari [ライオン・アリ], in what was supposed to be the next step towards a world title bout for Sugiya. *On screen graphic lists Ari as being 12-1 (4). May 26th 1986-Tokyo, Japan Mitsuru Sugiya (18-1, 12) vs Fusao Imai (12-8-2, 7) In his 20th bout the then Japanese Featherweight champion Mitsuru Sugiya [杉谷満] faced off with Fusao Imai [今井房男]. April 8th 1983-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Takuya Muguruma (11-0, 6) vs Fusao Imai (11-5-2, 6) Way back on April 8th 1983 fight fans saw future world champion Takuya Muguruma [六車卓也] take on Fusao Imai [今井房男] in a bout that ended in brutal fashion. September 21st 1996-Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Takanori Hatakeyama (17-0, 14) vs Okky Bakrin (8-2, 2) Japanese fight fans saw Takanori Hatakeyama [畑山隆則] win the OPBF Super Featherweight title in March 1996. Around 6 months later he took on Indonesian challenger Okky Abi Bakrin, a 3-weight Indonesian champion, in what was Hatakeyama's second defense of the title. June 19th 1996-Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Takanori Hatakeyama (16-0, 14) vs Rudy Cabiles (26-26-11, 14) In 1996 the then unbeaten Takanori Hatakeyama [畑山隆則] defended the OPBF Super Featherweight title against Filipino veteran Rudy Cabiles with Hatakeyama making his way to his first world title fight around 16 months after this bout. March 18th 1996-Tokyo, Japan Takanori Hatakeyama (15-0, 13) vs Jung Chil Choi (0-2)* In Spring 1996 Takanori Hatakeyama [畑山隆則] had his first title fight, battling against Korean for Jung Chil Choi for the vacant OPBF Super Featherweight title. In the years that followed this Hatakeyama would go on to become one of the biggest stars in Japanese boxing and a 2-weight world champion. *On screen graphic shows Choi as having a 10-4 record. |
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