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March 15th 2008-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Kengo Nagashima (32-3-2, 15) vs Jimrex Jaca (28-3-3, 13) In 2008 fight fans at Korakuen Hall saw Japanese veteran Kengo Nagashima [長嶋建吾] battle against 24 year old Filipino Jimrex Jaca in a 10 round bout at Lightweight. Although not the biggest names in the spent they were well matched in a competitive, and sometimes testy affair.
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January 19th 2002-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Kengo Nagashima (20-1-1, 12) vs Kinji Amano (19-5-3, 9) In January 2002 Kengo Nagashima challenged Japanese Super Featherweight champion Kinji Amano February 6th 1999-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Kengo Nagashima (12-1-1, 8) vs Yuji Watanabe (21-3, 19) In his second defense of the OPBF Super Featherweight title Kengo Nagashima faced off with the hard hitting Yuji Watanabe at the Korakuen Hall. May 5th 2001-Toyko, Japan Kengo Nagashima (18-1-1, 11) vs Tetsuya Shinozaki (13-7-7, 5) In the spring of 2001 Kengo Nagashima, the former OPBF Super Featherweight champion, would battle against Tetsuya Shinozaki. October 2nd 1999-Tokyo, Japan Kengo Nagashima (14-1-1, 9) vs Yang Soo Sung (11-1-2, 3) In October 1999 Japanese puncher Kengo Nagashima took on Korean visitor Yang Soo Sung. Whilst Nagashima, who would later fight for a world title, is the bigger name it's interesting to note that Sung's final two bouts apparently came in 2003, against In Jiun Chi, and then 2011, against Min Wook Kim, in what is a rather odd ending to his career. June 5th 1999-Tokyo, Japan Kengo Nagashima (13-1-1, 9) vs Doo Yul Lee (3-2-1, 2) In 1999 OPBF Super Flyweight champion Kengo Nagashima made his third defense of the title as he took on little known Korean challenger Doo Yul Lee, who came in to the bout as the clear under-dog but clearly hadn't read the script. June 3rd 2000-Tokyo, Japan Jeffrey Onate (24-10-5, 14) vs Kengo Nagashima (16-1-1, 10) In 2000 Filipino journeyman Jeffrey Onate took on rising Japanese hopeful Kengo Nagashima. October 3rd 1998-Tokyo, Japan Kengo Nagashima (11-1-1, 8) vs Nobutoshi Hiranaka (17-3-1, 11) In 1998 Japanese fans saw the then OPBF Super Featherweight champion Kengo Nagashima [長嶋 建吾] battle Nobutoshi Hiranaka [平仲 信敏] , the younger brother of one time world champion Akinobu Hiranaka. June 8th 1998-Tokyo, Japan Yamato Mitani (12-3, 9) Vs Kengo Nagashima (10-1-1, 8) In 1998 Japanese saw the teak tough Yamato Mitani [三谷大和], a former 2-time world title challenger, fight for the final time. The bout saw Mitani face fellow Japanese fighter Kengo Nagashima [長嶋建吾] in a bout for Mitani's OPBF Super Featherweight title. Notably Nagashima would later challenge for the WBC title at Super Featherweight. August 24th 2002-Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan Sirimongkol Singwancha (39-1, 22) v Kengo Nagashima (21-1-1, 12) In 2002 Japanese fans saw Sirimongkol Singwancha [ศิริมงคล สิงห์วังชา] return to the country where he had lost an absolute thriller against Joichiro Tatsuyoshi around 5 years previous. This time Sirimongkol was fighting at 130lb and was facing off Kengo Nagashima [健吾長島] for the vacant WBC world title. If you missed Singwancha Vs Tatsuyoshi that bout is here, and it really is an amazing fight. |
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