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Displaying articles 11 to 20.EAGLE KEEPS WBC 105LB BELT
Tue, 05 Jun 2007
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN -- WBC 105-pound champ Eagle Kyowa (18-1, 6 KOs), 105, kept his belt as he swept almost all rounds, dropped Japanese challenger Akira Yaegashi (6-1, 5 KOs), 104.5, with a countering right in the tenth and pounded out a lopsided decision over twelve rounds on Monday in Yokohama, Japan
EAGLE KYOWA FACES YAEGASHI TONIGHT
Mon, 04 Jun 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- WBC 105-pound champ Eagle Kyowa (17-1, 6 KOs), a Japan-based Thailander, will risk his belt against fast-rising ex-OPBF champ Akira Yaegashi (6-0, 5 KOs) tonight (Monday) in Yokohama, Japan.
Eagle tipped the beam at 104.75 to the 105 pound class limit for Yaegashi, ex-amateur nati
Chris John Defends WBA Title vs Takemoto in Japan
Mon, 04 Jun 2007
KOBE, JAPAN -- Unbeaten WBA featherweight champ Chris John (39-0-1, 20 KOs), Indonesia, will put his belt on the line against WBA#8 ranked Japanese Zaiki Takemoto (21-6-1, 12 KOs) in Kobe, Japan, on August 19. It was announced by S
JAPAN UPDATE: WBC#6 WETHYA KEEPS OPBF 122LB BELT, UNBEATEN OHBA DEFEATS PAREDES
Mon, 04 Jun 2007
WBC#6 WETHYA KEEPS OPBF 122LB BELT
KOBE, JAPAN -- WBC#6/WBA#14 Wethya Sakmuangklaeng (86-4, 52 KOs), 122, kept his OPBF super-bantam belt as he came off the canvas in the fifth and dominated the second half to pound out a unanimous decision (115-113 twice and 116-112) over OPBF#2 Japanese Kyohei
JAPAN UPDATE: OSAKI DEFEATS SINGHTOTHONG, NIKI FINISHES SUBSTITUTE PHETCHBHUNPHAN
Tue, 29 May 2007
OSAKI DEFEATS SINGHTOTHONG
KYOTO, JAPAN, (5-27-07) -- Unranked speedster Joji Osaki (10-3-1, 5 KOs), 139.75, scored an upset unanimous decision (98-93 twice and 97-94) over OPBF#8 ranked Thai national 147-pound champ Singhtothong Fluoridegym (12-5, 11 KOs), 140, over ten rounds on Sunday i
KAMEDA STOPS OGAH
Fri, 25 May 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- Unbeaten ex-WBA light-fly champ, now WBA#1/WBC#3 ranked flyweight Koki Kameda (15-0, 11 KOs), 111.5, floored OPBF#2 Indonesian 108-pound champ Irfan Ogah (16-3-4, 7 KOs), 112, twice and halted him at 2:23 of the eighth round on Wednesday in Osaka, Japan. It was the 20-year-old Japan
KOBORI WINS OPBF 130LB BELT
Sun, 20 May 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- Hard-punching WBC#9/WBA#9 Japanese super-feather champ Yusuke Kobori (20-2-1, 11 KOs), 130, acquired the vacant OPBF 130-pound belt as he dropped taller southpaw Junji Murakami (15-5-2, 7 KOs), 129.5, four times and finally halted him at 1:52 of the seventh round on Saturday in Tokyo
THREE APPLICATIONS OF 10 POINT MUST SYSTEM ON THE MAYWEATHER-DE LA HOYA BOUT
Sun, 13 May 2007
A week has passed since “The World Awaits” took place in Las Vegas last Saturday. This reporter still thinks De La Hoya deserved a draw at worst after broadcasting it as commentator in Japan. Many ringsiders watchi
SCORING STANDARDS NEED TO BE REFORMED: Comments on the De La Hoya-Mayweather decision
Sat, 12 May 2007
This is to suggest the current scoring standards to be reformed for the sake of better decisions to be accepted by the general public, not only by the ringsiders. I was a TV commentator of the Oscar De La Hoya versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight on a live telecast in Japan. I, along with great major
VALERO, HASEGAWA KEEP BELTS; MUNOZ REGAINS WBA BELT
Fri, 04 May 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN
WBA SUPER-FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE BOUT EDWIN VALERO TKO8 NOBUHITO HONMO
Japan-based Venezuelan KO artist Edwin Valero (22-0, 22 KOs including 19 first round knockouts), 130, kept his WBA 130-pound belt as he kept stalking WBA mandatory challenger Nobuhito Honmo (29-5-2, 5 KOs), 129.5,
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