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JOYI RETAINS IBF TITLE WITH WIN OVER ALA PROMOTIONS TAKAYAMA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 01 Apr 2012
ALA Promotions Japanese challenger Katsunari Takayama has lost by a twelve round unanimous decision in an IBF minimum weight title fight against South Africa?s Nkosinathi Joyi at the Orient Theater in East London. South Africa.
All three judges scored the fight for the hometown champion by surprisingly wide margins even though well-known boxing writer Ron Jackson of Super Sport reported that Joyi was ?off form and struggled to retain his belt.?
But the judges apparently saw it differently with South Africa?s Sylvia Mokaila and American Shafeeq Rashada scoring the fight 116-111 for Joyi with Britain?s Marco McDonald having Joyi the winner by an even wider 117-110 margin.
A huge crowd came out to support Joyi in the rematch after his first fight against Takayama who is promoted by the famed ALA Promotions of the Philippines was stopped after Takayama suffered a bad cut during a clash of heads resulting in a no contest.
With the win the undefeated Joyi improved to 22-0-1 with 15 knockouts while Takayama, the former WBA interim champion dropped to 24-5-1 with 10 knockouts.
Jackson said that Joyi was a rather subdued champion fighting from the southpaw stance against the ever-advancing Takayama? even as Jackson said ?many ringsiders were of the opinion that the decision could have gone in favor of the challenger.?
Another ringside report said Joyi took ?too many damaging blows for his own good? but showed superior skills against the aggressive challenger and gave Takayama no chance to avenge his failure to win the title on January 29 last year.
ALA Promotions respected patron Tony Aldeguer expressed surprise over the wide margin in the judges scorecards for a fight that was reportedly close and in which Takayama was the aggressor.
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