Joe Koizumi
100 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Noynay halts unbeaten ex-Olympian Shimizu, keeps WBO AP 130lb belt
Filipino sharpshooter Joe Noynay (18-2-1, 7 KOs), 129.75, impressively kept his WBO Asia Pacific 130-pound belt as he battered previously unbeaten 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Satoshi Shimizu (8-1, 8 KOs), 129.75, from…
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Japan Update
Don?t call this reporter lazy for having written too little last week. It?s only because Japan has become an India with such an unprecedented heat as almost forty degrees Centigrade (some 104…
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Filipino Saludar dethrones WBO 105lb champ Yamanaka
Filipino challenger Vic Saludar (18-3, 10 KOs), 104.75, wrested the WBO 105-pound belt as he dropped defending champ Ryuya Yamanaka (16-3, 5 KOs), 105, Japan, with a vicious right in the seventh…
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Teshigawara stops Pabustan for WBO ASPAC 118lb belt
Free-swinging Japanese Hiroaki Teshigawara (15-2-2, 9 KOs), 118, captured the WBO Asia Pacific (ASPAC) bantamweight belt when he put on a rough-and-tumble fight, recklessly mixed it up, decked defending Filipino champ Jetro…
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Full Report: Melindo stops Yaegashi in one to unify IBF 112lb belts
Filipino warrior, IBF interim junior flyweight champ Milan Melindo (36-2, 13 KOs), 107.75, very impressively unified the IBF belts as he dropped IBF full titlist Akira Yaegashi (25-6, 13 KOs), 107.75, Japan,…
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Melindo stops Yaegashi in one to unify IBF 108lb belts
Filipino warrior, IBF interim junior flyweight champ Milan Melindo (36-2, 13 KOs), 107.75, very impressively unified the IBF belts as he dropped IBF full titlist Akira Yaegashi (25-6, 13 KOs), 107.75, Japan,…
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Overweight ex-WBO champ Tapaples stops Omori in eleven
Overweight ex-WBO bantam champ Marlon Tapales (30-2, 13 KOs), 120, crashed the dream and ambition of Shohei Omori (18-2, 13 KOs), 117.5, to win the WBO belt when he finally caught up…
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Aftermath of WBO 118lb weigh-in controversy
There happened a great controversy after WBO bantamweight champ Marlon Tapales finally failed to make the weight to lose his belt on the scale on Saturday in Osaka, Japan. His challenger Shohei…
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Kondo awarded Japan?s first WBO Asia Pacific belt
Japanese veteran Akihiro Kondo (26-6-1, 13 KOs), 139.75, impressively acquired the WBO ASPAC (Asia Pacific) junior welterweight belt when he had durable Filipino Jeffrey Arienza (15-5-1, 9 KOs), 139, staggering, followed it…
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WBO FEMALE 118LB CHAMP FUJIOKA DEFEATS SHINDO IN FIGHT OF DECADE
40-year-young WBO female bantamweight champ Naoko Fujioka (15-1, 6 KOs), 117.5, impressively kept her belt when she withstood the opening attack of ex-WBC flyweight titlist Go Shindo (16-4, 11 KOs), 117.75, took…
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How far can Inoue go with his size
There was a medical exam today (Thursday) for the forthcoming WBO/IBF world title doubleheader in Tokyo, Japan. The results were as follows: For WBO junior bantamweight (115 lb) title bout Naoya INOUE/David…
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Tanaka keeps WBO 105lb belt with come-from-behind KO
Unbeaten Japanese who won the belt in his fifth pro bout, WBO minimumweight champ Kosei Tanaka (6-0, 3 KOs), 104.75, barely retained his belt as he came off the canvas in the…
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Japan Update: Inoue, Yaegashi in year-end title fights, plus much more
Unbeaten Japanese prodigy Naoya Inoue (8-0, 7 KOs) will make his initial defense of the WBO junior bantamweight belt after a one-year hiatus due to a hand injury against #1 ranked Warlito…
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WBA 115lb champ Kono to collide with Kameda in Chicago tomorrow
Why do a couple of Japanese boxers square off with a world championship on the line in Chicago? WBA super-flyweight champ Kohei Kono (30-8-1, 13 KOs), from Japan, will defend his belt…
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Opinion: How to deal with overweight cases
Nicholas Waters failed to pass the weigh-in of the contracted and stipulated 126-pound, forfeited his WBA featherweight belt on the scale, but actually defeated the slated challenger Miguel Marriaga on Saturday in…
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Filipino Champ Labao halts Ozawa
Philippine lightweight champ, OPBF#4 Rey Labao (23-4, 15 KOs), 135.25, a hard-punching southpaw, floored Japan?s Taisho Ozawa (21-8-2, 13 KOs), 136, with vicious lefts in the first and third rounds, kept stalking…
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Filipino Maxian dethrones Saito
Unheralded Filipino Joe Maxian (8-2, 6 KOs), 135, surprisingly captured the WBC youth lightweight belt as he was far behind on points and then scored a fine come-from-behind knockout over defending champ…
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Five world title belts at stake tomorrow
No one in the world but Japanese boxing people work on the last day of the year. The new year day is to Japan is what Christmas is to western countries. We…
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Igarashi wins WBC 112lb belt from Jaro
Japanese southpaw ex-Olympian Toshiyuki Igarashi (16-1-1, 10 KOs), 112, captured the WBC flyweight belt as he coped with wild-swinging Filipino champ Sonny Boy Jaro (34-11-5, 24 KOs), 112, to earn a split…
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What happened to Pacquiao?
Boxing is a mysterious game. A hero abruptly falls to the ground of obscurity without a crown after a single defeat. This is not to argue the controversial verdict but to point…
