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Displaying articles 21 to 30.JAPAN UPDATE: YUBA REGAINS JAPANESE 147LB BELT; WBA FLY CHAMPS SAKATA, VASQUEZ COLLIDE IN JAPAN; TETSURO KAWAI PASSES AWAY
Sat, 21 Apr 2007
YUBA REGAINS JAPANESE 147LB BELT
TOKYO, JAPAN -- Elongated lefty Tadashi Yuba (30-4-2, 22 KOs), 146.5, regained the vacant Japanese welterweight belt as he made short work of previously unbeaten Akihiro Furukawa (9-1-1, 7 KOs), 146, dropping him three times en route to an automatic KO at 1:32 of
JAPAN UPDATE: MITANI, KAYO, SASAKI VICTORIOUS
Wed, 18 Apr 2007
MITANI DISPATCHES TERABATAKE
April 15, 2007
TAKASAGO, JAPAN
WBC#11 Japanese bantam champ (20-1, 10 KOs), 118, impressively retained his national belt as he displayed a beautiful three-punch combination to floor mandatory challenger Shota Terabatake (15-4, 5 KOs), 117.5, and drop him again
SUICO DEFENDS OPBF LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE APRIL 23
Sun, 15 Apr 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- Out of OPBF champs in seventeen divisions some are very active like lightweight ruler Randy Suico (25-3, 22 KOs) and super-bantam titlist Wethya Sakmuangklaen (85-4, 52 KOs).
WBC#6/WBA#11 Suico will defend his 135-pound belt against Japan's Tomonori Nakagawa (15-5-4, 4 KOs) in Osa
JAPAN UPDATE: KIMURA KEEPS JAPANESE 140LB BELT
Sun, 15 Apr 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- WBC#12/WBA#15 Norio Kimura (31-5-2, 15 KOs), 140, kept his Japanese super-light belt for the ninth time as he displayed his trademark tricky southpaw style in dropping mandatory challenger Seishu Iida (15-2-2, 7 KOs), 140, three times, each once in the first three rounds, and halted
JAPAN UPDATE: SHIMODA, AIZAWA VICTORIOUS
Tue, 10 Apr 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- WBC#9/WBA#13 super-bantam southpaw Takefumi Shimoda (15-1, 8 KOs), 121.75, a Floyd Mayweather stylist, captured the Japanese 122-pound belt as he dropped WBA#7/WBC#8 ranked defending champ Daisuke Yamanaka (20-3, 14 KOs), 121.5, in the second and third, and pounded out a nearly lopsi
NIIDA KEEPS WBA 105LB BELT
Mon, 09 Apr 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- WBA minimum champ Yutaka Niida (21-1-3, 8 KOs), 105, kept his belt as he came off the canvas in the first round, connected with more effective uppercuts and eked out a split hairline decision over WBA interim ruler Katsunari Takayama (18-3, 7 KOs), 104.75, over twelve hard-fought rou
NIIDA VS TAKAYAMA TODAY IN JAPAN
Sat, 07 Apr 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- A highly anticipated confrontation of the WBA 105-pound champ Yutaka Niida (20-1-2, 8 KOs) and WBA interim ruler Katsunari Takayama (18-2, 7 KOs), both of Japan, will take place today (Saturday) at the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Niida, 28, tipped the beam at the 105-pound class
JAPAN UPDATE: WETHYA, MATSUSHITA KEEP OPBF BELTS
Wed, 04 Apr 2007
KANAZAWA, JAPAN -- WBC#6/WBA#12 ranked southpaw Thailander Wethya Sakmuangklaeng (85-4, 52 KOs), 122, kept his OPBF super-bantam belt as he showed his ringcraft and strength in pounding out a unanimous decision (115-111 twice and 115-112) over 19-year-old Japanese prospect Futa Nakagishi (10-2-1, 6
EAGLE FACES UNBEATEN YAEGASHI
Wed, 28 Mar 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- WBC 105-pound champ Eagle Kyowa (17-1, 6 KOs), a Thailander living with a Japanese wife in Tokyo, will put his belt on the line against unbeaten prospect Akira Yaegashi (6-0, 5 KOs), former amateur champ, in Yokohama, Japan, on June 4.
It was publicly announced with both contestan
KAMEDA DEFEATS MORALES
Sun, 25 Mar 2007
TOKYO, JAPAN -- Unbeaten ex-WBA light-fly champ, WBA#1/WBC#3 flyweight Koki Kameda (14-0, 10 KOs), 112, decked his first bout since renouncing his WBA 108-pound belt to move up to the 112-pound category, as he dropped WBC#12 Mexican Everardo Morales (28-12-3, 20 KOs), 112.5, in the fifth and pounded
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