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JAPANESE EX-WORLD CHAMP IN MANDAUE FIGHT CARD
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 28 Apr 2010
ALA Promotions has announced that they will be promoting former WBC strawweight world champ Katsunari Takayama of Japan who will headline a fight card at the Mandaue City Sports Complex this May 22.
Takayama will fight as a light flyweight and face Jayson Rotoni of Makati City, who is ranked number nine here in the Philippines. This is part of a series of blockbuster fight cards that the Cebu based promotional company is planning to stage here and abroad.
The 26 year old Takayama has been training for several months at the ALA Gym in Cebu. He aims to become the first Japanese boxer to win titles in the four major sanctioning bodies: WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. Takayama ( 23W ? 4 L, 9 KO's) has never fought outside of Japan. What makes this fight also unique is that Japanese champions rarely fight on foreign soil.
Takayama won the WBC 105lbworld title 4 years ago with a 12 round unanimous decision win over Isaac Bustos of Mexico in Osaka, Japan. He lost in his first defense to Eagle (Kyowa) Den Junlaphan by 12 round UD. Takayama has tried for the WBA world crown twice and lost to countryman Yutaka Niida and Nicaraguan Roman Gonzales both by unanimous decision.
ALA Boxer Larry ?Bon Jovi? Canillas has been scheduled to fight in the undercard against a still to be named opponent.
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