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By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda WBA bantamweight title boutTakuma Inoue 117.75Jerwin Ancajas 117.75 WBC bantamweight title boutAlejandro Santiago 117.75Junto Nakatani 117.5 WBO junior bantamweight title boutKosei Tanaka 114.75Christian Bacasegua 114.75 Fight Venue: Ryogoku Sumo Arena, Tokyo, JapanPromoter: Teiken PromotionsTV: ESPN+ (4am ET, 1am PT) _ Press conference of Tripleheader in Japan Like this: Like […]

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda “Monster” Naoya’s cousin WBO AP 140-pound champion Koki Inoue (17-2, 14 KOs), 140, a hard-punching tall southpaw, attempted to avenge his previous 2020 TKO loss to Daishi Nagata (19-3-2, 6 KOs), now the OPBF counterpart, but lost all regional belts by a majority decision (115-113, 116-112, 114-114) over twelve

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda Unbeaten hard-punching Filipino WBA#1 flyweight Dave Apolinario (20-0, 14 KOs), 111.5, came off the canvas in round three, and badly dropped formerly world rated ex-WBA Asia champ Tanes Onjunta (12-2, 6 KOs), 112.75, twice and for the count at 1:44 of the fourth round in a scheduled eight on

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda Former OPBF bantam champ Kazuki Nakajima (15-2-1, 12 KOs), 121.5, acquired the vacant OPBF 122-pound belt (renounced by his stablemate Yoshiki Takei) when he scored a nearly shutout decision (120-108 twice, 119-109) over Mugicha Nakagawa (28-10-3, 18 KOs), 122, over twelve lopsided rounds on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. Nakajima,

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda Unbeaten IBF#13 Keisuke Matsumoto (10-0, 7 KOs), 126, barely kept his Japanese featherweight belt as he survived a last-round visit to the canvas and eked out a unanimous decision (all 96-92) over JBC#1 Jinki Maeda (13-2, 8 KOs), 125.5, over ten see-saw heats on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. The

By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda The press conference of the forthcoming world title tripleheader was held on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. All the participants look so fit and confident that they eloquently express their will to be victorious, as follows: WBA BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE BOUT Defending champion TAKUMA INOUE (18-1, 4 KOs), Japan:“I am in

Por. Gabriel F. Cordero El Consejo Mundial de Boxeo aprobó una pelea entre el campeón interino de peso súper mediano del CMB, David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) y el ex campeón Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs) por el título vacante interino de peso semipesado del WBC. Benavidez llega a esta pelea después de defender exitosamente

The World Boxing Council has approved a fight between WBC interim super middleweight champion David Benavidez (28-0, 24 KOs) and former champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk (20-1, 16 KOs) for the IBF interim light heavyweight title. Benavidez comes into this fight after successfully defending his WBC 168lb belt against Demetrius Andrade last November. Former 175lb champion Gvozdyk

Gor Yeritsyan 146.4 vs. Quinton Randall 146.4 – 10 RoundsWBC Continental Americas Welterweight TitleCain Sandoval 139.2 vs. Javier Molina 140 – 10 RoundsDaniel Barrera 114 vs. Jonathan Almacen 138.8 – 6 RoundsJorge Maravillo 152.2 vs. Jesus Gonzalez 151 – 6 RoundsAlfredo Castro Villafuerte 122 vs. Ezequiel Flores 122 – 6 RoundsOsvel Caballero 127.6 vs. Jason

Unfortunately, due to visa issues, the Wendy Toussaint vs. Mponda Kalunga main event bout has been postponed. Federici-Caparello has been elevated to the main event, and the Gonzalez-McMahon bout has been elevated to the co-feature. Simone Federici 198 vs. Blake Caparello 195.8 (WBC Continental America cruiserweight title) Danny Gonzalez 149.2 vs. Keane McMahon 147.8 Kamil