Oriental Boxing by JOE KOIZUMI

2000/12

THAI PROMOTER SAHASOMBHOP SRISOMVONGSE PASSES AWAY; DEC. 28, 2000
WBC #2 FEATHER TONY WEHBEE LOSES OPBF TITLE TO YANAGIDA; DEC. 23, 2000
WBC #27 BANTAM KANAI DECISIONS WBC #22 CARBAJAL; DEC. 18, 2000
TOKUYAMA KEEPS WBC SUPERFLY TITLE AFTER EXCHANGING KNOCKDOWNS WITH NAGO; DEC. 12, 2000
OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN OF WBC SUPERFLY TITLE BOUT FOR TOMORROW IS OVER; DEC. 11, 2000
HOSHINO WINS WBA MINIMUM TITLE BY UPSETTING GAMBOA; DEC. 06, 2000
VEERAPHOL KEEPS WBC BANTAM TITLE BY 5TH ROUND TKO OVER MEXICAN ARCINIEGA; DEC. 05, 2000
ASAI DROPS WBC #5 FLY GABRIEL MIRA TO WIN UNANIMOUS DECISION; DEC. 02, 2000

2000/11

WBC LIGHT FLY AND WBA LIGHT TITLE BOUTS DECIDED; NOV. 30, 2000
WBA #4 LIGHT YOSHIMURA BARELY KEEPS JAPANESE TITLE 22 TIMES; NOV. 27, 2000
OPBF SUPER-WELTER UNIFICATION BOUT ENDS IN 3RD ROUND TECHNICAL DRAW; NOV. 26, 2000
ORTEGA STOPS ISHII IN 11 ROUNDS TO WIN WBA INTERIM SUPER-BANTAM TITLE; NOV. 23, 2000
ORTEGA AND ISHII PASS OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN OF WBA INTERIM SUPER-BANTAM ELIMINATION BOUT
TANAKA KEEPS OPBF LIGHT FLY TITLE BY BEATING KOREAN KANG; NOV. 18, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF NOV. 13, 2000
OSHIMA FINALLY FINISHES THAILANDER IN 6; NOV. 13, 2000
IMPRESSION BY AN EYEWITNESS ON PACHECO VS. MAKEPULA IBF FLYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT; NOV. 10, 2000
UNBEATEN INAZAWA BLASTS OUT KOREAN OPPONENT IN ONE; NOV. 08, 2000
WBC #20 SUPER-BANTAM SEGAWA KEEPS NATIONAL TITLE IN MANDATORY DEFENSE; NOV. 07, 2000
WBA #9 BANTAM NISHIOKA BEATS WBC #8 MARTINEZ; NOV. 05, 2000
FUJITA BECOMES INTERIM OPBF SUPER-FEATHER CHAMP DUE TO WBC #4 RANKED TIGER ARIfS EYE TROUBLE; NOV. 04, 2000
WBC #17 RANKED FEATHER KOSHIMOTO WINS TECHNICAL DECISION OVER FILIPINO CHAMP LORONA; NOV. 03, 2000
WBC #9 RANKED NAKANO BARELY KEEPS OPBF FLY TITLE ON 10TH ROUND TECHNICAL DECISION OVER MAGRAMO; NOV. 03, 2000

2000/10

WBA #2 RANKED LIGHT FLY HONDA HALTS KOREAN RA; OCT. 27, 2000
RESULTS ON UNDERCARD OF TYSON VS. GOLOTA; OCT. 20, 2000
KAWASHIMA DECKS TUNE-UP GO PRIOR TO HIS OPBF BANTAM CRACK; OCT. 19, 2000
WBC #20 NAKA KEEPS JAPANESE BANTAM TITLE, AND SUGAMA UPSET BY HONMO; OCT. 18, 2000
YUBA WINS JAPANESE INTERIM LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE; OCT. 16, 2000
WBC #9 NAGO DECKS TUNE-UP BOUT BY EASILY FINISHING A FILIPINO; OCT. 16, 2000
HATAKEYAMA KEEPS WBA LIGHT TITLE BY BEAUTIFUL KO OF COMPATRIOT SAKAMOTO; OCT. 11, 2000
EX-WBA WORLD JR. FLY CHAMP YAMAGUCHI KAYOED BY UNHERALDED ARINAGA; WBC #11 NAKAJIMA KEEPS OPBF MINIMUM TITLE BY STOPPING WBA #8 ABE; OCT. 10, 2000
DETHRONED TODAKA SUFFERS BROKEN JAW AND GAMEZ LOOKS FOR HIS 5TH CROWN; OCT. 10, 2000
LEO GAMEZ, 37, BECOMES 4-CLASS WBA CHAMP BY FINISHING TODAKA IN 7; OCT. 09, 2000
EUGENIO GOMEZ BREAKS JAPANESE RECORD OF CONSECUTIVE FIRST-ROUND KNOCKOUTS BY BLASTING OUT FILIPINO CHAMP OLIVETTI; OCT. 08, 2000
TODAKA AND GAMEZ PASS OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN; OCT. 08, 2000
UNBEATEN YUH FLATTENS WBC #11 WATANABE TO WIN OPBF LIGHT TITLE; OCT. 02, 2000

2000/09

ORIENT UPDATE AS OF SEP. 21, 2000
WBA #9 RANKED SUPER-BANTAM SATO STOPS KOREAN CHUNG IN 4; SEP. 18, 2000
WBC #6 RANKED KOROGI RETAINS JAPANESE LIGHT FLY TITLE; SEP. 16, 2000
VETERAN YOSHINO CAPTURES JAPANESE SUPER-WELTER TITLE FROM KAWAI; SEP. 11, 2000
WEHBEE FINISHES FUKUSHIMA IN 6 ROUNDS TO RETAIN OPBF FEATHER TITLE; SEP. 2, 2000

2000/08

TOKUYAMA BECOMES FIRST NORTH KOREAN WORLD CHAMP BY DETHRONING WBC SUPER-FLY CHAMP CHO OF SOUTH KOREA; AUG. 27, 2000
KOREAN YUN REGAINS OPBF WELTER TITLE; AUG. 22, 2000
TUNACAO BARELY KEEPS WBC FLY TITLE ON A DRAW WITH KOBAYASHI, AND GAMBOA WINS WBA MINIMUM TITLE BY BEATING ARAMBULET; AUG. 20, 2000
ARAMBULET LOSES WBA MINIMUM TITLE ON THE SCALE; AUG. 19, 2000
JAPANfS #3 RANKED FLY ASAI STOPS MURAMATSU; AUG. 13, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF AUG. 13, 2000
WBC #6 RANKED SUZUKI KEEPS JAPANESE MINIMUM TITLE; AUG. 8, 2000
WBA #14 SUPER-LIGHT MAEDA BARELY RETAINS JAPANESE TITLE; AUG. 5, 2000
EX-JAPANESE SUPER-LIGHT CHAMP ARAI WINS; AUG. 3, 2000
NIGHT OF UPSETS: OPBF #8 KIL TKOfD BY TOMIMOTO, AND WBC #28 ISHIKAWA DECISIONED BY UNRANKED NAKAJIMA; AUG. 2, 2000
SUZUKI UPSETS WBC #19 RANKED HOZUMI TO WIN JAPANESE MIDDLE TITLE; AUG. 1, 2000

2000/07

WBC #7 RANKED MIDDLE PALMER STOPS CHUWATANA; JUL. 25, 2000
TAKECHI UPSETS KOREAN SONG TO WREST OPBF SUPER-WELTER TITLE; JUL. 23, 2000
WBC #20 SUPER-FEATHER RUNS UNBEATEN MARK AND KEEPS PHILIPPINE NATIONAL TITLE; JUL. 22, 2000
FIGHT SCHEDULE IN THE ORIENT; JUL. 21, 2000
KITAJIMA AND YANAGIDA MAKE SUCCESSFUL COMEBACKS; JUL. 20, 2000
WBC #9 RANKED SUPER-WELTER OHIGASHI SINKS KOREAN OH; JUL. 18, 2000
JAPAN'S #1 RANKED SUPER-LIGHT TANAKA BEATS FILIPINO DURAN; JUL. 17, 2000
SATAKE RETAINS OPBF SUPER-LIGHT TITLE BY UNANIMOUS DECISION OVER EX-CHAMP KIM; JUL. 16, 2000
SEGAWA WRESTS JAPANESE SUPER-BANTAM TITLE FROM WBC #17 RANKED; JUL. 15, 2000
WBC #11 RANKED OPBF LIGHT CHAMP WATANABE BLASTS OUT THAILANDER KHANONGSUK; JUL. 14, 2000
KOJI ARISAWA KEEPS JAPANESE SUPER-FEATHER TITLE; JUL. 10, 2000
HATAKEYAMA RISKS WBA LIGHT TITLE AGAINST COMPATRIOT SAKAMOTO; JUL. 3, 2000
KIMURA RETAINS JAPANESE FEATHER TITLE; JUL. 1, 2000

2000/06

ABE BLASTS OUT EX-WBC INTERNATIONAL CHAMP FANDY; JUN. 27, 2000
VEERAPHOL KEEPS WBC BANTAM TITLE; JUN. 25, 2000
WBC #5 RANKED WEHBEE RETAINS OPBF FEATHER TITLE ON 6TH ROUND KO OVER KOMATSU; JUN. 18, 2000
CHO CAPTURES OPBF SUPER-BANTAM TITLE ON 8TH ROUND TKO OVER YAMATO; JUN. 17, 2000
CHOI KEEPS WBC LIGHT FLY TITLE BY 5TH ROUND KO; JUN. 17, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF JUN. 16, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF JUN. 13, 2000
HATAKEYAMA DROPS SERRANO 5 TIMES AND WRESTS WBA LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE BY 8TH ROUND KO; JUN. 11, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF JUN. 1, 2000

2000/05

WBC #13 RANKED MINIMUM HOSHINO BEATS OPBF CHAMP NAKAJIMA IN NON-TITLE BOUT; MAY. 30, 2000
JAPAN'S TOP RANKED FEATHER OKUDA SCORES 14 WINS STRAIGHT; MAY. 29, 2000
WBA #4 RANKED FLY PHANIENG STOPS SHINOZAKI IN 7; MAY. 20, 2000
WBC NO. 6 RANKED TOKUYAMA KEEPS OPBF SUPER-FLY TITLE BY FINE KO WIN OVER SIAHAYA; MAY. 20, 2000
TUNACAO CAPTURES WBC FLYWEIGHT TITLE ON 7TH ROUND TKO; MAY. 19, 2000
CHO RETAINS WBC SUPER-FLY TITLE BY BEATING MEXICAN AVILA; MAY. 14, 2000
OHSHIMA EASILY BLASTS OUT A THAILANDER; MAY. 8, 2000
FUKUSHIMA KEEPS JAPANESE SUPER-BANTAM TITLE ON 8TH ROUND TKO OVER HORIE; MAY. 6, 2000
FIGHT SCHEDULE IN THE ORIENT As of May 2, 2000

2000/04

TODAKA IMPRESSIVELY RETAINS WBA SUPER-FLY TITLE BY 11TH ROUND TKO OVER EX-CHAMP YOKTHAI; APR. 23, 2000
SATAKE KEEPS OPBF SUPER-LIGHT TITLE BY IMPRESSIVE KO OVER AUSTRALIAN MARKS; APR. 16, 2000
WATANABE ACQUIRES VACANT OPBF LIGHT TITLE; APR. 10, 2000
OHIGASHI BLASTS OUT FILIPINO DE GUIA; APR. 10, 2000
JOMA GAMBOA KEEPS WBA INTERIM MINIMUM TITLE; APR. 9, 2000
EX-OPBF WELTER CHAMP YOSHINO LOSES TO NAGASE; APR. 3, 2000
NAKANO RETAINS OPBF FLY TITLE; APR. 2, 2000
FOUR CHAMPS KEEP NATIONAL TITLES AND ONE LOSES IN CARNIVAL OF CHAMPIONS; APR. 2, 2000
RANDY SUICO DECKS TOKYO DEBUT; APR. 1, 2000

2000/03

AUSSIE GUY WATERS WRESTS OPBF SUPER-MIDDLE TITLE; MAR. 28, 2000
NOBUTOSHI HIRANAKA PASSES AWAY BY CAR ACCIDENT; MAR. 23, 2000
JESUS ROJAS BREAKS ISHIHARA'S BIG DREAM BY CLEARCUT KO WIN; MAR. 19, 2000
SERRANO RETAINS WBA LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE ON 5TH ROUND TKO OVER SAKAMOTO; MAR. 12, 2000
NAGO LOOKS LESS IMPRESSIVE IN COMEBACK FIGHT; MAR. 3, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF MAR. 2, 2000

2000/02

MEDGOEN KEEPS WBC FLY TITLE BY BEATING JAPAN'S KAWABATA; FEB. 25, 2000
FIGHT SCHEDULE IN THE ORIENT AS OF FEB. 24, 2000
WBA #5 RANKED RICKY YOSHIMURA REGISTERS 21ST DEFENSE OF NATIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE; FEB. 21, 2000
WBC #7 RANKED TIGER ARI KEEPS OPBF SUPER-FEATHER TITLE; FEB. 20, 2000
WBC #17 RANKED YAMATO WINS VACANT OPBF SUPER-BANTAM TITLE BY UNANIMOUS DECISION OVER KOREAN CHAMP KIL; FEB. 19, 2000
JAPAN'S PROMINENT PROMOTER KAWARAGI PASSES AWAY; FEB. 15, 2000
FUKUSHIMA WINS JAPANESE SUPER-BANTAM TITLE FROM WBC #20 RANKED MANABE; FEB. 14, 2000
AGUIRRE WRESTS WBC MINIMUM TITLE ON MAJORITY NOD OVER WANDEE IN THAILAND; FEB. 11, 2000
UNRANKED SHINOZAKI UPSETS JAPAN'S #2 RANKED OGUSHI; FEB. 7, 2000
WBC #5 RANKED SUPER-FEATHER NAGASHIMA FINISHES INDONESIAN MAMUAYA IN 5; FEB. 5, 2000
PICHIT KEEPS WBA LIGHT FLY TITLE BY BEATING KOREAN YANG; FEB. 5, 2000
EX-NATIONAL CHAMP HOSHINO MAKES COMEBACK; FEB. 1, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF FEB. 3, 2000

2000/01

BAEK RETAINS WBA SUPER-FEATHER TITLE ON A SPLIT DRAW WITH COMPATRIOT CHOI; JAN. 30, 2000
NORWOOD KEEPS WBA FEATHER TITLE BY 9TH ROUND KO; JAN. 30, 2000
FIGHT SCHEDULE IN THE ORIENT AS OF JAN. 30, 2000
REPORT FROM THAILAND - SAMSON DECKS 30TH DEFENSE OF WBF SUPER-FLY TITLE IN THAILAND; JAN. 29, 2000
KAWAI KEEPS JAPANESE SUPER-WELTER TITLE AGAINST KANEYAMA; JAN. 25, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF JAN. 21, 2000
EX-OLYMPIAN SEGAWA UPSETS JBC #3 BANTAM NAKAZATO; JAN. 17, 2000
TANAKA WINS VACANT OPBF LIGHT FLY TITLE ON TECHNICAL DECISION IN 8; JAN. 15, 2000
WATANABE AND YUH DRAW IN OPBF LIGHT ELIMINATION BOUT; JAN. 10, 2000
WBA #13 LIGHTIE SAKAMOTO DECKS TUNE-UP GO PRIOR TO WORLD TITLE SHOT; JAN. 8, 2000
ORIENT UPDATE AS OF JAN. 12, 2000
CHO KEEPS WBC SUPER-FLY TITLE ON SPLIT NOD OVER PENALOSA; JAN. 2, 2000
RESULTS IN THAILAND IN DECEMBER, 1999