July 23 Sakaide City Matchmaking by Ring Japan
OPBF super-welter title bout
Kukyul Song, Korea, defending champ, WBC #12, 20-2-1, 15 KOs
12
Seiji Takechi, OPBF #7, 8-2-1, 2 KOs
July 25 Tokyo
Kevin Palmer, OPBF middle champ, WBC #7, 21-0-1, 13 KOs
10R
Chanrainoi Chuwatana, Thailand
July 30 Munakata Matchmaking by Ring Japan
Takashi Koshimoto, ex-Japanese feather champ, 24-1-2, 14 KOs
10R
Dodong Salas, Philippines
Dainoshin Kuma, JBC #7 feather, 14-0, 6 KOs
10R
Ulyses Puzon, Philippines
Kenta Okada
10R
Noli Fabroa
Aug. 1 Tokyo
Japanese middle title bout
Naotaka Hozumi, defending champ, WBC #19, 15-1-1, 11 KOs
10R
Satoru Suzuki, JBC #1, 9-3, 5 KOs
Takehiro Shimada, JBC #5 light
10R
Boy Ligas, Philippines
Aug. 2 Tokyo Matchmaking by Ring Japan
Norihisa Tomimoto, ex-amateur national champ, 2-0-1, no KO
10R
Kioh Kil, Korean #1 super-bantam
Hirohisa Ishikawa, WBC #28 bantam, 15-3-6, 4 KOs
10R
Yoshikane Nakajima, 7-4-3, 1 KO
Aug. 3 Osaka
Hisao Arai, ex-Japanese super-light champ, 21-4-3, 15 KOs
10R
Makoto Sugino, 9-7, 6 KOs
Noriyuki Komatsu
10R
Noriyki Baba, JBC #10 fly
Aug. 5 Tokyo
Japanese super-light title bout
Hiroyuki Maeda, defending champ, 20-6-2, 12 KOs
10R
Tatsuhisa Kawashima, 14-6-2, 4 KOs
Masahiro Iimura, JBC #10 super-fly
10R
Mitsuhiro Harashima
Aug. 8 Tokyo
Japanese minimum title bout
Makoto Suzuki, defending champ, WBC #6 & WBA #12, 11-5-2, 7 KOs
10R
Hiroyuki Abe, JBC #3, 8-4, 3 KOs
Yoshio Hattori
10R
Rio Saragih, ex-OPBF #9 super-feather
Aug. 13 Nagoya
Hayato Asai, JBC #3 fly, 13-2-2, 10 KOs
10R
Ryuji Muramatsu, JBC #4 fly, 20-6, 8 KOs
Kanezo Nakamura
10R
Eduardo Escriber, Philippines
Yosuke Kobayashi
10R
Roy Tarasona, Philippines
Aug. 19 Tokyo
Hisatake Ikemori, JBC #9 bantam, 12-3-3, 5 KOs
10R
TBA
Keisuke Yokoyama, JBC #4 light fly, 13-7-2, 8 KOs
10R
Jun Kitano, JBC #6 light fly
Tsuyoshi Wada, JBC #5 super-bantam, 11-1, 10 KOs
10R
Wichannoi Chitalada
Aug. 20 Tokyo
WBC flyweight title bout
Malcolm Tunacao, defending champ, Philippines, 11-0, 7 KOs
12R
Celes Kobayashi, WBC #12, Japanese champ, 22-4-2, 13 KOs
WBA minimum unification title bout
Noel Arambulet, defending champ, Venezuela, 12-1-1-1NC, 7 KOs
12R
Joma Gamboa, interim champ, Philippines, 28-5-1, 20 KOs
Aug. 21 Tokyo
Kenji Sakata, JBC #7 fly
10R
Ryuji Kubota, JBC #9 fly
Hiroyuki Kusaka
10R
Yasuhiro Kanayama
Aug. 22 Tokyo Matchmaking by Ring Japan
OPBF welter elimination bout
Toshiharu Kayama, OPBF #1, Japanese champ, WBC #30, 16-0-1, 9 KOs
12R
Sukhyun Yun, OPBF #4, ex-OPBF champ, Korea
Aug. 27 Osaka Matchmaking by Ring Japan
WBC super-fly title bout
Injoo Cho, defending champ, Korea, 18-0, 7 KOs
12R
Masamori Tokuyama, former OPBF champ, WBC #6, 21-2-1, 5 KOs
Sept. 2 Tokyo Matchmaking by Ring Japan
OPBF light fly title bout
Koki Tanaka, defending champ
12R
Satoru Yoshida, compatriot, OPBF #7
The winner shall be obliged to fight OPBF #1 contender Takil Lee, Korea, within 90 days.
Sept. 3 Himeji Matchmaking by Ring Japan
Masaki Kawabata, JBC #2 fly
10R
Dencharin Singchachawan, Thailand
Oct. 9 Nagoya Matchmaking by Ring Japan
WBA super-fly title bout
Hideki Todaka, defending champ
12R
Leo Gamez, WBA #1 contender, Venezuela
Oct. 10 Tokyo Matchmaking by Ring Japan
Hiroshi Nakajima, defending champ
12R
Satoru Abe, WBA #8, compatriot
This will be a very competitive good match-up.
Oct. 11 Tokyo
WBA light title bout
Takanori Hatakeyama, defending champ
12R
Hiroyuki Sakamoto, compatriot
This is truly a sensational match-up by aggressive compatriots.
OPBF super-fly elimination bout
Kazuhiro Ryuko, OPBF #1, Japanese champ
12R
Kid Hamzah, OPBF #4, Indonesia
Oct. 27 Osaka Matchmaking by Ring Japan
Hidenobu Honda, WBA #2 & WBC #4 light fly
10R
Dowoon Ra, KBC #6 light fly, Korea
Hirokazu Takahashi
8R
Chungbok Park, Korea
Nov. 3 Okayama
OPBF super-feather title bout
Tiger Ari, defending champ, Philippines
12R
Kazunori Fujita, OPBF #8
July 21 Promoted by Ring Japan
Philippine national junior light title bout
Randy Suico, WBC #20, defending champ, 10-0, 8 KOs
12R
Joel Gonzalez, GAB #4, 10-7-3, 8 KOs
The unbeaten Suico, managed by Joe Koizumi, has executed a promotional agreement with Asia’s most influential promoter Akihiko Honda. He is the brightest Filipino prospect nicknamed “Hands of Stone.”
Joma Gamboa, WBA interim minimum champ
4R Exhibition
Rodion Cantiga, GAB #8 junior fly
Sept. 2 Manila
WBC international super-bantam title bout
Manny Pacquiao
12R
Cesar Soto, Mexico, ex-WBC feather champ
But there is a rumor that Soto may pull out of this card.
Nov. Manila
WBC international super-fly title bout
Gerry Penalosa, WBC #2 super-fly
12R
Joel Luna Zarate, WBC #3 super-fly