October 16, 2000
Tokyo, Japan-WBC #9 ranked super-fly southpaw Akihiko Nago, 118, blasted out a fragile Filipino named Archie Villamor (not Ala Villamor who retired after his defeat by Ricardo Lopez years ago), 118, as he easily dropped him three times to score an automatic KO win at 1:58 of the second round.
Nago, managed by ex-WBA junior fly champ Yoko Gushiken, thus confirmed his shot at the WBC 115-pound title against Masamori Tokuyama in Osaka on December 12. Nago raised his mark to 18-1, 12 KOs. The loser dipped to 23-24-6, 7 KOs.
Unbeaten Japanese #4 fly Takefumi Sakata, 112, ran his mark to 13-0, 5 KOs, when he sank Filipino Jun Magsipoc, 111 3/4, with a barrage of light punches at 2:53 of the 4th round in a semi-final 10.
Ryuji Kajihara, 123, dropped Marlon Terado, 121 3/4, with a single body shot in the second round of a scheduled 8. The winner is 8-3-3, 3 KOs.
The crowd severely jeered the very poor performance of the three Filipinos, as they seemingly failed to bring their fighting spirit from the Philippines. Magsipoc and Terado both didn’t pay any efforts to beat the count though they didn’t look to have suffered so serious damage. Lately our promoters have become reluctant to book Filipino boxers because of public criticisms against their unfaithfully disappointed showings here.
Promoter: Shirai Gushiken Promotions.
(10-16-00)