December 11, 2000
OSAKA, JAPAN-The newly crowned WBC super-flyweight champ Masamori Tokuyama, a North Korean born and living in Japan, scaled in at the 115-pound class limit, while Japanese challenger Akihiko Nago tipped the beam at 114.75.
Tokuyama, 22-2-1, 5 KOs, is a speedster boasting of lightening speed with which he dethroned Korean Injoo Cho by a lopsided decision here last August. For him, this will be his first defense. Nago, 18-1, 12 KOs, is a southpaw KO artist with a single shot, being handled by ex-WBA light fly champ Yoko Gushiken who kept his title 13 times to his credit.
The WBC officials are as follows:
Referee: Frank Cappuccino (US)
Judges: James JenKin (US), Kazumasa Kuwata (Japan) and Nobuaki Uratani (Japan)
WBC supervisor: Edward Thangarajah (Thailand)
Jose Sulaiman, the WBC president, will be in attendance.
Fight venue is Maisu Arena, Osaka.
Promoter is Hideo Kanazawa’s Kanazawa Promotions.
Matchmaker is Joe Koizumi.
(12-11-00)