April 22, 2001
April 22, 2001
NAGOYA, JAPAN-WBA #8 Kozo Ishii, 125 3/4, displayed a fine demolition in dropping TBC #6 super-bantam Suksawadi Kiet Chaiyong, 123 1/2, at 1:59 of the second round in a scheduled 10.
Having failed to win the WBA interim 122-pound belt via TKO defeat by Venezuelan Yober Ortega last year, Ishii took a rest for months and appeared for the first time since.
Ishii raised his credentials to 24-3, 18 KOs. The Thailander fell to 8-5, 2 KOs.
JBC #7 welter Hiroshi Watanabe, 146, caught TBC #2 super-lightie Nophdetch Chuwatana, 144 1/4, sending him to the deck in the 4th and twice more in the 5th en route to a KO win at 2:52 of the 5th session.
Watanabe, 13-2-1, 10 KOs, is gunning for a shot at the OPBF 147-pound belt against unbeaten Filipino southpaw Rev Santillan in Nagoya in August.
Yoshinobu Nakamura, 115, pounded out a shutout decision (100-90, 100-91 and 100-92) over Thailander Win Nationman, 111, over 10.
Unranked Nakamura improved his mark to 10-1-2, 6 KOs. The Thai loser dipped to 4-5, 1 KO.
Promoter: Takao Maruki’s Tenyu Maruki Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
April 22, 2001
MAIBARA, JAPAN-Upcoming JBC #7 flyweight Yosuke Kobayashi, 113 3/4, extended his fine mark to 15-1, 11 KOs as he scored a one-punch demolition of Thailander Yodnamkang Eminent, 116 3/4, with a wicked body shot at 1:00 of the third round. The Thai loser impaired to 6-4, 1 KO.
Indonesian Alvarado Ishimaru, 141 3/4, sent Ryuichi Kuwana, 144 1/2, to the deck with a vicious left hook and scored a quick TKO win with the towel tossing in at 0:24 into the second canto in a scheduled 8. The Japanese loser fell to 15-6, 10 KOs.
Shin Tomoto, 120 1/2, bled profusely from a gash caused by an accidental butt and fought to a technical draw with Thailander Somporn Muangsurin, 122, at 1:54 of the second session in a scheduled 8. Tomoto is 8-4-1, 2 KOs. Somporn is 8-4-1, 4 KOs.
Promoter: Yokozeki Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(4-22-01)
April 22, 2001
OSAKA, JAPAN-OPBF #7 super-light Steven Marks(right photo), 141, Australia, maintained the pressure on ex-Japanese national 140-pound champ Hiromu Kuwata, 141 1/2, and finally floored him to be awarded a well-timed stoppage at 2:46 of the 7th round. Marks raised his credentials to 7-3-1, 4 KOs. The lopsided loser fell to 25-7-3, 18 KOs.
Marks opened a cut at the right ear with his sharp punches in the second, and swept all rounds with his aggressiveness.
JBC #4 bantam Noboru Fukuyama, 118, dropped Toshinobu Nakatani, 118, with a solid left hook in the 7th and chalked up a TKO win at 0:47 of the 10th and final round.
Fukuyama is 10-3-1, 7 KOs. Nakatani fell to 6-8-1, 2 KOs.
Hard-punching prospect Nobuto Ikehara, 122, extended his ledger to 11-0, 10 KOs when he exploded with smashing straight right and finished Taothong Sithsobha, 121 3/4, at 2:37 of the second round in a scheduled 8. Taothong is 5-5, 2 KOs.
Promoter: Kiyoshi Yoshii’s Osaka Teiken Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(4-22-01)
April 21, 2001
TOKYO, JAPAN-Unranked Kenji Yoshida, 121 3/4, bloodied both optics of Japanese #6 ranked bantam Eiichi Odaka, 121 1/4, who retired at the end of the 7th round.
Yoshida is 8-4-1, 3 KOs. Odaka fell to 24-5, 15 KOs.
Yoshiteru Okazaki, 130, Fighting Harada’s protege, dropped a unanimous decision (99-95, 98-95 and 97-94) to Takanori Kariya, 130, over 10.
Kariya is 10-1, 2 KOs. Okazaki fell to 7-3, 7 KOs.
Promoter: Yamaguchi Promotions.
(4-21-01)