June 27, 2001
TOKYO, JAPAN-WBC #21 ranked ex-Asian Games bronze medalist Norihisa Tomimoto, 123.5, surprisingly hit the deck with a vicious right of Indonesian super-feather champ Virgo Warouw, 123.5, in the first, but came back to pile up points and won a unanimous decision over 10.
Scored: 98-96, 97-94 and 97-95, all for Tomimoto, a lanky southpaw, 6-0-1, 2 KOs. Warouw, who previously lost to WBC-rated Manabu Fukushima on points, fell to 12-4-2, 7 KOs.
Promoter: Kokubunji Saito Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(6-27-01)