December 15, 2001
SODEGAURA, JAPAN-WBC #10 ranked Japanese super-fly champ Shingo Sasaki (16-2-1, 12 KOs), 116, dropped Thai top contender Khunchit Kiatgeija (14-8, 7 KOs), 117, three times to score an automatic stoppage at 2:58 of the opening session.
It was a tune-up go for Sasaki prior to his mandatory defense against WBA #9 ranked Katsushige Kawashima in Tokyo on April 20.
Sasaki swarmed over the shorter Thailander and sent him sprawling to the deck with a vicious left uppercut to the belly. Though Khunchit beat the count, Sasaki followed up so furiously as to drop him twice more with his merciless combos.
Promoter: Kisarazu Green Bay Promotion.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(12-15-01)