September 21, 2002
September 21, 2002
TOKYO, JAPAN-WBC #28 ranked Satoru Suzuki(right photo) (18-3, 12 KOs), 159.25, kept his Japanese middleweight belt as he withstood an opening attack of Bull Okabe (9-5-1, 9 KOs), 160, and displayed an impressive retaliation to open such a nasty cut and a swollen right optic for Okabe to go on after the third round in Tokyo, Japan.
The TKO win means Suzuki’s 8th defense since he dethroned Naotaka Hozumi, who will have an ambitious shot at William Joppy’s WBA belt here on October 10, by an upset 8th round stoppage in 2000.
Undercard:Comebacking ex-Japanese feather boss Eugenio “Yuji” Gomez(left photo) (16-2, 15 KOs), 126, collected another victim in disposing of Filipino Robert Dalisay (10-5-2, 3 KOs), 126, with a wicked body shot at 2:07 of the opening canto.
Feifong Kogure (12-4-1, 5 KOs), 140, and Kenji Toda (13-7-3, 7 KOs), 139.5, displayed a pier 6 brawl all the way with the former winning a split verdict (97-96, 96-95 and 96-98) over a hard-fought 10.
Promoter: Hachioji Nakaya Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi (as for the Gomez vs. Dalisay bout).
(9-21-02)
September 19, 2002
TOKYO, JAPAN-Having been dispatched in the opening session by Pongsaklek Wongjongkam in an ambitious shot at the WBC fly belt in Thailand, Daisuke Naito (20-1-2, 15 KOs), 113.5, returned to the ring warfare and stopped Thailander Daochai Sor Sorgo-gym (6-6, 2KOs), 115, at 1:53 in the 7th round in Tokyo.
(9-19-02)