December 12, 2003
TOKYO, JAPAN-Unranked Takanori Kariya (17-2, 5 KOs), put on a tricky performance and scored an upset unanimous decision (97-95, 98-95 and 99-95) over Japanese #4 ranked lightweight Yoshinari Hayamizu (16-4-2, 3 KOs), 134.25, over ten on Friday night in Tokyo, Japan. It was a good fight of the speedsters. Kariya was clearly in command in the first two rounds, but Hayamizu retaliated to dominate the third through seventh sessions by a small margin, which the judges didn’t evaluate well. Kariya landed a big right in the eighth, and they shared the last two rounds.
Busy-punching Taro Fumoto (14-3, 3 KOs), 126, defeated persistent body puncher Takayuki Shimizu (9-2-1, 1 KO), 126, by a unanimous nod (80-73, 78-76 and 78-77) over eight. Shimizu kept landing a solid body shot at a time, while Fumoto battered him with faster combinations to the face and belly.
Promoter: Shin Nihon Kimura Promotions.
(12-12-03)
December 10, 2003
TOKYO, JAPAN-Unbeaten Japanese top feather contender Hiroyuki Enoki (18-0-1, 14 KOs), 125, showed his power punching as he overpowered unraked Thailander Anurak Tamachard, 126, at 2:42 of the fourth round in a scheduled ten on Wednesday night in Tokyo, Japan. Enoki, powerful but still less sophisticated, is gunning for a shot at the winner of the national 126-pound title bout between defending champ Dainoshin Kuma and unbeaten Motokazu Abe this coming Sunday.
Unranked Yusuke Kobori (11-2, 5 KOs), 130, carved out an upset majority decision (98-93, 98-95 and 96-96) over JBC #5 ranked 130-pounder Tetsuya Shinozaki (16-12-7, 7 KOs), 130, over ten. Unbeaten Japanese #7 bantam Kengo Wakao (10-0, 3 KOs), 118, struggled to earn a split decision (96-95 twice and 95-96) over Toshiaki Soma (8-6-1, 4 KOs), 118, over ten. Wakao dropped his opponent with a left-right combo in the third, but Soma desperately came back to show a do-or-die attack to dominate the last four rounds.
Promoter: Kadoebi Hoseki Promotions.
(12-10-03)