July 21, 2005
OSAKA, JAPAN-WBC 115-pound champ Masamori Tokuyama, who regained the belt by an impressive unanimous decision over Katsushige Kawashima, suffered a hand injury during the hard-fought battle this Monday. As Tokuyama still felt pain on the hand, he went to a doctor to take an X-ray test, which found that he had sustained a hairline crack on the right hand. The doctor diagnosed that he would need a couple of months before starting his workout for his first defense since recapturing the WBC throne. Tokuyama, 30, had kept the belt eight times to his credit prior to his shocking first round stoppage by Kawashima in June of the previous year, but brilliantly revenged his loss and won his belt back
(7-21-05)