September 17, 2005
TOKYO, JAPAN-This show suffered a bad luck. Ex-OPBF superfeather champ Kengo Nagashima fell down the stairs to feel a neck pain at home just a day before the weigh-in. His father and promoter Kiyoshi Nagashima decided to cancel Kengofs appearance in a main event with Filipino feather champ Jeffrey Onate, though he fully paid to him as stipulated. His up-and-coming prospect Masayuki Fujikake (16-4-, 3 KOs), 116, OPBF #10 ranked 115-pounder, fought well but was badly stopped by Filipino flyweight champ Federico Catubay (16-9-3, 11 KOs), 114.25, at 0:30 of the tenth and final session on Saturday night in Tokyo, Japan. The flattened Fujikake was carried out by a stretcher and was immediately hospitalized by an ambulance. The Japanese southpaw underwent a brain surgery to remove a blood clot, but stays in a coma at this moment.
Yoshinori Miyata (16-4-1, 10 KOs), 130, a substitute for his stablemate Yusuke Kobori who had sustained an injured rib cage during a workout, earned a unanimous nod (97-94 twice and 98-93) over Kota Suzuno (13-6-3, 3 KOs), 128.5, over ten.
Promoter: 18 Koga Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi (as for the Catubay-Fujikake bout).
(9-17-05)