November 20, 2005
NAGOYA, JAPAN-WBC#26 super-bantam Masanori Sugita (20-1-2, 13 KOs), 123.25, pounded out a close but unanimous decision (97-96 and 97-94 twice) over ex-OPBF challenger Sunao Uno (16-5-2, 11 KOs), 122.5, in a ten-round encounter of local prospects on Sunday night in Nagoya, Japan. Sugita, ex-WBC youth champ, took the leadoff in the first four rounds, but Uno showed his retaliations to be in command in the fifth and eighth sessions. Sugita took back the seventh, and they fought toe-to-toe in the last two rounds. It is a question why Sugita, with such a good ledger, hasn’t been ranked by the Japanese commission despite his victories over Eduardo Garcia and Jess Maca (in a rematch).
Shinnosuke Yasuda (13-1, 4 KOs), 116.5, scored a solid countering right to the temple of Thailander Palangchai Chuwatana (5-4, 1 KO), 115.75, dropping him for the count at 1:15 of the second round in a scheduled ten. Ex-amateur boy Kazuya Maruki, 140, the promoter Takao’s son, made a fine pro debut by flooring Thailander Mondang Lookmatulee, 138, twice en route to a quick TKO at 0:42 of the second round in a scheduled four. His father Takao Maruki was the first boxer out of Nagoya that fought in a quest for a world title, though he lost a unanimous 15-round verdict to the then WBA 130-pound champ Samuel Serrano here in 1978. Takao wishes his son Kazuya to fulfill his unfinished dream.
Promoter: Tenyu Maruki Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(11-20-05)
November 20, 2005
NAGOYA, JAPAN-There happened another promotion by another promoter at the same venue on the same day. It recently becomes common here in Japan that a couple of promoters share a rental fee of an arena to stage shows separately in the daytime and at night. Japanese #2 super-fly Shin Ogata (19-2-2, 8 KOs), 115.75, decked his comeback win after failing to win the OPBF 115-pound belt from Waengpetch Chuwatana, and defeated Thailander Nopphadetchlek Chuwatana (3-6, 1 KO), 115.75, by a unanimous decision (97-95 twice and 98-95) over ten frames on Sunday afternoon in Nagoya, Japan. Ogata is gunning for a crack at the national belt against the victor of Nobuo Nashiro and Prosper Matsuura, both highly world-rated, who will collide with the former’s Japanese title at stake in Osaka on this coming Tuesday.
Unbeaten hard-puncher, WBC #29 Akio Konishi (17-0, 14 KOs), 121.25, made a short work of overmatched Thailander Charoenchai Por Puenruampol (3-7, 1 KO), 117.25, with a wicked body shot at 1:36 of the opening session in a scheduled ten. Japanese #8 lightweight Shoji Kawase (13-1-3, 8 KOs), 135, showed a fine form in dispatching Phetarun Vor Suraphol (25-19, 5 KOs), 133, with a furious combination at 1:15 of the fifth canto in a first ten.
Promoter: Matsuda Promotions.
Matchamker: Joe Koizumi.
(11-20-05)