December 20, 2005
TOKYO, JAPAN-WBC#9 ranked ex-Japanese lightweight champ Takehiro Shimada (18-3-1, 11 KOs), 137.75, proved too pugnacious and powerful for ex-Indonesian 130-pound ruler Smile Brown (17-7-4, 7 KOs), 136.75, to score a TKO win at 2:38 of the sixth round on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan. Shimada, a 34-year-old veteran, was a little frustrated by Brown’s switch-hitting style, but kept pummeling him with busy combinations punctuated by solid body shots. As Brown was bleeding profusely and it became so lopsided, the referee declared a well-timed halt.
Fast-rising Japanese top ranked welter, unbeaten Yuji Yamaguchi (14-0-1, 10 KOs), 146.5, battered Indonesian #11 welter Marco Tuhumury (9-5-1, 3 KOs), 9-4-1, 3 KOs, to the face and the belly en route to the Indonesian’s retirement on the stool at the end of the fifth round in a scheduled ten. Yuki Kobayashi (13-2-1, 9 KOs), 119.75, displayed his tremendous stamina in his non-stop attack and scored an impressive KO win over game but fading Shinichiro Yamaguchi (13-5-2, 9 KOs), at 0:39 of the tenth and final session.
Promoter: Yonekura Promotions.
(12-20-05)
December 19, 2005
TOKYO, JAPAN-WBA#4/WBC#13 flyweight Takefumi Sakata (25-3-1, 11 KOs), 114.25, appeared for the first time since his majority decision loss to Lorenzo Parra in a bid for the WBA throne three months ago, and whipped Hiroyasu Hasebe (6-6-5, 1 KO), 113.75, upstairs and downstairs lopsidedly to prompt the referee’s intervention at 2:20 of the sixth round in a scheduled ten on Monday in Tokyo, Japan. Sakata, who had failed to win the world crown from Parra twice, showed his busy-punching style and visibly weakened the overmatched trial horse.
Japanese #9 ranked 130-pounder Yasuo Matsuzaki (11-1, 5 KOs), 132.25, wasn’t as sharp as usual, but overwhelmed Takuho Kakuta (6-3-2, 1 KO), 132.25, to cause a stoppage at 2:26 of the seventh canto in a scheduled eight. Shigeo Hori (11-7, 3 KOs), 123.5, was awarded a technical decision over Norikazu Saito (7-2, no KO), 123.5, at 1:07 of the seventh session in a scheduled eight competed by the southpaws. Takahiro Uryu (8-2-1, 2 KOs), a well-educated southpaw by ex-world 154-pound champ Koichi Wajima, 115.5, earned a unanimous nod (78-75, 79-74 and 78-72) over Tetsuya Kawakami (8-13-3, 4 KOs), 115.75, over eight.
Promoter: Kyoei Promotions.
(12-19-05)