January 24, 2006
TOKYO, JAPAN-The OPBF 154-pound champ Crazy Kim (24-3, 21 KOs), 153.5, Japan, kept both his regional and Japanese national belts as he dropped top ranked lefty compatriot Tatsuki Kawasaki (18-2, 14 KOs), 153, with a solid right in the fourth and made him a bloody mess before the ref called a halt to the lopsided affair at 0:35 of the ninth round on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan. The shaven skulled Kim proved why he changed his nom-de-grace to Crazy Kim from Toshiharu Kaneyama when he shouted in the post-fight interview in the ring, gIfll knock out De La Hoya!h
Ex-OPBF and national middle champ Naotaka Hozumi (26-5-1, 22 KOs), finally caught tricky and durable Kintaro Okadayama (10-8, 4 KOs), 160, flooring him in the eighth en route to the refereefs intervention at 1:25 of the ninth session.
Promoter: Yonekura Promotions.
(1-24-06)