August 14, 2006
TOKYO, JAPAN
WBC#14 raned OPBF top contender Teppei Kikui (21-4, 4 KOs), 115, kept his Japanese 115-pound belt as he battered WBC#7/WBA#11 ex-OPBF champ Masayuki Arinaga (21-5-1, 10 KOs), 115, to the punch and swept all rounds to score a very lopsided decision (100-90, 100-91 and 99-92) over ten frames on Monday in Tokyo, Japan.
It was quite a one-sided game, as Arinaga was so terrible that he failed to show his usual zip, rhythm or timing only to be a human dummy for the soft-punching champ. Kikui had the southpaw rival at bay in the ninth, but his lack of convincing power prevented him from scoring a knockdown despite Arinagafs rubbery-legs.
Once-beaten 115-pound prospect Kuniyuki Aizawa (11-1-1, 8 KOs), 115.75, caught taller Thailander Uchi Eausamphan (6-5, 4 KOs), 115.25, with wicked body shots and sank him for the count at 1:33 of the third round in a scheduled ten. It was a comebacking fight for Aizawa after being dethroned by Kikui via upset decision last April.
Promoter: Hanagata Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi (as for the Aizawa-Uchi bout).
(8-14-06)
August 13, 2006
OSAKA, JAPAN
WBC#17 ranked OPBF 140-pound champ Jungbum Kim (26-3-1, 21 KOs), 140, from Korea, retained his regional belt as he put on a gory game with OPBF top contender Daigoro Yamamoto (10-3-3, 8 KOs), 140, and finally dropped the Japanese challenger for the fatal ten at 1:46 of the seventh round on Sunday in Osaka, Japan.
Kim, who had lost to Arturo Morua in the US last year, proved still strong in Asia as he had the upper hand over the game and gallant Japanese challenger, who recklessly mixed up with the onrushing Korean from the outset. Both bled from the nostrils in the second, and Kim sustained a gash over the eyebrow in the third. They kept swapping punches toe-to-toe, but Kim was more accurate and effective in exchanging hot rallies in the close quarter. Kimfs right uppercut following busy combinations sank Yamamoto, who failed to beat the count by Australian referee Charlie Lucas.
Featherweight Ken Mitsuyama (7-1, 4 KOs) scored a fine KO win over Thailander Ritthidej Soonkilanoynai (4-2, 1 KO) at 0;25 of the fifth round in a supporting ten.
Promoter: Kanazawa Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(8-13-06)