June 3, 2007
NAGOYA, JAPAN
Unbeaten WBC#10 prospect Kohei Ohba (18-0-1, 10 KOs), 119, outgrew the super-fly category to start campaigning in the bantam division, and defeated WBC#28 Mexican national bantam champ Francisco Paredes (15-12-1, 14 KOs), 118.25, by a one-sided decision (99-92, 99-93 and 98-93) over ten fast frames on Sunday in Nagoya, Japan.
The fast-rising 22-year-old prospect displayed his superior speed of hand and foot to outpunch the game hard-hitting Mexican. Ohba’s stinging left jabs had Paredes swollen under the right optic from the fourth. Ohba, a hard-punching footworker, connected with strong combinations and tried to finish the affair, but Paredes showed his heart to go down despite his absorption of punishment. It’s a very clean fight that the referee never bothered to say “break” or release either from any clinches. Ohba is one of the brightest prospects in the bantam category along with WBC#11 national champ Masayuki Mitani.
Promoter: Space K Gym.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(6-3-07)