## MIYAGI DRAWS WITH OPBF#1 TALAPE

April 6, 2008

SHIMIZU, JAPAN

OPBF#8 super-bantam Yuya Miyagi (17-2-3, 6 KOs), 126.5, survived a bad visit to the deck in the third and fought back very hard to battle to a split draw (96-94, 94-96 and 95-95) with OPBF top ranked Philippine 122-pound champ Jun Talape (17-5-1, 7 KOs), 125.75, over ten heats on Sunday in Shimizu, Japan.

It was a hard-fought affair, as Miyagi hit the deck with the southpaw Filipinofs straight left early in the third, but showed his determination to fight back with a flurry of punches to the fading Talape, whom the Japanese local prospect had at bay in the seventh and eighth. It was a well-received draw by the crowd.

Promoter: Mitsuyama Promotions.

Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.

(4-6-08)

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