## HOSONO WINS VACANT OPBF 126LB BELT

October 18, 2008

TOKYO, JAPAN

Unbeaten ex-amateur hard-puncher, OPBF#2 Satoshi gBazookah Hosono (13-0, 10 KOs), 125.75, acquired the vacant OPBF featherweight belt as he showed his superior power and almost swept the fourth through the last sessions to pound out a unanimous decision (118-111, 117-111 and 116-111) over OPBF#6 compatriot Makyo Masanori Sugita (25-3-2, 16 KOs), 125.5, over twelve on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.

It wasnft Hosonofs best performance at all as he failed to catch the game and elusive opponent and score with his trademark power punches through the contest. Sugita, the first and last ex-WBC youth champ, was penalized a point because of repeated low blows in the fifth, and was apparently overpowered by Hononofs solid but less accurate punches than usual. The regional belt has been renounced by unbeaten Japanese banger Hiroyuki Enoki who will have an ambitious shot at the WBA 126-pound throne against Indonesian Chris John on Friday next week.

### Undercard:

WBC#19 Goh Onaga (12-0, 9 KOs), 112.25, displayed a beautiful one-punch knockout over OPBF#13 Thai national champ Yuchi Eausamphan (17-10, 11 KOs), 111.5, at 2:51 of the second round in a scheduled ten. The bright flyweight prospect Onaga looked very promising with his razor-sharp punch. He may be gifted a potential to become a second Hiroyuki Ebihara, who was a legendary world flyweight champ who knocked out defending champ Pone Kingpetch in the opening session to capture the belt in 1963.

Unbeaten ex-amateur prospect Seiichi Okada (7-0, 5 KOs), 129.75, was awarded a unanimous technical decision (all 49-45) over Kotaro Matsumura (7-4-2, 2 KOs), 129.5, because of the loserfs bad gashes at 1:40 of the fifth round in a scheduled eight. Ex-OPBF 105-pound champ and ex-world challenger Akira Yaegashi (9-2, 6 KOs), 107.5, appeared to have regained his previous speed and power in winning a unanimous nod (79-74 twice and 78-76) over JBC#7 light-fly Takuya Suda (8-4-2, 2 KOs), 107.5, over eight.

After dramatic exchanges of each two knockdowns, unbeaten JBC#12 flyweight Daiki Uema (6-0, 4 KOs), 112.5, finally decked a give-and-take KO victory over Thailander Captain Sishsoei (7-5, 2 KOs), 112, at just 2:00 of the opening session in a scheduled eight. Captain at first floored the aggressive but defenseless southpaw Uema with a countering right. They swapped punches and simultaneously hit the deck to show a very rare gdouble knockdown.h As they resumed fighting after beating the mandatory eight count, Uema landed a southpaw right hook to floor the Thailander. Now that each suffered a couple of visits to the deck, the crowd was driven into frenzy to see which would fall next to decide the result under the three-knockdown rule. It was Uema that forced the Thailander to the ropes with a flurry of punches to have the referee to declare a halt. Interesting enough like a boxing novel.

Promoter: Ohashi Promotions.

Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi (as for Onaga-Yuchi and Uema-Captain bouts).

(10-18-08)

## FILIPINO RUFINO FINISHES NAKAGAWA

October 17, 2008

TOKYO, JAPAN

OPBF#7 Filipino feather champ Vinvin Rufino (15-7-2 7 KOs), 128, a hard-hitting southpaw, impressively decked Japanese Kenji Nakagawa (8-2-1, 2 KOs), 128, three times to score an automatic KO triumph at 2:06 of the third round in a scheduled ten on Friday in Tokyo, Japan. Rufino registered his second knockout win here, following his previous blitzkrieg win over Yoshinori Miyata.

Japanese Arturo Gutti stylist, Yuta Nagai (20-4-3, 12 KOs), 123, was held to a split draw (94-94, 95-94 and 94-95) by OPBF#9 Thai bantam ruler Kaonah Khlongpajon, 123, over ten. Nagai, as usual, put on a give-and-take performance, as he absorbed much punishment by the Thai champ, but dropped him in the seventh. A point was deducted from Kaonah because of his neck throw in the tenth and final round, which eventually made it a draw. Otherwise, Kaonaha would have been a winner on points after the extravaganza.

Junta Sekimoto (11-3, 4 KOs), 125, was awarded a split duke (77-76, 77-75 and 76-77) over former Filipino super-bantam champ Alex Escaner (22-16-5, 11 KOs), 124.5, over eight.

Promoter: Katsumata Promotions.

(10-17-08)

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