March 9, 2008
NAGOYA, JAPAN
WBC#17 OPBF 105-pound champ Toshikazu Waga (16-3, 6 KOs), 104.75, kept his regional belt as OPBF#12 Thai challenger Yoddoy Sishsoei (6-4, 5 KOs), 103.5, abruptly complained of a right shoulder pain and turned his back to be a TKO loser at 2:36 of the ninth round on Sunday in Nagoya, Japan.
Yoddoy was nervous and stiff from the outset, while Waga took the leadoff with stinging lefts and had the Thailander bleeding from the nostrils with solid straight rights in the fourth. Yoddoy reportedly had begun to feel a pain at the right shoulder in the fifth, but kept fighting until he finally declared “no mas” midway in the fatal ninth. Waga, making his first defense, is handled by ex-WBC 122-pound ruler Kiyoshi Hatanaka.
Unbeaten JBC#8 bantam Kosuke Hayashi (15-0, 7 KOs), 117.75, decked an upset triumph in dropping Japanese top ranked super-fly Daisuke Maruyama (23-2, 17 KOs), 117.75, twice en route to a fine stoppage at 1:59 of the seventh session in a scheduled ten. Hayashi’s busy combinations were effective enough to weaken the fading veteran as the contest progressed.
OPBF#1 bantam Ryuichi Okahashi (17-2, 5 KOs), 117.75, survived shaky moments in the sixth and seventh, and earned a close but unanimous nod (95-93, 96-94 and 95-94) over unranked Takahiro Takeda (6-9-1, 2 KOs), 118, over ten.
OPBF#5 feather Makyo Sugita (25-2-2, 16 KOs), 126, defeated Kenji Kumagai (10-4-2, 2 KOs), 125.5, by a close but unanimous nod (77-76, 77-75 and 79-74) over eight.
Promoter: Hatanaka Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(3-9-08)
March 10, 2008
TOKYO, JAPAN
Unranked 130-pound prospect Masao Nakamura (7-0, 7 KOs), came off the canvas in the first round and sank Indonesian super-feather champ Moses Seran (reportedly 26-11, 12 KOs), 130, for the count at 1:46 of the fourth session in a scheduled ten on Monday in Tokyo, Japan. The hard-punching 20-year-old had better improve his defensive skills for his bright future.
Promoter: Shirai Gushiken Promotions.
(3-10-08)