September 22, 2008
OSAKA, JAPAN
WBA#9 super-welter Nobuhiro Ishida (20-5-2, 7 KOs), an elongated Japanese jabber, 154, barely survived a bad knockdown in the fifth, and earned a controversial split decision (115-114, 115-113 and 113-115) over WBA#8 Marco Avendano (26-6-1, 18 KOs), 153.5, over ten close rounds on Monday in Osaka, Japan. Though the promoter ballyhooed it as an eliminator to decide the challenger to WBA ruler Daniel Santos, the Association had already denied such an invalid publicity as it was only an encounter of the #8 and #9 contenders.
Ex-WBC/WBA 105-pound champ Katsunari Takayama (22-3, 9 KOs), 108.25, kept stalking Mexican substitute Javier Murillo Maravilla (12-8-2, 6 KOs), 108.75, all night, scoring a shutout decision (all 100-90) over ten.
In an national elimination bout following the main eventer Ishida’s relinquishment, tricky southpaw Yuki Nonaka (16-7-2, 5 KOs), 153.75, acquired the vacant Japanese 154-pound belt by chalking up a fine TKO win over brutal swinger Akihiro Furukawa (12-2-1, 9 KOs), 154, at 2:36 of the eighth session.
Promoter: Kanazawa Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi (as for the Takayama-Murillo bout).
(9-22-08)
September 21, 2008
OSAKA, JAPAN
Japanese #10 super-bantam Hiromasa Ohashi, 122.75, dug a wicked shot to the belly and sank OPBF#13 Thai national champ Kumarnthong Chuwatana, 123, in agony for the count at 1:08 of the fourth round in a scheduled ten on Sunday in Nagoya, Japan.
JBC#7 lightweight Shoji Kawase, 134.75, came back from his unsuccessful shot at the national belt, and dispatched Thailander Yodkingpetch Sishsoe, 135, at 1:05 of the second. Japanese #8 bantam Takuro Kodama, 118.75, went forward despite absorbing a punishment and floored southpaw Shun Hashiguchi, 118.5, twice to prompt the referee’s intervention at 2:55 of the second. JBC#6 light-fly Yuki Sano, 107.25, displayed a one-punch knockout with a solid left hook over Thailand’s Chatchai Sishsoei, 108, at 2:35 of the second. Each of the triple ten-rounders finished in the second session to end the show much earlier than stipulated.
Promoter: Matsuda Promotions.
Matchmaker: Joe Koizumi.
(9-21-08)