July 2, 2011
TOKYO, JAPAN
WBC#6/WBA#7 lightweight Ryuji Migaki (17-2, 13 KOs), 134.5, Japan, barely kept his OPBF 135-pound belt as he put on a see-saw extravaganza with OPBF#3 compatriot Shoji Kawase (27-4-5, 17 KOs), 134.5, and finally knocked him out with a smashing left-right combination at 2:31 of the tenth round in a scheduled twelve-rounder on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.
It was a gory affair as each sustained bad lacerations around the optics caused by the otherfs furious attack. The OPBF open scoring system indicated the process on almost even terms: 38-38, 39-38 and 38-39 after the fourth; 77-76, 77-75 both for the defending champ Migaki, and 76-77 for Kawase after the eighth. Kawase threw more punches with less precision, while Migaki scored with a fewer but more accurate combinations to weaken the game challenger. The fatal tenth witnessed Migaki explode a solid one-two combo to the button of the taller Kawase, who fell down not to be able to beat the count of the referee Vinny Martin.
Ex-Japanese welter champ Daisuke Nakagawa (17-2-2, 13 KOs), now campaigning in the 154-pound category, was awarded a bizarre TKO triumph over Indonesian Bambang Rusiadi (10-8, 6 KOs) who abruptly gave up fighting to be counted out while standing in the corner at 0:20 of the fourth in a scheduled eight.
Promoter: Teiken Promotions.
(7-2-11)