Oct.3
OSAKA--HIROSHI YAMANAKA, 139 1/2, needed just 2:53 of the first round to polish off Filipino AL ALBARACIN, 136 1/2, in a scheduled 10. RYO KURUSHIMA, 112, outpointed NOBUO MURASAKI, 111, over 10.
Oct.3
HIROSHIMA--HISASHI TERAJI, 172 1/2, kept his OPBF light heavyweight title by stopping PAULIASI RATU, 173 3/4, Fiji, at 0:41 of the second round. HISAO ARAI, 140, also kept his Japanese junior welter throne on a TKO win over HIDEYUKI FURUKAWA, 139 1/4, at 2:36 of the third session.
Oct.5
MUNAKATA, FUKUOKA PREFECTURE--Japanese feather champ TAKASHI KOSHIMOTO, 126, kept his national title on a majority nod over JUNICHI NAKAMURA, 125 3/4, over 10.
Oct.7
TOKYO--Lefty KOJI MATSUMOTO, 132, dug a vicious body shot to the belly of Fillipino ULYSES PUZON, 131 1/4, and sank him for the count at 1:40 of the 6th round in a scheduled 10. It's a comeback go of Matsumoto who had failed to win the WBA junior light title by a unanimous decision to Yongsoo Choi in Korea. JBC #1 ranked welter TERUO NAGASE, 145 3/4, decisioned lefty SHINICHI KOMATSU, 147, over 10.