Sept. 5 Tokyo Matchmaking by RJ
Unless otherwise designated, following boxers are Japanese.
RJ stands for my matchmaking company, Ring Japan, Inc.
August 24
Japanese welterweight title bout
TOSHIHARU KAYAMA, 13-0-1, 8 KOs
10R
SHOICHI SATAKE, 7-1-4, 4 KOs
JUNICHI WATANABE, JBC #5 bantam, 17-2, 14 KOs
10R good card
TAIJI OKAMOTO, JBC #3 bantam, 12-1-2, 10 KOs
August 25 Tokyo Matchmaking by RJ
KEISUKE YOKOYAMA, 11-5-2, 5 KOs
10R
CHANA PORPAOIN (Thailand) ex-WBA champ
HIROHISA ISHIKAWA, 12-3-6, 4 KOs
10R
AHMAD FANDI, Indonesia,
August 28
MANABU FUKUSHIMA, JBC #1 superbantam, 15-2-1, 12 KOs
10R tremendously competitive card
MOMOTARO KITAJIMA, JBC #4 superbantam, 15-1, 9 KOs
NORIO KIMURA, JBC #7 superlight, 12-3, 3 KOs
10R
RYU BANDO, 10-3, 4 KOs
August 29 Osaka Matchmaking by RJ
WBC world bantamweight title bout
VEERAPHOL NAKORNLUANG-PROMOTION (Thailand)
12R
JOICHIRO TATSUYOSHI, 17-5-1, 12 KOs
OPBF super-light title bout
JONGKIL KIM, Korea, defending champ, 21-9-4, 13 KOs
12R
HISAO ARAI, OPBF #5, 21-3-2, 15 KOs
ISAAC SENTUWA, JBC #7 feather, 7-1, 6 KOs
10R tremendously competitive good card
EIICHI SUGAMA, ex-All Japan Novice King winner, 13-1, 11 KOs
Sept. 4 Tokyo Matchmaking by RJ
HIROYUKI SAKAMOTO, WBC #4 light, 33-3, 24 KOs
10R
PRAWESNA SAKMUANGKLAENG, Thai superfeather champ, 7-2, 4 KOs
PANIENG "OKUDA" SASIPRABHA, WBC #6 fly, 24-0, 10 KOs
10R
MASAKI KAWABATA, JBC #5 fly, 15-2-2, 7 KOs
Sept. 5 Tokyo Matchmaking by RJ
WBC superflyweight title bout
INJOO CHO, defending champ, 15-0, 7 KOs
12R
KEIJI YAMAGUCHI, WBC #9, 28-4, 11 KOs
FUSAAKI TAKENAGA, JBC #9 superbantam, 21-5, 20 KOs
10R
TONY BERNALES, Philippines
SATOSHI KOGUMAZAKA, JBC #8 minimum, 9-4-3, 5 KOs
10R
JERWIN BALABA, Philippines
Sept. 13
Japanese superbantam title bout
YUTAKA MANABE, defending champ, 22-6-1, 15 KOs
10R
HIDEKI TAKAYAMA, JBC #8 contender, 13-3-3, 4 KOs
Sept. 17 Tokyo
KEVIN PALMER, OPBF middle champ & WBC #4, 20-0-1, 12 KOs
10R non-title bout
SAMARTH CHORUNGSAK, Thai superlight #3
SHIN YAMATO, WBC #16 bantam, 14-2-4, 5 KOs
10R
JINHYUN YUH, ex-OPBF superfly champ
(This semifinal: Matchmaking by RJ)
Sept. 17 Osaka Matchmaking by RJ
OPBF superflyweight elimination bout
MASAMORI TOKUYAMA, Japan, OPBF #3, 18-2-1, 4 KOs
12R competitive & good card
PONE SAENGMORAKOT, WBC #11 & OPBF #2, 18-1, 6 KOs
SUNGHO YUH, WBC #13 superfeather, 10-0, 5 KOs
10R
TERUYUKI HASHIMOTO, 12-4-1, 5 KOs
Sept. 20 Tokyo
Japanese lightweight title bout
RICK YOSHIMURA, champ, 35-5, 20 KOs
10R
TADASHI YUBA, JBC #5, 12-1, 7 KOs
(Rick's 19th defense, but Yuba, a tall and hard-hitting lefty has a most chance to dethrone Rick than all previous challengers. Rick, take care!)
RYUJI MURAMATSU, JBC #4 lightfly, 18-5, 9 KOs
10R
KATSUYUKI KAWAKAMI, JBC #10 superfly, 9-2-2, 5 KOs
MASAKI HIRAMARU, 10-3-2, 7 KOs
10R
TBA
Sept. 21 Tokyo
OPBF supermiddleweight title bout
YOSHINORI NISHIZAWA, defending champ & WBC #14, 16-11-4, 9 KOs
12R
NICO TORIRY, OPBF #10, Indonesia
TOSHIHARU KANEYAMA, JBC #2 superwelter
10R
TBA
Sept. 21 Osaka
SHINJI KAWAHARA, 6-6-1, 5 KOs
10R
TOSHINOBU NAKATANI, 5-7-1, 1 KO
(Both unranked by the JBC)
Sept. 25 Matsumoto
Japanese superwelterweight elimination bout
JOYA KAWAI, JBC #1, 7-2, 2 KOs
10R
SHOKI YAMAMOTO, JBC #4, 11-3-4, 5 KOs
Japanese lightflyweight title bout
HIDENOBU HONDA, champ & WBC #4, 19-1, 10 KOs
10R
KOJI SANO, JBC #9, 13-4-5, no KO
Sept. 26 Nagoya Matchmaking by RJ
SATORU ABE, WBC #4 & WBA #5 minimum, 22-2-1, 9 KOs
10R
RHICKS PACIONES, Philippines
HIDEYASU ISHIHARA, JBC #3 fly, 2-1, 1 KO
10R
RUDY IDANO, Philippines
JUNICHI NAKAMURA, JBC #5 feather, 27-4-1, 16 KOs
10R
JUNNIE GAABON, Philippines
YOSUKE OTSUKA, JBC #8 superlight, 7-0, 6 KOs
10R
TEOFILO TUNACAO, GAB #4 light, Philippines
Oct. 2 Tokyo Matchmaking by RJ
KENGO NAGASHIMA, WBC #6 superfeather
10R
YANGSOO SUNG, Korean feather champ
NOBUNAO OHTANI, JBC #1 middle
10R
SUNGBAE PARK, KBC #4 superwelter
Oct. 4 Hiroshima Matchmaking by RJ
OPBF superwelterweight title bout
KOOKYUL SUNG, defending champ & WBC #19, Korea
12R
HIROKI TOMI, OPBF #5, Japan
Oct. 10 Munakata, Fukuoka Matchmaking by RJ
TAKASHI KOSHIMOTO, WBC #6 feather
10R
JAEHYUN KIM, KBC #6 feather
DAINOSHIN KUMA, JBC #9 feather
10R
CHONGYUL SONG, KBC
Oct. 11 Tokyo Matchmaking by RJ
OPBF featherweight title bout
TAKEO IMAOKA, defending champ & WBC #2
12R
TONY WEHBEE, WBC #12
Oct. 15 Tokyo Matchmaking by RJ
SHIRO YAHIRO, Ex-OPBF lightfly champ
10R
PILKOO KANG, Korean lightfly champ
Nov. 5 Tokyo Matchmaking by RJ
SHINGO SASAKI, JBC #6 lightfly
8R
ROY TARASONA, Philippines
Nov. 23 Nagoya Matchmaking by RJ
OPBF flyweight title bout
MELVIN MAGRAMO, defending champ, Philippines
12R
HIROSHI NAKANO, OPBF #5
Nov. 29 Osaka Matchmaking by RJ
OPBF superfeatherweight elimination bout
TIGER ARI, WBC #9, Philippines
12R
KENJI RYUKI, OPBF #5 & JBC #1
Oct. 17 Seoul or some other city
WBA superfeatherweight title bout
LAKVA SIM(right photo), defending champ, Mongol, 11-1-1, 10 KOs
12R tremendously competitive good card
JONGKWON BAEK, OPBF light champ, 20-0, 18 KOs
(However, this fight date has not been confirmed yet despite publicly said in the Korean fraternity.)
WBC lightflyweight title bout
SAMAN SORJATURONG, defending champ
12R
YOSAM CHOI, WBC #1, 20-1, 10 KOs
(This title bout is also said to take place on Oct. 17,
but it may be very hard to promote a doubleheader
in Korea, so one of them will be postpone, or both.
Saman has already accepted going to fight his
mandatory defense against Choi in Korea.)
August 28 Manila
MELVIN MAGRAMO, OPBF fly champ
10R non-title bout
TBA
Sept. 17
WBC flyweight title bout
MANNY PACQIAO, defending champ, Philippines
12R
MEDGOEN 3K-BATTERY, challenger, Thailand
(Remarks: Though the WBC ratings list up this
challenger, spelling only Medgoen, his complete
ring name is MEDGOEN 3K-BATTERY.)