Tuesday, 3 January 2017

Inoue retains WBO junior bantam belt



Naoya Inoue of Japan retained his WBO junior bantamweight belt with an impressive sixth round stoppage win over Kohei Kono in Tokyo, Japan over the past weekend.
The 23-year-old Inoue 12-0, 10 was in control from the opening round against the gutsy 36-year–old Kono 32-10-1; 13 a former WBA champion.
In the sixth round a left hook dropped Kono, but he managed to beat the count. However, soon afterwards a combination of punches sent Kono down again and referee Robert Byrd stepped in to wave the fight off. Time 1:01.
Tanaka wins second belt
Japan’s Kosei Tanaka won his second world belt when he beat Moises Fuentes from Mexico on a fifth round technical knockout in Gifu, Japan to claim the WBO junior flyweight belt.
The 21-year-old Tanaka caught Fuentes with a flurry of punches in the fifth round before the referee stepped in to stop the one-sided action at 2:52 into the round.

Oguni wins IBF junior featherweight belt
Challenger Yukinori Oguni of Japan beat Jonathan Guzman from the Dominican Republic on a unanimous 12 round points decision to win the IBF junior featherweight belt in Kyoto, Japan. The scores were 115-112 on all three judges scorecards.
Ioka retains WBA flyweight belt
WBA flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka retained his belt with a seventh round stoppage win over Stamp Kiatniwat of Thailand in Kyoto, Japan. Time 2:51.

Corrales retains WBA belt in rematch
Jezreel Corrales 21-1-1nc; 8 from Panama retained his WBA junior lightweight belt on a 12 round split decision against Takashi Uchiyama 24-2; 20 in Tokyo, Japan.
The southpaw Corrales was dropped in the fifth round but did enough on two of the judges scorecards to keep his belt.
The scores were 117-10 and 115-1112 for Corrales and 114-113 for Uchiyama.
Taguchi and Canizales fight to a draw
Japans Ryoichi Taguchi 25-2-2; 11 retained his WBA light-flyweight belt with a split draw against Venezuelan challenger Carlos Canizales 16-0-1; 13 in Tokyo, Japan.
The scores were 116-112 for Taguchi and 116-112 for Canizales, with the third judge having it 114-114.

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