By Joe Koizumi
Images by Naoki Fukuda
Let’s return to our preview for the second day of the a number of title occasions on Monday.
Day Two (Monday, our Sports activities Day)
WBC bantamweight title bout
Unbeaten three-division champion Junto Nakatani (28-0, 21 KOs), Japan, will put his belt on the road in opposition to WBC#1 Petch Sor Chitpattana (AKA Petch CP Freshmart or Tasana Salapat; 76-1, 53KOs) from Thailand in the principle occasion. Having captured the WBC bantam belt from Alejandro Santiago by way of spectacular sixth-round TKO this February, the lanky southpaw Junto already cleared his obligatory protection with a first-round knockout of Vincent Astrolavio in July. His single southpaw left to the stomach was the haymaker in the one 157-second demolition. Petch, additionally a tall southpaw, tasted only a single defeat on the hand of Takuma Inoue by a unanimous verdict (all 117-111) within the WBC interim 118-pound title go in December 2018. Nakatani will probably be a prohibitive favourite because of his current enchancment underneath his US handler Rudy Hernandez.
WBO junior bantamweight title bout
WBO flyweight ruler Kosei Tanaka (20-1, 11 KOs) will face unbeaten #5 Phumelele Cafu (10-0-3, 8 KOs), South Africa, together with his belt at stake. It was a pity that Tanaka, scheduled to defend his newly acquired belt in opposition to Mexican Jonathan Rodiriguez this July, was pressured to have his preliminary protection abruptly cancelled because of the challenger’s horrible chubby. Keen to indicate his good type and positive victory, Tanaka will placed on an aggressive efficiency, however the unbeaten South African shouldn’t be underestimated resulting from his unbeaten mark and his profession of getting gained the IBF worldwide belt and nationwide title as effectively.
WBO flyweight title bout
Newly topped simply a few months in the past, Anthony Olascuaga (7-1, 5 KOs), from California, is reported to be in tip-top form previous to his preliminary protection in opposition to extra skilled ex-WBO 108-pound champ Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez (28-3-1-1NC, 14 KOs), from Puerto Rico. Bomba just lately renounced his WBO 108-pound belt resulting from his problem to make weight, and now take part in a compulsory shot at Olascuaga. Although Olascuaga is a more durable hitter than Bomba and is a prefight favourite as effectively, it’s true that the Puerto Rican possesses his wonderful footwork that will frustrate and confuse the brand new champ like Ivan Calderon.
WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight vacant title bout
Additionally, future champion and tremendously standard right here, unbeaten Tenshin Nasukawa (4-0, 2 KOs), former kick-boxing champ, will meet additionally unbeaten Filipino Gerwin Asilo (9-0, 4 KOs) in quest of the vacant WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight belt. Tenshin is extremely anticipated to deck a spectacular victory that may definitely pave the way in which to his near-future problem to any of the world 118-pound championships, all of which are actually dominated by his compatriots.
Promoter: Akihiko Honda’s Teiken Promotions.
