By Joe Koizumi
Pictures by Naoki Fukuda
It was a customary Japan-China confrontation, and the Japanese group was victorious over Chinese language group, however it’s outstanding that Chinese language boxers confirmed their speedy progresses and their good efficiency totally entertained the gang on the Korakuen Corridor on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.
Onerous-punching super-light prospect Hiroki Horiike (3-0, 2 KOs; novice mark 21-7, 5 stoppages), 139.75, proved extra highly effective and skillful than China’s Le-Quan Wang (8-2, 5 KOs), 139.25, profitable a unanimous determination (78-73 twice, 77-74) over eight. The southpaw Chinese language hit the deck halfway in spherical six, however he displayed his admirable restoration and resilience to reveal his final surge. The victor Horiike turned cautious and defensive within the final spherical when Wang turned very free down the stretch.
Unbeaten bantam prospect Sento Ito (2-0, 2 KOs; novice mark 20-1, 4 stoppages), 117.75, had a tricky time with the sturdiness and combating spirit of Chinese language Guang-Heng Luan (3-8-2, no KO), 117.75, however lastly caught up with him to immediate the referee’s intervention at 1:16 of the eighth and last session of the semi-windup. Ito, 19, could also be value watching his future.
Unbeaten feather Yuichiro Taka (3-0, 2 KOs; novice 22-14, 6 stoppages), 125.75, swept virtually all rounds along with his fixed aggressiveness, scoring a unanimous nod (79-73 twice, 78-74) over Lite Dawuxi (7-1, 5 KOs), 126, over eight. For the Chinese language Lite it was his first skilled defeat along with his absorption of a lot punishment to the midsection.
Xin-Qiang Zhao (5-0, 2 KOs), 134.75, was the only Chinese language winner of the night time as he was awarded a technical determination (58-55 twice, 59-54) over Japan’s Kenshin Kidoguchi (1-2-2, no KO; novice 52-23, 8 stoppages), 134.5, at 2:34 of the sixth spherical in a scheduled eight. Zhao’s dangerous bleeding brought on by an unintentional butt within the third finally brought on the referee’s name of a technical determination to be taken along with his continuous streaming ribbon.
Promoter: Shinsei Promotions.
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