By Joe Koizumi
Photographs by Naoki Fukuda
Unbeaten Japanese feather prospect Kota Kaneko (4-0, 3 KOs), 125, displayed a superb kind and impressively halted China’s Fan Cai (5-5-1, 3 KOs), 125.25, at 1:06 of the sixth spherical in a scheduled eight on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Kaneko, whose beginner mark was 56-13, caught the taller Chinese language with a smashing left hook, dropping him twice in spherical two with Cai having a slim escape saved by the bell. Cai, a sturdy southpaw puncher, was in command within the third, however Kaneko, 25, took again the initiative and harm him with regular and correct lefts in rounds 4 and 5. The sixth noticed Kota furiously swam over him to immediate the referee’s well-timed stoppage. Kaneko of Teiken gymnasium, who can punch, regarded promising.
The semi-windup noticed former WBO AP champ Takuya Watanabe (40-12-2, 21 KOs), 135, stand up to the opening assault of Chinese language southpaw Weiwei Liu (4-2, 2 KOs), 134.75, and sweep the second half to earn a unanimous determination (77-75 twice, 78-74) over eight.
It was the competitors of Japan and China in 5 contest with Japan successful 4 to at least one for China. We witnessed Chinese language flyweight Longyi Hu (7-2, 3 KOs), 111.25, show too robust and protracted for Japan’s Shogo Namura (7-2, 7 KOs), 111.75, scoring a well-received TKO victory at 1:35 of the third spherical in a scheduled eight. His sooner and correct mixtures shocked the viewers in order that Hu, 24, could be a future Chinese language star attraction.
Promoter: New Japan Promotion.
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