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Pedro Guevara sacrificed through the holiday season to achieve his dream of winning a major title. The pain of being separated from loved ones through Christmas and New Year’s were compensated in the form of a career-best win, as Guevara stopped former two-division champ Akira Yaegashi in seven rounds to capture a vacant 108 lb. title Tuesday evening in Tokyo, Japan.
It turned out to be a Happy New Year indeed for Pedro Guevara, who traveled halfway around the globe to capture his first major title. The dream was realized courtesy of a one-punch body shot knockout of former two-division champ Akira Yaegashi in their vacant 108 lb. title fight Tuesday evening in Japan.
In a fight that has major Year-End awards - including Fighter of the Year - on pause, precocious Naoya Inoue moves up two weight classes to take on long-reigning 115 lb. titlist Omar Narvaez. Their clash takes place Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan, headlining a loaded card that features two more major title fights. Narvaez and Inoue did their part to keep the main event intact, as both fighters made weight for their scheduled 12-round bout. Narvaez (43-1-2, 23KOs) tipped the scales at a fighting-ready 114.4 lb, while Inoue - who moves up from junior flyweight - came in just under the limit at 114.8 lb.
The official weigh-in was held for Teiken Promotions' “Boxing Fest 2014 Súper Boxeo” - which takes place on December 30th at the Metropolitan Gym in Tokyo, Japan. Jorge Linares (37-3, 24 KOs) faces Javier "Implacable" Prieto (24-7-2, 18 KOs) for the vacant WBC lightweight title. Linares came in at 134.75-pounds and Prieto was 134.5. WBO super flyweight champion Omar "Huracán" Narváez (43-1-2, 23 KOs) defends his title against rising Japanese star Naoya Inoue (7-0, 6 KOs). Narvaez was 114.25-pounds and Inoue was 115.
The final press conference was held for Teiken Promotions' “Boxing Fest 2014 Súper Boxeo” - which takes place on December 30th at the Metropolitan Gym in Tokyo, Japan. Jorge Linares (37-3, 24 KOs) faces Javier "Implacable" Prieto (24-7-2, 18 KOs) for the vacant WBC lightweight title. WBO super flyweight champion Omar "Huracán" Narváez (43-1-2, 23 KOs) defends his title against rising Japanese star Naoya Inoue (7-0, 6 KOs).
Pedro Guevara fights away from home for the first time as a pro, but is confident of leaving Japan with the biggest win of his career along with his first major title in the process. The 24-year old arrived in Tokyo last week and has immediately taken to his surroundings ahead of his upcoming clash with Akira Yaegashi. The two collide for a vacant 108 lb. title Tuesday at Metropolitan Gym in Tokyo, with the belt made available by Naoya Inoue, who jumps two weight classes to vie for Omar Narvaez’ 115 lb. belt in the evening’s main event.
Mexico’s Pedro “Jibran” Guevara is ready to face Japan’s Akira Yaegashi for the vacant World Boxing Council light flyweight title at the Metropolitan Gym in Tokyo on December 30 and has been training hard at the ultra high Otomi Ceremony Center where Mexican legend Erik “El Terrible” Morales trained for his clashes with “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao.
A family feud and a pursuit of history pave the way for a loaded December 30 show in Tokyo, Japan. Naoya Inoue is already abandoning the 108 lb. division, moving up two weight classes in pursuit of long reigning super flyweight titlist Omar Narvaez. The bout comes barely two years into the already amazing career of the 21-year old prodigious talent, who earlier this year laid claim to the junior flyweight crown with a one-sided beatdown of Adrian Hernandez in Japan.
There’s some spring left in that step even at 37. Using his legs earlier, and more, Floyd Mayweather left no doubt about the better man at the end of the rematch with Marcos Maidana. While referee Kenny Bayless played a part in the tone of the fight, the end result was more a case of classes. It wasn’t easy either fight, but Mayweather made it easier with a second look. Maidana made it close last time. This time, he just made it interesting on occasion. Mayweather remains a class ahead of the hammering Argentine.
Roman Gonzalez become just the second fighter in the history of Nicaragua to capture titles in three weight classes following a 9th round stoppage win over Akira Yaegashi in their flyweight championship Friday evening in Tokyo, Japan. An action-packed fight proved right up Gonzalez' alley, scoring two knockdowns including a fight-ending volley of punches to drop Yaegashi and force the referee to stop the fight late in round 10.