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by David P. Greisman - It’s fitting that the final notable bouts of the year take place in Japan. As has become tradition, it is in the Land of the Rising Sun that the sun sets on boxing in 2016. This year’s grand finale brings seven title fights at four cards taking place over the span of two days. You might or might not be t...
The World Boxing Organization, chaired by President Francisco 'Paco' Valcárcel, has put everything in place for next Friday, December 30, at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan, where the champion Naoya Inoue (11-0, 9KO's) will make the fourth defense of the super flyweight world title against former world champion Kohei Kono (32-9-1, 13KO's).
By Cliff Rold - In the lightest weight classes, it takes a little extra to garner broad attention. Lots of titles, spread across multiple geographic lines, rarely allow for the best in class to lock horns. For the potential of those divisions to be reached, things have to line up just right. For most of this decade, flyweight has been the hot spot du jour. There was a period where one could argue it was the...
Rex Tso Sing-yu’s hopes of winning Kohei Kono’s WBA world super flyweight title were thrown in to disarray on Wednesday night after the Japanese veteran suffered a sensational defeat in his mandatory bout against Panama’s Luis Concepcion.
A good fight is a good fight no matter where on the scale, or where in the world, it takes place. Wednesday in Japan, fans could be treated to a pretty damn good fight between two genuine top ten fighters at Jr. bantamweight.
Rex Tso Sing-yu’s hopes of fighting WBA champion Kohei Kono in December just got tougher after two other top Japanese boxers threw their hat in the ring.
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee has ordered negotiations between WBA World super flyweight champion Kohei Kono (32-8-1, 13 KOs), from Tokyo, Japan, and WBA World interim super flyweight champion Luis "El Nica" Concepcion (34-4, 24 KOs), from Panama City, Panama, to fight for the 115-pound title currently held by the Asian fighter.
Not even the dilemma of struggling to make weight and fighting on the road managed to faze Jezreel Corrales. Barely a day after requiring multiple attempts to boil down to the super featherweight limit, the visiting boxer from Panama pulled off a stunner in knocking out long-reigning champ Takashi Uchiyama in two rounds Wednesday evening in Japan.
All fighters made weight ahead of a loaded tripleheader of title fights to take place Wednesday evening in Tokyo, Japan. In the case of Jezreel Corrales, it took two tries, a two-hour sauna session and stripping down to his birthday suit in order to proceed with his super featherweight title consolidation bout with long-reigning champ Takashi Uchiyama. The visiting interim titlist Sent from my iPhone
With the formal announcement on Wednesday of the April 27 super featherweight title consolidation clash between Takashi Uchiyama and Jezreel Corrales also came confirmation of opponents for two other titlists on the loaded show. The three-title fight event - which takes place at Ota-City Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan - will also include Kohei Kono and Ryoichi Taguchi in separate bouts. Kono will face Thailand's Inthanon Sithchamuang in the third defense of his super flyweight title, while Taguchi - Uchiyama's stablemate and a fixture on his undercards - puts his 108 lb. belt on the line versus veteran Juan Jose Landaeta from Mexico.