Kohei Kono: record, next fight and profile →
The super champion of the World Boxing Association at super featherweight, Takashi Uchiyama of Japan, has received special permission by the World Championships Committee to defend his WBA title against Panamanian Jezreel Corrales on the 27th of April at the General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
WBC flyweight champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (44-0, 38KOs) is very motivated to win a fourth divisional title and he's received an open invitation to challenge 115-pound champion of the World Boxing Association, Kohei Kono (31-8-1, 13KOs) of Japan.
The super flyweight champion of the (World Boxing Association), Kohei Kono (31-8-1, 13KOs, is likely to defend his championship against on March date in China against undefeated southpaw and world ranked WBA #11 Rex Tso (18-0, 11KOs). The information was revealed by Kono's manager Hitoshi Watanabe of the Watanabe Boxing Gym in Tokyo.
After his unanimous decision victory in his trilogy bout with Mexico's Hernan 'Tyson' Marquez on December 17th in Panama, the interim-super flyweight world champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Panamanian Luis "El Nica" Concepcion (34-4, 24KOs), he said is ready to challenge the WBA "regular" champion of his division, Japanese fighter Kohei Kono (31-8-1, 13KOs).
Middleweight: Jermain Taylor exits for inactivity and let’s hope, given his erratic behavior in the last year, no one who cares about him lets him take any further head trauma. Daniel Jacobs moves past a defeated David Lemieux who will try to rebuild after running into the GGG juggernaut. Golovkin’s looming IBF mandatory, Tureano Johnson, cracks the top ten for the first time.
This past Saturday, Kal Yafai claimed the vacant British super-flyweight title with a unanimous points victory over an outclassed Jason Cunningham in Birmingham. Despite a significant height disadvantage, Yafai asserted his superiority from the first bell and even began showboating midway through the fight as he easily extended his unbeaten record to 17-0 with scores of 119-108, 120-107, 120-107.
Chicago - Japan's Kohei Kono survived a punishing low blow in the early rounds to retain his WBA super flyweight title Friday with a unanimous 12-round decision over countryman Koki Kameda. Kono (31-8-1, 13 knockouts) knocked Kameda down with a straight right hand in the second round of the action-packed fight at the UIC Pavilion venue. Kameda (33-2, 18 knockouts) was penalized by the referee Celestino Ruiz in the third round for low blows, forcing Kono to take a knee at one point.
Chicago - Three-time world champion Koki Kameda challenges reigning World Boxing Association super flyweight champion Kohei Kono on Friday in the first title bout between Japanese fighters staged in the United States. Kameda, a 28-year-old southpaw nicknamed "The Fist of Osaka", has won 11 fights in a row entering the Chicago matchup while Kono, 34, fights outside his homeland for the first time after a 10-month layoff since he drew Dominican Norberto Jimenez in his first title defense.
CHICAGO, UIC Pavilion - It wasn't pretty as reigning WBA super flyweight world champion Kohei Kono (31-8-1, 13 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over former three division champion Koki Kameda (33-2, 18 KOs) as the televised opener of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike. The scores were 115-109, 116-108 and 113-111. It was the first time in history where two Japanese fighters collided for a world title on American soil. Kono also turned back Kameda's attempt to become the first Japanese fighter to win four world titles in four weight divisions.
Kohei Kono and Koki Kameda meet in what marks the first time ever that two boxers from Japan face each other a world title in the United States. It's the crazy world we live in, but only adds to the intrigue surrounding their super flyweight title fight Friday evening at UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The bout will air live on Spike TV, packaged with a light heavyweight clash between Andrzej Fonfara and Nathan Cleverly.