Takahiro Aoh Dominates Vitali Tajbert, Wins WBC Title

By Chris LaBate

At Nihon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, hometown hero Takahiro Aoh (20-2-1, 9 KOs) dropped Vitali Tajbert (20-2, 6 KOs) in the third round and then dominated him for a unanimous twelve round decision to capture the WBC super featherweight title. The scores were 117-112, 115-112 and 116-112. Tajbert, who was fighting for the first time outside of Germany, was unable to deal with Aoh's southpaw style.

Aoh becomes a two division champion. He is a former two time WBC featherweight champion. He lost the title to Elio Rojas last July and then moved up to 130 in December. Aoh won two bouts, including an April stoppage of Whyber Garcia to fall in line for Tajbert's title.