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By Cliff Rold - 34 second knockout losses, as a rule, rarely blossom into career defining rivalries. They rarely blossom into rematches at all. Japan’s Daisuke Naito (32-2-2, 20 KO) got not one but two rematches over the course of the five years that passed following the sleepy 35th second of his first title shot. He made good in the most recent of those opportunities, not only lifting the World Flyweight championship from Thailand’s long-reigning Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (67-3, 35 KO) but nailing two clichés as well. [details]
