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DEC 31ST, HISTORIC NIGHT IN JAPAN
30/12/2012 - 17.43.43
Uchiyama, Sato, Ioka in Historic Night on Dec. 31stBy Hisao Adachi - Boxingscene.com - WBA News On December 31, Japan will have a historic night of boxing - as a total of five world championships will be at stake betwene two cards - three in Tokyo and two in Osaka. The JBC (Japan Boxing Commission) has stated that this is the first time in Japanese boxing history where five world championships were being defended on the same day.
At the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, undefeated WBA super featherweight world champion Takashi "KO Dynamite" Uchiyama (18-0-1, 15KOs) will face Bryan "The Tiquito" Vasquez (29-0, 15KOs) in his the sixth defense of his title he won in January 2010 by knocking out Juan Carlos Salgado, who is the current IBF world champion. Source: wbanews.com/artman/publish/news/Uchiyama_Sato_Ioka_in_Historic_Night_on_Dec_31st.shtml |