Tokuyama out-points Cho to win WBC super-flyweight belt

OSAKA, Japan - Challenger Masamori Tokuyama reacts after winning a points decision over South Korea's Cho In Joo to capture the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-flyweight title on Aug. 27. Tokuyama, a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan whose real name is Hong Chang Soo, took the WBC belt on a unanimous decision at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in the first-ever world title fight between a North and South Korean.

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