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Fujimoto beats Welliver in heavyweight bout

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's No. 1 rated heavyweight boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (R) hits WBC 15th-ranked Chauncy Welliver of the United States in the ninth round of his first fight against a world-ranked boxer in the heaviest class at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. Fujimoto won with a unanimous decision.

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Fujimoto beats Welliver in heavyweight bout

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's No. 1 rated heavyweight boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (L) celebrates after beating WBC 15th-ranked Chauncy Welliver of the United States with a unanimous decision in his first fight against a world-ranked boxer in the heaviest class at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Fujimoto beats Welliver in heavyweight bout

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's No. 1 rated heavyweight boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (L) hits WBC 15th-ranked Chauncy Welliver of the United States in the sixth round of his first fight against a world-ranked boxer in the heaviest class at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. Fujimoto won with a unanimous decision.

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Ishida eyes big match with WBA champion Foreman

OSAKA, Japan - WBA super welterweight interim champion Nobuhiro Ishida speaks during a news conference at Kanazawa boxing gym in Osaka City on Dec. 30, 2009, after successfully defending his first title in a unanimous decision over 15th-ranked Oney Valdez of Colombia a day earlier. Ishida said he hopes to arrange a unification title bout against WBA world champion Yuri Foreman.

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Ishida eyes big match with WBA champion Foreman

OSAKA, Japan - WBA super welterweight interim champion Nobuhiro Ishida poses for photographs with his family at Kanazawa boxing gym in Osaka City on Dec. 30, 2009, after successfully defending his first title in a unanimous decision over 15th-ranked Oney Valdez of Colombia a day earlier. Ishida said he hopes to arrange a unification title bout against WBA world champion Yuri Foreman.

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Sumo wrestler Ushiomaru engaged to beauty lecturer

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Ushiomaru, 28, poses with his fiancee Mami Shintani to news photographers at his stable in Tokyo on May 8 after announcing that they are engaged and wedding has been set for Sept. 29. Shintani, 27, is a lecturer at a beauty school. Ushiomaru will wrestle as a 15th-ranked maegashira at the May 13-27 Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

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Amateur sumo champion Miyoshi joins Takasago stable

OSAKA, Japan - National amateur sumo champion Masato Miyoshi (R) shake hands with Takasago on Feb. 15 after deciding to turn professional and join the Takasago stable. By virtue of his national title in December, the 22-year-old Osaka native will make his debut as a 15th-ranked wrestler in the makushita division, the highest of four junior divisions, at the spring tourney in Osaka in March 2002.

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Sumo wrestler Ushiomaru engaged to beauty lecturer

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Ushiomaru, 28, poses with his fiancee Mami Shintani to news photographers at his stable in Tokyo on May 8 after announcing that they are engaged and wedding has been set for Sept. 29. Ushiomaru will wrestle as a Shintani, 27, is a lecturer at a beauty school. Ushiomaru will wrestle as a 15th-ranked maegashira at the May 13-27 Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Amateur sumo champion Miyoshi joins Takasago stable

OSAKA, Japan - National amateur sumo champion Masato Miyoshi (R) shake hands with Takasago on Feb. 15 after deciding to turn professional and join the Takasago stable. By virtue of his national title in December, the 22-year-old Osaka native will make his debut as a 15th-ranked wrestler in the makushita division, the highest of four junior divisions, at the spring tourney in Osaka in March 2002.

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Boxing: Thai champion retains WBA minimumweight title

WBA minimumweight champion Knockout CP Freshmart (L) of Thailand sends 15th-ranked Japanese challenger Go Odaira to the canvas in the fourth round of their title match in Chonburi, Thailand, on March 1, 2017. The champion won by a fifth-round technical knockout. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishida eyes big match with WBA champion Foreman

OSAKA, Japan - WBA super welterweight interim champion Nobuhiro Ishida speaks during a news conference at Kanazawa boxing gym in Osaka City on Dec. 30, 2009, after successfully defending his first title in a unanimous decision over 15th-ranked Oney Valdez of Colombia a day earlier. Ishida said he hopes to arrange a unification title bout against WBA world champion Yuri Foreman. (Kyodo)

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Ishida eyes big match with WBA champion Foreman

OSAKA, Japan - WBA super welterweight interim champion Nobuhiro Ishida poses for photographs with his family at Kanazawa boxing gym in Osaka City on Dec. 30, 2009, after successfully defending his first title in a unanimous decision over 15th-ranked Oney Valdez of Colombia a day earlier. Ishida said he hopes to arrange a unification title bout against WBA world champion Yuri Foreman. (Kyodo)