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Boxing: Nasukawa's pro boxing debut

Tenshin Nasukawa (L) punches Yuki Yonaha in a super bantamweight six-rounder at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on April 8, 2023. Nasukawa, who finished his kickboxing career undefeated in 2022, made his pro boxing debut with a unanimous decision win over Yonaha.

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Boxing: Nasukawa's pro boxing debut

Tenshin Nasukawa (R) punches Yuki Yonaha in a super bantamweight six-rounder at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on April 8, 2023. Nasukawa, who finished his kickboxing career undefeated in 2022, made his pro boxing debut with a unanimous decision win over Yonaha.

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Boxing: Nasukawa's pro boxing debut

Tenshin Nasukawa (R) celebrates after beating Yuki Yonaha in a super bantamweight six-rounder at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on April 8, 2023. Nasukawa, who finished his kickboxing career undefeated in 2022, made his pro boxing debut with a unanimous decision win over Yonaha.

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Boxing: Nasukawa's pro boxing debut

Tenshin Nasukawa (R) punches Yuki Yonaha in a super bantamweight six-rounder at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on April 8, 2023. Nasukawa, who finished his kickboxing career undefeated in 2022, made his pro boxing debut with a unanimous decision win over Yonaha.

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Boxing: Nasukawa's pro boxing debut

Tenshin Nasukawa (R) celebrates after beating Yuki Yonaha in a super bantamweight six-rounder at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on April 8, 2023. Nasukawa, who finished his kickboxing career undefeated in 2022, made his pro boxing debut with a unanimous decision win over Yonaha.

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Boxing: Nasukawa's pro boxing debut

Tenshin Nasukawa (R) punches Yuki Yonaha in a super bantamweight six-rounder at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on April 8, 2023. Nasukawa, who finished his kickboxing career undefeated in 2022, made his pro boxing debut with a unanimous decision win over Yonaha.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (R) defeats WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee (L) in a unanimous decision after a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (L) fights with WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee in a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense, losing in a unanimous decision.

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Tada, Togashi retain women's world titles after draw

OSAKA, Japan - Women's WBC light flyweight champion Naomi Togashi (L) and WBA minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada battle each other in the first world title fight in Japan between world champions belonging to separate weight classes. The two boxers retained their respective titles after their 10-rounder at ATC Hall in Osaka finished in a draw.

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K. Kameda to return to ring in nontitle fight in March

TOKYO, Japan - Former WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda (L) will return to action in a nontitle flyweight 10-rounder in March against Spanish boxer Jose Lopez Bueno in his first match since last July, his Kyoei gym announced Jan. 29. Kameda has been serving a ''voluntary'' three-month suspension since his family's misbehavior during his younger brother Daiki's WBC flyweight title fight on Oct. 11.

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Kameda to return WBA light flyweight belt

TOKYO, Japan - WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda tells a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 18 that he will relinquish his title to move up to flyweight. The 20-year-old Japanese said he is going back to his original weight class as he is scheduled to have a non-title 10-rounder at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on March 24 against a yet-to-be-named opponent.

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Teenage hope Kameda beats ex-champ Arambulet on TKO

SAITAMA, Japan - Japanese teenage hope Koki Kameda throws up arms after stopping former WBA minimum weight champion Noel Arambulet with a technical knockout at Saitama Super Arena on Nov. 26 in what is regarded as a warm-up match for his first shot at a world title. The 19-year-old flyweight boxer from Osaka improved his unblemished record to 9-0 with eight knockouts after his seventh-round onslaught forced Arambulet to quit fighting in the scheduled non-title 10-rounder.

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Challenger Nishioka beaten by Veeraphol

SAITAMA, Japan - WBC bantamweight challenger Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan (R) is hit by champion Veeraphol Nakhonluang-Promotion of Thailand in the 6th round of the title match in Saitama on March 6. Nishioka lost a unanimous decision (116-110, 117-109, 118-109) in a 12-rounder in his fourth world title challenge.

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Larios sends Fukushima to canvas

TOKYO, Japan - Interim champion Oscar Larios of Mexico stops Japan's Manabu Fukushima by technical knockout on Aug. 24 in the eighth round of their World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title bout. Larios (L) sends Fukushima (R) to the canvas in the first round and had the Japanese fighter off-balance throughout most of the scheduled 12-rounder at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan until American referee Victor Drakulich stops the fight 2 minutes, 27 seconds into the eighth round.

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Ex-WBA champ Todaka KOs Thai in comeback fight

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Former World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion Hideki Todaka knocked out Kanchit Kiatgeisha of Thailand in the third round of the scheduled 10-rounder at Miyazaki municipal gymnasium March 2, raising hopes he might get a shot at another world title again.

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Veeraphol keeps WBC bantamweight crown with draw

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Champion Veeraphol Nakonluangpromotion (R) of Thailand manages to hold onto the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight crown on Sept. 1 after fighting fourth-ranked Japanese challenger Toshiaki Nishioka to a draw. Veeraphol dominated in the middle of the 12-rounder at Yokohama Arena and then held on over the final three rounds to earn his seventh defense of the title he won from Japan's Joichiro Tatsuyoshi in December 1998.

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Niida wins over Chana, wrests WBA minimumweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Yutaka Niida holds the World Boxing Association minimumweight champion's belt Aug. 25 at Pacifico Yokohama after beating Thai champion Chana Porpaion with a unanimous decision. The ninth-ranked challenger scored with his left hook during a 12-rounder to edge the 35-year-old champion. Niida, 22, is unbeaten in 17 fights, winning 14 with seven knockouts and drawing three. Chana slipped to 44-2-2 with 16 knockouts.

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Niida captures WBA minimumweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ninth-ranked Japanese challenger Yutaka Niida (R) exchanges blows with Thai champion Chana Porpaion (L) in the ninth round of their World Boxing Association minimumweight title match Aug. 25 at Pacifico Yokohama. Niida, 22, won a surprising unanimous decision after scoring with his left hook during a 12-rounder to edge the 35-year-old champion.

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Kobayashi wins WBA super flyweight crown by TKO

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Shoji ''Celes'' Kobayashi floors champion Leo Gamez with a left hook in the 10th round of their scheduled 12-rounder at Yokohama Arena on March 11 to steal the World Boxing Association super flyweight title from the veteran Venezuelan by technical knockout.

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Mongolia's Sim wins WBA super featherweight title

Lakva Sim (L), a 28-year-old boxer from Ulan Bator, jumps for joy after defeating Japanese champion Takanori Hatakeyama by TKO in the fifth round of a scheduled 12-rounder at the WBA super featherweight title fight in Tokyo on June 27. Sim became Mongolia's first world champion in professional boxing.

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Tatsuyoshi defeats Ayala

WBC bantamweight world champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (R) lifts top-ranked challenger Paul Ayala of the United States after winning a unanimous technical decision after the scheduled 12-rounder was stopped midway due to a cut over the champion's right eye. Asked by Ayala for a rematch immediately after the bout, Tatsuyoshi raised his fist, saying, ''Yeah.'' The match took place at the Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 23.

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Kameda to return WBA light flyweight belt

TOKYO, Japan - WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda tells a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 18 that he will relinquish his title to move up to flyweight. The 20-year-old Japanese said he is going back to his original weight class as he is scheduled to have a non-title 10-rounder at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on March 24 against a yet-to-be-named opponent. (Kyodo)

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K. Kameda to return to ring in nontitle fight in March

TOKYO, Japan - Former WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda (L) will return to action in a nontitle flyweight 10-rounder in March against Spanish boxer Jose Lopez Bueno in his first match since last July, his Kyoei gym announced Jan. 29. Kameda has been serving a ''voluntary'' three-month suspension since his family's misbehavior during his younger brother Daiki's WBC flyweight title fight on Oct. 11. (Kyodo)

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Teenage hope Kameda beats ex-champ Arambulet on TKO

SAITAMA, Japan - Japanese teenage hope Koki Kameda throws up arms after stopping former WBA minimum weight champion Noel Arambulet with a technical knockout at Saitama Super Arena on Nov. 26 in what is regarded as a warm-up match for his first shot at a world title. The 19-year-old flyweight boxer from Osaka improved his unblemished record to 9-0 with eight knockouts after his seventh-round onslaught forced Arambulet to quit fighting in the scheduled non-title 10-rounder. (Kyodo)

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Murata, Jackson make weight for non-title Las Vegas fight

Japan's London Olympic boxing gold medalist Ryota Murata (2nd from L in front) and Gunnar Jackson of New Zealand stare at each other during a weigh-in in Las Vegas on Nov. 6, 2015. They made weight for their non-title 10-rounder the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Taguchi retains WBA light flyweight title with TKO

Japan's WBA light flyweight champion Ryoichi Taguchi lands a left hook to the body of Thailand's Kwanthai Sithmorseng in the fifth round of a scheduled 12-rounder in Tokyo on May 6, 2015, as he stopped the challenger in the eighth round to retain the title in his first fight as champion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Uchiyama stops Thai, retains WBA super featherweight title

WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (L) of Japan lands a straight right to challenger Jomthong Chuwatana of Thailand in the first round of a scheduled 12-rounder in Tokyo on May 6, 2015. Uchiyama stopped the Thai in the second round with a devastating right to retain the title for the 10th time, the second most successful title defenses in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese boxer Murata gears up for upcoming bout

Japanese boxer Ryota Murata poses for photos at Teiken Gym in Tokyo on April 23, 2015. The 2012 London Olympic gold medalist, ranked seventh in the WBC middleweight class, will fight Douglass Ataide of Brazil in a non-title 10-rounder at Ota Ward General Gymnasium on May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese boxer Murata gears up for upcoming bout

Japanese boxer Ryota Murata (R) trains during an open workout at Teiken Gym in Tokyo on April 23, 2015. The 2012 London Olympic gold medalist, ranked seventh in the WBC middleweight class, will fight Douglass Ataide of Brazil in a non-title 10-rounder at Ota Ward General Gymnasium on May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobayashi wins WBA super flyweight crown by TKO

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Shoji ''Celes'' Kobayashi floors champion Leo Gamez with a left hook in the 10th round of their scheduled 12-rounder at Yokohama Arena on March 11 to steal the World Boxing Association super flyweight title from the veteran Venezuelan by technical knockout.

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Ex-WBA champ Todaka KOs Thai in comeback fight

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Former World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion Hideki Todaka knocked out Kanchit Kiatgeisha of Thailand in the third round of the scheduled 10-rounder at Miyazaki municipal gymnasium March 2, raising hopes he might get a shot at another world title again.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (R) defeats WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee (L) in a unanimous decision after a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense. (Kyodo)

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (L) fights with WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee in a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense, losing in a unanimous decision. (Kyodo)

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Tada, Togashi retain women's world titles after draw

OSAKA, Japan - Women's WBC light flyweight champion Naomi Togashi (L) and WBA minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada battle each other in the first world title fight in Japan between world champions belonging to separate weight classes. The two boxers retained their respective titles after their 10-rounder at ATC Hall in Osaka finished in a draw. (Kyodo)

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Challenger Nishioka beaten by Veeraphol

SAITAMA, Japan - WBC bantamweight challenger Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan (R) is hit by champion Veeraphol Nakhonluang-Promotion of Thailand in the 6th round of the title match in Saitama on March 6. Nishioka lost a unanimous decision (116-110, 117-109, 118-109) in a 12-rounder in his fourth world title challenge. (Kyodo)

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Larios sends Fukushima to canvas

TOKYO, Japan - Interim champion Oscar Larios of Mexico stops Japan's Manabu Fukushima by technical knockout on Aug. 24 in the eighth round of their World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title bout. Larios (L) sends Fukushima (R) to the canvas in the first round and had the Japanese fighter off-balance throughout most of the scheduled 12-rounder at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan until American referee Victor Drakulich stops the fight 2 minutes, 27 seconds into the eighth round.

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Veeraphol keeps WBC bantamweight crown with draw

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Champion Veeraphol Nakonluangpromotion (R) of Thailand manages to hold onto the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight crown on Sept. 1 after fighting fourth-ranked Japanese challenger Toshiaki Nishioka to a draw. Veeraphol dominated in the middle of the 12-rounder at Yokohama Arena and then held on over the final three rounds to earn his seventh defense of the title he won from Japan's Joichiro Tatsuyoshi in December 1998.

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Niida wins over Chana, wrests WBA minimumweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Yutaka Niida holds the World Boxing Association minimumweight champion's belt Aug. 25 at Pacifico Yokohama after beating Thai champion Chana Porpaion with a unanimous decision. The ninth-ranked challenger scored with his left hook during a 12-rounder to edge the 35-year-old champion. Niida, 22, is unbeaten in 17 fights, winning 14 with seven knockouts and drawing three. Chana slipped to 44-2-2 with 16 knockouts.

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Niida captures WBA minimumweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ninth-ranked Japanese challenger Yutaka Niida (R) exchanges blows with Thai champion Chana Porpaion (L) in the ninth round of their World Boxing Association minimumweight title match Aug. 25 at Pacifico Yokohama. Niida, 22, won a surprising unanimous decision after scoring with his left hook during a 12-rounder to edge the 35-year-old champion.

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Mongolia's Sim wins WBA super featherweight title

Lakva Sim (L), a 28-year-old boxer from Ulan Bator, jumps for joy after defeating Japanese champion Takanori Hatakeyama by TKO in the fifth round of a scheduled 12-rounder at the WBA super featherweight title fight in Tokyo on June 27. Sim became Mongolia's first world champion in professional boxing.

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Tatsuyoshi defeats Ayala

WBC bantamweight world champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (R) lifts top-ranked challenger Paul Ayala of the United States after winning a unanimous technical decision after the scheduled 12-rounder was stopped midway due to a cut over the champion's right eye. Asked by Ayala for a rematch immediately after the bout, Tatsuyoshi raised his fist, saying, ''Yeah.'' The match took place at the Yokohama Arena, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 23. ==Kyodo