Niida forced to throw in towel in 4th in world tripleheader

Niida forced to throw in towel in 4th in world tripleheader

YOKOHAMA, Japan - WBA minimumweight champion Yutaka Niida (L) is stopped in his bout against Roman Gonzalez of Nicaragua in the fourth round of their title match at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama on Sept. 15. Niida failed in his eighth title defense.

Niida forced to throw in towel in 4th in world tripleheader

Niida forced to throw in towel in 4th in world tripleheader

YOKOHAMA, Japan - WBA minimumweight champion Yutaka Niida (L) is stopped in his bout against Roman Gonzalez of Nicaragua in the fourth round of their title match at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama on Sept. 15. Niida failed in his eighth title defense. (Kyodo)

WBA super featherweight champ Uchiyama handed 1st career loss

WBA super featherweight champ Uchiyama handed 1st career loss

Top-ranked challenger Jezreel Corrales (R) of Panama celebrates after knocking out Takashi Uchiyama, handing the super featherweight champion his first career defeat on a mixed night for Japanese boxers in a WBA world tripleheader in Tokyo on April 27, 2016. Corrales put Uchiyama's lights out in the second round, ending the Japanese boxer's title defenses at 11. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Boxing: World title tripleheader

Boxing: World title tripleheader

WBA and IBF light flyweight champ Ryoichi Taguchi (L) and IBF minimumweight champ Hiroto Kyoguchi pose for photos with their belts in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2018, after winning their respective bouts in a world title tripleheader the previous night. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Boxing: Boxers ready for world triple header in Tokyo

Boxing: Boxers ready for world triple header in Tokyo

Boxers (from left) Toshiyuki Igarashi, Sho Kimura, Ryoichi Taguchi, Milan Melindo, Hiroto Kyoguchi and Carlos Buitrago pose at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 30, 2017 ahead of a New Year's Eve world title tripleheader at Tokyo's Ota City General Gymnasium (Kyodo) ==Kyodo