Ryoji stops Kenta in the 10th round

By Lito delos Reyes

Ryoji Fukunaga stopped Kenta Nakagawa in the 10th round to retain the World Boxing Organisation Asia Pacific super flyweight title last Dec. 14 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

The 34-year old Ryoji, who improved his record to 13 wins with 13 knockouts against four losses also won the vacant Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation super flyweight title and grabbed the Japanese super flyweight title.

Kenta, on the other hand, suffered his four setbacks against 19 wins and one draw.

The other results:

super lightweight Hiroki Okada beat Izuki Tomioka; super bantamweight Matcha Nakagawa won by a unanimous decision over Ryo Suwa; super lightweight Masahiro Suzuki TKO’d Takahiro Oda in the 3rd round; middleweight Mikio Sakai outslugged Toshihiro Kai; featherweight Kosuke Sato TKO’d Ryuki Taira in the 1st round.

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