Roman Gonzalez-Rocky Fuentes, Takashi Miura-Edgar Puerta on Nov. 22
The little guys get the biggest spots on a Nov. 22 Teiken Promotions show when Roman Gonzalez faces Rocky Fuentes and Takashi Miura meets Edgar Puerta.
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Stephen Smith Targets WBC titleholder Takashi Miura
Talented junior lightweight Stephen Smith from Liverpool, England, returns this Saturday for a stay busy bout in his beloved hometown, but WBC titleholder Takashi Miura, whom he hopes to meet in October, is never far from his mind.
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Ring Ratings Update: Junior lightweight rankings shake up
Although there was not a lot of action this past week, THE RING Ratings Panel made some significant changes to the junior lightweight rankings, which experienced a shake-up thanks to the advancement of beltholders Rances Barthelemy and Takashi Miura.
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Ioka, Uchiyama, Miura retain titles in Japan; Miyazaki upset
Japan’s best talents rang in the New Year on separate cards on opposite ends of the country. WBA junior lightweight titleholder Takashi Uchiyama scored a unanimous decision over Daiki Kaneko and WBC 130-pound titleholder Takashi Miura stopped Dante Jardon in the ninth round in Tokyo. WBA junior flyweight titleholder Kazuto Ioka outpointed Felix Alvarado in Osaka.
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Japan rings in New Year with Uchiyama, Ioka defenses
While much of the world will spend their New Year’s Eve watching the ball drop in Times Square or catching a local fireworks display, Japan continues a yearly tradition of having its best fighters defend their world titles in dueling events on opposite ends of the country.
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Will Tomlinson: ‘I didn’t come to America to take easy fights’
Unbeaten junior lightweight contender Will Tomlinson on his five-bout deal with Golden Boy Promotions: “I came here to test myself and see how good I really am.”
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Lem’s latest: Garcia-Martinez on Nov. 9? Roach fires Ariza
RING featherweight champion Mikey Garcia could rise into the junior lightweight ranks to challenge WBO beltholder Roman “Rocky” Martinez.
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Thompson, Julaton on Aug. 17 card in Cancun
Junior lightweight Sergio Thompson has scored 12 knockouts during a 13-fight winning streak heading into an Aug. 17 fight with WBC beltholder Takashi Miura.
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Photo gallery: April 8 Tokyo fights
Big gallery of action shots from Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO 12 Malcolm Tunacao, Akira Yaegashi UD 12 Toshiyuki Igarashi, and Takashi Miura TKO 9 Gamaliel Diaz.
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Photo gallery: Tokyo weigh-in
Weigh-in photos for the April 8 card in Tokyo featuring Toshiyuki Igarashi-Akira Yaegashi, Shinsuke Yamanaka-Malcolm Tunacao, and Gamaliel Diaz-Takashi Miura.
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