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In a reported FOTY contender, Moruti Mthalane successfully defended his IBF flyweight title against Masayuki Kuroda, winning a unanimous decision at the famous Korakuen Hall. Scorecards were 116-112, 116-112 and 117-111.



Mthalane hasn't lost since 2008 against Nonito Donaire. That said, I don't think he has long left at the top.
 
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http://www.asianboxing.info/asian-news/sho-kimura-departs-for-china-ahead-of-bout-with-canizales

Kimura just making the 9-hour flight to Fuzhou today & he's still 2 KG overweight. Canizales has already been acclimating there for a week. Hope for Kimura's sake his team haven't dropped the ball here. On Sunday he'll find out whether dropping down in weight at age 30 is a capital idea. Canizales can really crack. Should Kimura manage the weight just right we may have the FOTY.
 
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Conall Cernach said:
http://www.asianboxing.info/asian-news/sho-kimura-departs-for-china-ahead-of-bout-with-canizales

Kimura just making the 9-hour flight to Fuzhou today & he's still 2 KG overweight. Canizales has already been acclimating there for a week. Hope for Kimura's sake his team haven't dropped the ball here. On Sunday he'll find out whether dropping down in weight at age 30 is a capital idea. Canizales can really crack. Should Kimura manage the weight just right we may have the FOTY.
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Seems like an amateur move to be flying out that late. As you say, hopefully it doesn't affect him too much.
 
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I didn't manage to watch, but Canizales won a near shutout on the cards over Kimura. 119-109 x2, 118-110. Best win of his career by far.

Also, China's best current boxer, Can Xu, stopped Shun Kubo in the sixth round.
 
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dkos said:
I didn't manage to watch, but Canizales won a near shutout on the cards over Kimura. 119-109 x2, 118-110. Best win of his career by far.

Also, China's best current boxer, Can Xu, stopped Shun Kubo in the sixth round.
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Man, quite the run for Can Xu so far. He's definitely a contender at this point. I wonder if he'll fight Oscar Valdez.
 
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Mexi-Box said:
Man, quite the run for Can Xu so far. He's definitely a contender at this point. I wonder if he'll fight Oscar Valdez.
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That would be a mental fight.

Just good to see Xu carrying the flag for China after Xiong and Shiming. With the rapid development they have made this decade -- something which is helped by having someone like Xu on top -- China should be a serious force in boxing in the next ten or so years.
 
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Wanheng Menayothin has went to 53-0, winning a comfortable technical decision over Tatsuya Fukuhara to successfully defend his WBC minimumweight title for the 12th time. The bout was stopped after a head clash left Menayothin with a cut over his eye. Scorecards were 79-73, 78-74 and 78-74.

This was a rematch of their 2017 fight, which Menayothin won by UD over 12.
 
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dkos said:

A Japanese boxing legend! Now let's see him in against Chocolatito, Estrada, Srisaket, Ancajas :yep
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As you know, he already retired once. He had mooted the possibility of re-retiring. Hopefully the prospect of earning some decent ¥¥¥ in a unification bout will keep him in the game at least for a bit.
 
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Was a good, competitive scrap through 6. Tanaka stalking & Gonzalez having more than a bit of success employing a hit and run strategy. Each man was down once early on.
Tanaka came out for the 7th like a man possessed, clearly looking to end it, which he did after dropping Gonzalez several times with body shots.
 
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