Floyd Mayweather Jr. looks to expand brand in Japan
Floyd Mayweather says he doesn't really miss fighting yet and is looking forward to expanding his brand through business. The former five-division and 12-time boxing world champion is currently visiting Japan ...
Canelo Alvarez beats Gennady Golovkin by slim margin in rematch
Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin fought 24 rounds in the space of a year, with only a narrow margin between the fighters. When the scorecards were totaled Saturday night, though, the ...
Kazuto Ioka earns unanimous decision in first bout since coming out of retirement
Japanese triple champion Kazuto Ioka won his first bout since returning from retirement, beating Puerto Rico's McWilliams Arroyo in a unanimous decision on Saturday for the WBC silver super flyweight ...
Middleweight champ Ryota Murata to make title defense against Rob Brant
Ryota Murata will make a second defense of his WBA middleweight world title, this time against American challenger Rob Brant in Las Vegas in October, it was announced Thursday. The 32-year-old Murata, who was crowned champion in October last year, will headline a card at ...
Ken Shiro to mount fourth defense of WBC light flyweight title
Kenshiro Teraji said Tuesday he will attempt the fourth defense of his WBC light flyweight title on Oct. 7 against Milan Melindo of the Philippines. The 26-year-old, who fights under the name Ken Shiro, is undefeated in 13 professional bouts with seven knockouts. Melindo is ...
Isaac Dogboe stops Hidenori Otake's WBO super bantamweight title challenge in first round
Challenger Hidenori Otake suffered a first-round TKO loss in a WBO super bantamweight title bout Saturday when he fell to Ghana's Isaac Dogboe in Arizona. Otake was knocked down twice and continuously pounded by the 2012 Olympian at the Gila River Arena before the referee ...
Ex-WBO minimumweight champ Ryuya Yamanaka to retire on medical grounds
Former WBO minimumweight champion Ryuya Yamanaka is set to call time on his boxing career due to subdural bleeding, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. According to the sources, an official announcement on the retirement of the 23-year-old Japanese, who relinquished his title to ...
Challenger TJ Doheny outpoints Ryosuke Iwasa to claim IBF super bantamweight title
Ryosuke Iwasa lost his IBF super bantamweight crown on Thursday to Ireland's TJ "The Power" Doheny by decision. The 31-year-old Doheny, who has now won all of his 20 pro fights, suffered cuts under both eyes early on in the 12-round bout at Korakuen Hall. ...
Ryota Murata's camp calls off mandatory title defense due to money dispute
Ryota Murata will not make a mandatory defense of his WBA middleweight title, his gym chairman revealed Tuesday. Earlier, the WBA had announced that Murata's Teiken Gym and promoter Top Rank had rejected a 50-50 split of the purse against second-ranked challenger Rob Brant. Regardless ...
Boxing group not satisfied by JABF chief Akira Yamane's resignation
The group opposing Japan Amateur Boxing Federation chairman Akira Yamane is looking for a complete systematic transformation of the JABF. Otherwise, they feel, the very existence of the sport in Japan could be in jeopardy going forward. That said, the members are not content with ...
Japan Amateur Boxing Federation President Akira Yamane announced his resignation Wednesday following multiple allegations of misconduct, including pressuring referees to fix matches and misuse of grant money. Yamane, 78, has denied several allegations against him, but acknowledged his relationship with a former gang leader, prompting ...
Boxing federation to launch independent probe of president Akira Yamane
The Japanese Amateur Boxing Federation announced Monday it will set up an independent committee to investigate allegations of improper conduct by its president Akira Yamane. The announcement on the association's website follows requests by the Japan Olympic Committee and the Japan Sport Association for an ...
Boxer Katsunari Takayama files for arbitration in bid to compete at Tokyo 2020
Five-time minimumweight world champion Katsunari Takayama filed an application Monday with a sports arbitration body to overturn a decision by Japanese amateur boxing authorities preventing him from competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The first Japanese fighter to have been crowned champion in four major ...
JABF chief Akira Yamane digs in, won't resign over multiple allegations
Japan Amateur Boxing Federation president Akira Yamane said Friday he is not considering stepping down over a number of allegations he is facing, including forcing referees to rig decisions. "I am not thinking about resigning over these allegations. The federation did not commit any flaws," ...
Nationwide criticism over allegations of the Japan Amateur Boxing Federation's questionable decisions by referees has forced a national high school meet starting Thursday in Gifu Prefecture to make video recordings of all matches. The JABF denied the allegations in a statement released Wednesday, but Eiji ...
