Boxing

Veteran Kazuto Ioka became the first Japanese boxer to capture world titles in four different weight classes with a dramatic 10th-round technical knockout of top contender Aston Palicte of the Philippines for the vacant WBO super flyweight championship at Makuhari Messe Event Hall on ...

Kosei Tanaka was only a fifth-grader when Kiyoshi Hatanaka first saw him throwing punches. It only took an instant for the former world champ to spot the kid's exceptional potential. "I thought he'd be a world champion in 10 years," Hatanaka, who was the WBC super ...

Reiya Konishi failed in his second shot at a world championship Sunday, losing to IBF world light flyweight champ Felix Alvarado of Nicaragua by unanimous decision. The 25-year-old Konishi stayed in the fight until the seventh round, but all three judges at Kobe Portopia Hotel ...

Naoya Inoue claimed another world title belt in dominant fashion Saturday, beating International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Emmanuel Rodriguez by second-round technical knockout. Inoue, the undefeated World Boxing Association bantamweight champion, booked his place in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight final with the win. The ...

Japanese challenger Masayuki Kuroda fell short in his bid to unseat International Boxing Federation world flyweight champion Moruti Mthalane on Monday, losing a unanimous decision to the South African. The judges' scorecards at Korakuen Hall showed Mthalane winning 116-112, 116-112, 117-111 as he completed a ...

Japanese challenger Ryuichi Funai was no match Saturday for International Boxing Federation super flyweight world champion Jerwin Ancajas of the Philippines, who comfortably defended his crown in a seventh-round stoppage. While Funai never looked likely to prevent a seventh straight defense by Ancajas, he showed ...

Ryota Murata will get a shot at redemption when he faces WBA middleweight champion Rob Brant in a rematch on July 12 in Osaka, Teiken gym announced Thursday. Murata lost the middleweight crown to Brant of the United States by unanimous decision in his ...

Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, who signed a "promotional contract" with Japan's RIZIN Fighting Federation earlier this month, made an in-ring appearance during Sunday's event at Yokohama Arena. The 40-year-old Filipino grabbed a microphone and addressed a crowd of 12,914 before the day's final two matches, ...