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FEATHERWEIGHT

Japan's Reiya Abe (right) battles Mexico's Luis Alberto Lopez for the IBF world featherweight championship in Verona, New York, on Saturday.
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Mar 4, 2024
Abe outgunned in IBF featherweight title shot against Lopez
The result leaves Abe with a record of 25 wins, four losses and one draw, with 10 wins by knockout.
Luis Alberto Lopez celebrates after winning a fight against Josh Warrington in December 2022.
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Dec 20, 2023
Japan's Abe to face Mexico's Lopez for featherweight title
Abe, the IBF's No. 1 ranked contender, will be fighting outside Japan for the first time.
Japan Times
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Apr 19, 2018
Kenichi Ogawa stripped of IBF super featherweight title, suspended for doping
Kenichi Ogawa has been stripped of his IBF super featherweight title and suspended for six months for failing a doping test in December, his Teiken Gym said Thursday.
Japan Times
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Jul 29, 2017
Former super featherweight champion Uchiyama retires with pride in career accomplishments
Just like people in general, there is no immortality in sports. One day, every athlete starts declining, and one day he or she must quit.
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Jul 16, 2017
Miura loses title bid by decision
Takashi Miura failed to reclaim his WBC super featherweight championship Saturday, losing a unanimous decision to Mexico's Miguel Berchelt.
Japan Times
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Oct 27, 2016
Osawa gets first title shot against unbeaten WBO featherweight champ Valdez
Hiroshige Osawa is raring to go for his first world title fight Nov. 5 against WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez in Las Vegas.
Japan Times
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Dec 31, 2015
Super featherweight champion Uchiyama defends title for 11th time
Hard hitter Takashi Uchiyama posted a third-round technical knockout victory over Oliver Flores on Thursday night, defending his WBA super featherweight title for the 11th time at Ota City General Gymnasium.
Japan Times
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Sep 11, 2015
Super featherweight Miura to defend WBC crown against Vargas in November
Takashi Miura will make the fifth defense of his WBC super featherweight crown against top-ranked Mexican Francisco Vargas in Las Vegas on Nov. 21, his Teiken Gym announced on Friday.
Japan Times
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Nov 22, 2014
Miura retains WBC super featherweight title with sixth-round TKO
Takashi Miura beat top-ranked Mexican challenger Edgar Puerta to successfully defend his super featherweight crown for a third time in a WBC world title doubleheader on Saturday.
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Jun 22, 2013
Super featherweight Miura set for first title defense in Mexico
Takashi Miura, the WBC super featherweight champion, will make his first title defense on Aug. 17 in Cancun, Mexico, his gym announced Friday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.

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