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Kenichi Ogawa won a split decision over American Tevin Farmer to capture the vacant IBF super featherweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Fourth-ranked Ogawa came out aggressive from the opening round and although there were occasions when he allowed fifth-ranked Farmer to counter, ...

Akihiro Kondo will fight for his first world title when he takes on Russia's Sergey Lipinets for the vacant International Boxing Federation super lightweight title in November, Kondo's Ichiriki gym said Friday. Kondo, the third-ranked challenger, will take his shot against Lipinets, the top-ranked challenger, ...

Naoko Shibata defended her IBF light flyweight title on Saturday for the fifth time, defeating second-ranked Maria Salinas by a 2-0 decision. The fight was a rematch with the Mexican, whom Shibata drew with last November. The victory sees Shibata's record improve to 16-3 with ...

The Japan Boxing Commission said Friday that the gym where the three Kameda brothers, Daiki, Koki and Tomoki, train will be severely punished. Shinji Yoshii, the gym's chairman, and manager Satoshi Shima will not have their licenses renewed by the JBC over the manner in ...

IBF super flyweight champion Daiki Kameda was told ahead of his controversial fight against Liborio Solis that the match would be held under IBF rules, allowing him to retain his title regardless of the result, the fighter's legal representative said in a statement Thursday. Solis ...

The Japan Boxing Commission on Tuesday questioned representatives of boxer Daiki Kameda about how the fighter retained his IBF super flyweight title despite losing his fight on Dec. 3. "We only listened to explanations," said JBC secretary general Ken Morita. "Now we will check to ...

Katsunari Takayama, who won a unanimous decision over Mexico's Mario Rodriguez for the IBF minimumweight crown in March, will make his first title defense on Dec. 3, Nakazato Boxing Gym announced Wednesday. The bout against sixth-ranked Virgilio Silvano of the Philippines will take place as ...