Shohei Ohtani receives Prime Minister Cup for second time at Japan Pro Sports Awards
Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani has collected another Prime Minister Cup at the Japan Pro Sports Awards. Los Angeles Angels player Ohtani was given the grand prize at a reception ceremony in Tokyo on Thursday. The 24-year-old captured his first in 2016, when he led the ...
Shinsuke Yamanaka, who successfully defended his WBC bantamweight crown in 12 consecutive fights spoke on Monday about his career and his decision to retire. "There is some sadness, but at the same time I want to indulge in some self praise, having really done well," ...
Luis Nery, who failed to make weight ahead of his WBC bantamweight title match against challenger Shinsuke Yamanaka earlier this week, was suspended indefinitely by the World Boxing Council on Friday. Nery was stripped of his world title on Wednesday, the day of the weigh-in ...
Disgraced Luis Nery records second-round TKO against Shinsuke Yamanaka
The ex-world champ faced a harsh reality. Shinsuke Yamanaka fell to a disgraced Luis Nery in a second-round technical knockout loss at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday night. Nery failed to make weight prior to their scheduled WBC bantamweight title match, but he beat Yamanaka for ...
Luis Nery stripped of title after failing to make weight for bout against Shinsuke Yamanaka
Mexican boxer Luis Nery has been stripped of his WBC bantamweight title after failing to make weight Wednesday ahead of his match against challenger Shinsuke Yamanaka. While Yamanaka passed his pre-fight weigh-in for Thursday's match at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Nery weighed in at 55.8 kg — ...
The fighters are ready. The boxing gloves are still a work in progress. Shinsuke Yamanaka and WBC bantamweight champion Luis "Pantera" Nery both insisted they're ready to step into the ring during a signing ceremony on Tuesday ahead of their rematch at Ryogoku Kokugikan on Thursday ...
Shinsuke Yamanaka says preparation going well for rematch with Luis Nery
With less than 10 days left until a fight in which he'll try to avenge the only loss of his professional career, Shinsuke Yamanaka didn't show any signs of despair, only confidence. Yamanaka, who will face Luis Nery (25-0, 19 knockouts) in a March 1 ...
Determined Shinsuke Yamanaka to meet WBC bantamweight champ Luis Nery in title rematch
Shinsuke Yamanaka will fight in another world title bout. But for the first time in more than six years, he will walk into the ring without a championship belt. Instead, the 35-year-old southpaw will try to regain the WBC bantamweight title from Luis Nery, who ...
The World Boxing Council ordered an immediate rematch between Shinsuke Yamanaka and Luis Nery for its bantamweight title on Tuesday, three months after the latter failed a drug test. The sanctioning body issued a ruling saying "the WBC cannot make a determination with sufficient certainty ...
Yamanaka to reportedly be reinstated as WBC bantamweight champ
Shinsuke Yamanaka is expected to be reinstated as WBC bantamweight champion after his opponent in last month's title fight, Luis Nery, tested positive for a banned substance in his "B" sample, RingTV.com reported Tuesday. Nery knocked out Yamanaka in the fourth round on Aug. 15, ...
Shinsuke Yamanaka will hang up his gloves unless a rematch with newly crowned WBC bantamweight champion Luis Nery is proposed, Teiken Gym president Akihiko Honda said Friday. Honda wants a rematch between the 34-year-old Yamanaka, who was denied a Japanese record-equaling 13th straight title defense ...
Mexican boxer Luis Nery, who denied Shinsuke Yamanaka a 13th straight defense of his WBC bantamweight title last week, failed a drug test performed in the lead-up to the fight, the World Boxing Council said Wednesday. "The WBC has been notified by VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping ...
