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WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION

Kosei Tanaka poses at his gym in Nagoya on Monday.
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Feb 13, 2024
Tanaka to go for knockout in WBO super flyweight title bout
It will be the first world championship fight for Tanaka since he suffered the first loss of his career in December 2020.
Japan Times
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Dec 21, 2022
WBO gives Naoya Inoue bantamweight super champion status
After sweeping the bantamweight class, 'The Monster' declared his intent to move up to super bantamweight in hopes of unifying a second division.
Japan Times
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Jul 14, 2022
Kazuto Ioka retains WBO title with dominant win over Donnie Nietes
'It means a lot to get my revenge against the same opponent I lost to three years, seven months ago in Macau.'
Japan Times
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Mar 16, 2019
WBO flyweight champ Kosei Tanaka defends title against Ryoichi Taguchi via unanimous decision
Kosei Tanaka defended his World Boxing Organization flyweight title Saturday with a victory over compatriot Ryoichi Taguchi by unanimous decision.
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Jun 12, 2018
Masayuki Ito, Christopher Diaz to square off for vacant WBO super featherweight title
Second-ranked Masayuki Ito will square off against unbeaten Christopher Diaz of Puerto Rico for the vacant WBO super featherweight title, the World Boxing Organization said Monday.
Japan Times
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Dec 1, 2017
WBO light flyweight champ Kosei Tanaka relinquishes title, eyes flyweight crown: source
World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka has returned his title, an informed source said Friday.
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Sep 20, 2017
WBO champ Tanaka sidelined with broken eye sockets
World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka has been diagnosed with fractures in both his eye sockets and will need two months to make a full recovery.
Japan Times
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Sep 13, 2017
Tanaka wins second title defense with TKO in ninth
Kosei Tanaka set the stage for a light flyweight title unification bout when he defended his World Boxing Organization crown in the weight category Wednesday at Edion Arena Osaka.
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Aug 7, 2015
Pungluang triumphs by second-round KO over Akaho for vacant WBO bantamweight title
Ryo Akaho suffered a second-round knockout defeat to Pungluang Sor Singyu of Thailand in their fight for the vacant WBO bantamweight world title on Friday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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