«On fight night, I’m making another statement and going for the knockout,» said super welterweight world champion Erislandy «The American Dream» Lara (23-2-2, 13 KOs). «After the fight with Foreman, it’s time to unify the division, then move up to win the middleweight titles!»
Panamanian Jezreel Corrales (21-1, 8 KO) barely kept his WBA 130-pound belt via split decision over former champion Takashi Uchiyama (24-2, 20 KO) of Japan over 12 rounds in Tokyo: 115-112, 117-110 for Corrales and 114-113 for Uchiyama.
28-year old old native of Ukraine undefeated Ievgen Khytrov (14-0, 12 KO) will be boxing January 14th at the Barclay Center against Immanuwel Aleem.
«We’re in negotiations with it at the minute,» told WBO #2 heavyweight Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) about his negotiations to challenge WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (22-0, 18 KOs). «I am mandatory, so it will be happening either way. I’m in the #1 position, I’m mandatory, and I will be fighting for that title. It would be nice to have it at home in England, where the home crowd is, instead of traveling away, but it doesn’t really matter to me. I have never fought in my hometown before».
WBA flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka (21-1, 13 КО) successfully defended his title via a TKO victory over unbeaten interim titlist Stamp Kiatniwat (15-1, 6 КО), Thailand, at 2:51 of the seventh session on Saturday in Kyoto, Japan. Ioka surprisingly hit the deck with Stamp’s right hook, but it was only a round he lost, and he finally caught Kiatniwat to drop him twice en route to a stoppage.
Panamanian Jezreel Corrales (21-1, 8 KO) barely kept his WBA 130-pound belt via split decision over former champion Takashi Uchiyama (24-2, 20 KO) of Japan over 12 rounds in Tokyo: 115-112, 117-110 for Corrales and 114-113 for Uchiyama.
28 years old Japanese Yukinori Oguni (19-1-1, 7 КО) sensationally upset Jonathan Guzman (22-1, 22 КО) of Dominican Repblic by a unanimous decision. All three judges scores the fight 115-112. As a result Oguni captured the IBF junior featherweight belt. Japanese floored Guzman with a body shot in round three.
