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The big mid-week action of August’s last days takes place Wednesday night at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan with the both the WBA bantam and super flyweight titles at risk in another installment of the Mexico vs. Japan rivalry of the lighter weight classes. Tokyo based WBA 118 pound king …

WBC super flyweight king Tomas Rojas returned to Japan again to retain his belt with a victory last evening over Nobuo Nashiro at Osaka’s Prefectural Gymnasium in a tooth and nail contest. Mexico’s Rojas previously held the Interim version of the title but was KO’d in two by Vic Darchinyan …

Thursday night at the Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan sees WBA super flyweight champion Hugo Fidel Cazares put his belt at risk against local hero Hiroyuki Hisataka. Cazares, 33-6-2 (24), has defended the WBA crown on two occasions since winning it from Nobuo Nashiro, ironically in the same venue as …

Mexico’s Hugo Fidel Cazares painted a masterpiece today in his rematch with Nobuo Nashiro at Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan, ripping the WBA super flyweight title from the local hero by unanimous decision. Nashiro, who had won the WBA crown iust his eighth pro bout in 2006 before losing and …

A battle for the WBA super flyweight belt was waged today at The Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan. Local hero Nobuo Nashiro was making the second title defense of his second WBA reign and faced Mexico’s Hugo Fidel Cazares over twelve rounds. Ex-WBO light flyweight kingpin Cazares was the more …

Local hero Nobuo Nashiro cemented his status as Osaka’s top boxer as the super flyweight retained his WBA crown for the first time with a victory last night at Prefectural Gymnasium in his hometown. Nashiro, 13-1 (8), had won the WBA belt initially in 2006 but was dethroned a year …