By Joe KoizumiPhotos: Sumio Yamada
Former WBO champ Tomoki Kameda (40-3, 22 KOs), 123.5, proved quicker and extra ferocious than WBA#13 Luis Castillo (30-5, 20 KOs), 123.25, halting him at 1:18 of the fifth spherical in a scheduled ten in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday (February 25). WBA#2 Tomoki, the youngest of Kameda brothers, scored 4 wins in a row since he did not win the WBC 122-pound belt from Rey Vargas on factors in Carson CA in July 2019. Having established his personal TMK Worldwide Promotions (named after Tomoki), it was his first look as its foremost attraction in his native Osaka. Castillo complained of a nostril ache after an unintended butt in spherical two, the nose-bleeding Mexican seemed to have misplaced his preventing spirit, and the third man known as a halt when Tomoki battered him from all angles, although some individuals criticized it as a untimely stoppage. WBA#2 Tomoki, nicknamed ‘Mexicanito,’ seemed sharp and sensible.
A cousin of Kameda household, Kyonosuke Kameda (10-3-1, 7 KOs), 125.75, floored Thai veteran and ex-world challenger to Naoya Inoue, Petchbangborn Kokietgym (AKA Karoon Jarupianlerd; 49-13, 23 KOs), 124.5, within the final spherical and pounded out an almost shutout resolution (100-89 twice, 99-90) over ten. The Thailander began his engine from the eighth on, but it surely was too late to beat his early deficits on factors.
WBA #10 super-flyweight Rene Bibiano of Mexico (19-0, 7 KOs), 116.25, scored a lopsided resolution (80-72 twice, 79-73) over sport however restricted Thailander Lerdchai Chaiyawed (8-11, 4 KOs), 115.5, over eight.
Promoter: TMK Worldwide.
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