On Thursday, November 7, 2019, Japanese knockout sensation and three division champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue (19-0, 16 KOs) defeated four-division champion and future Hall of Famer, Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire (40-6, 26 KOs) by unanimous decision in a thrilling fight of the year contender.
Floy Mayweather Jr. is coming out of retirement—once again. This time Mayweather is heading to Japan for a clash against kickboxer, Tenshin Nasukawa.
Kosei Tanaka joins Vasyl Lomachenko as the only men to claim three titles in 12 professional bouts.
American fight fans will be treated to breakfast and boxing on Thursday, Aug. 16 when Ryosuke Iwasa makes the second defense of his IBF junior featherweight world championship against No. 1 contender TJ “The Power” Doheny at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
Ryota Murata became a star in his home country of Japan after winning a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.
It’s breakfast with the middleweights on Sunday, April 15, as Ryota Murata makes the first defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight title against Italian challenger Emanuele ‘Sioux’ Blandamura at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan.
In the biggest fight of his career, Danny Roman (23-2-1, 9 KOs) delivered a masterful performance by knocking out WBA champion Shun Kubo (12-1, 9 KOs) in the ninth round to become the newest world champion at 122-pounds.
Earlier today in Japan, Luis Nery (24-0, 18 KOs) put a stunning end to Shinsuke Yamanaka’s (27-1-2, 19 KOs) six-year title reign.
Round By Round Boxing caught up with Tomoki Kameda ahead of his return to Japan to face Mike Tawatchai on March 10.
Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing is proud to announce he has secured the rights to broadcast a special early-morning Woz Promotions tripleheader of world-class boxing, on TyC Sports, on Saturday, December 31, 2016 (4:30 am ET/6:30 pm JST), from the Shimazu Arena in Kyoto, Japan, and featuring boxing's next superstar, Jonathan "Salomon King" Guzman.
After dropping two tough, back-to-back decisions to Jamie McDonnell in 2015, Tomoki "El Mexicanito" Kameda (31-2, 19 KOs) took a year off to go back to the drawing board.
The two best Bantamweights in the world were in action this morning across the globe in Osaka, Japan.
IBF Junior Featherweight Champion Jonathan "Salomon King" Guzman (22-0, 22 KOs) won't be taking any time to rest on his newly acquired laurels.
In what will certainly be considered as one of 2016's biggest upsets of the year, Panama's Jezreel Corrales scored a huge victory over long-standing WBA 130-pound champion, Takashi Uchiyama.
February 11, 1990 will forever be known as the day that the unthinkable happened. It was on that day in Tokyo, Japan that James "Buster" Douglas knocked out the undisputed and undefeated Heavyweight champion of the world, "Iron" Mike Tyson. Read on for Tony Calcara's look back at one of the most memorable nights in boxing history.
