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Tokyo results: Norman flattens Sasaki, Simsri lifts the free belt and more
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1 year agoon
Thanongsak Simsri def. Christian Araneta
The start of the television part of the card from Japan is Thanongsak Simsri, adopting the Philippine pretender Cristian with the arrangement of the free title of IBF Delicate Flyight. Thai Simsri has already made several trips to Japan, making a lot of success on the road, except for a knockout loss with a two -time world champion Masamuchi Yabuki.
For her part, Aranets fought twice in the eliminators of the world title, although he failed in these attempts. Despite the fact that he is smaller of them, Simsri has set his reach from the very beginning, exceeding the arrangement in the early rounds. The Philippine found his moment to take advantage of Simsri’s confidence; However, at the end of the third round, the massive meter left from Arane to sleep Thai.
Araneta ended a mighty mighty, pinning Simsri with ropes and landing a few immaculate blows. Now that Simsri was dropped and both men wore a deep cut, the fight fell into a specific rhythm.
The Aranet was physically overlapped as a larger man, collecting his arrows and landing strongly on Southpaw on Simsri. But for most of the majority of Simsri rounds, a much larger volume landed, limiting the angle on the arrangement and remained outside.
The results cards reflected the competitive nature of the fight, because Simsri simply made a divided decision to become the world champion and achieve the greatest victory in his career. For ARANET it must be a very frustrating result; Now he lost to the best fighters in his CV, and this result could be avoided if he could only find a slightly larger pace.
Reiya ABE def. Yuya eye
Then on the card there was a classic Veterans match versus perspectives for the Japanese featherweight title, seeing that the very experienced Southpaw Reiya Abe equalized with the invincible perspective of Yuya Oko.
Abe showed exceptional leg work from the very beginning, sliding into the nest in Wola, usually avoiding any eye meter. The eye found a few more readings when the fight was worn, sometimes it is time to precipitate the movement of the veteran’s head, but the pressure of the eye was largely discouraged by the skillful movement of Abe and prickly LEM.
His work indicator remained consistent in both movement and combinations. He made every effort to make him in battle, but until the end of ten rounds he was clearly done.
It was a really impressive, veteran Abe performance, which continued the return trail after the brutal knockout to Luis Alberto Lopez in 2024. As for Yuya Oko, it was a great struggle for learning at the beginning of your career. He has improved extremely as the fight and I am sure that it will be better at the Japanese national level.
Sora Tanaka def. Kobata tacky
During the Coan-Maan event, the Japanese Amateur Champion Sora Tanaka continued her campaign in professional ranks against Kobat’s domestic talents. Tanaka is an omnipotence warrior in full violence, marching down the enemy and throwing power shots without concern for defense.
Despite the fact that he is a shorter boxer, Tanaka had a woman on the ropes from the very beginning. Every shot of power that landed shook the cobat to his core, but Kobata had no problem finding a chance to break Tanak’s perspective.
The fight lasted only four rounds, but to be forthright, Kobata was doing well to survive as long as he consumed a crazy amount of damage during the competition. There was almost no uninteresting moment because they both stood in their pockets and replaced Bell with Bell.
When the downtime came, it was a bit disappointing when Kobata remained on his feet and just shook Tanaka, but the fight was a pure action and one of my favorite year. I don’t know how far Tanaka moves in the ranks in his versatile style, but I will be there to see every step.
Brian Norman Jr. def. Jin Sasaki
Finally, in the main event, another Japanese offensive Dynamo in Jin Sasaki challenged the extremely qualified Brian Norman Jr. for his title of welterweight WBO. Norman clearly stated that there was a gap between them almost immediately, abandoning his family hero twice in the first round.
Sasaki hardly refrained and forced Norman, but his characteristic power had a very little impact on the master. Sasaki was still doing very well to force his fight, remaining in Norman’s face, even though he constantly breaks the injuries.
Many would wither, but Sasaki never did it. Norman remained consistently great during the fight, he never became seemingly shocked and jumping on the possibilities of landing every time Sasaki presented them.
Everything crashed for the pretender in the fifth round. When Sasaki withdrew after a stab to the body, Norman landed with a immaculate left hook, throwing the cool Japanese warrior in the immediate cups of the year. It was a definite second defense of his title for the youthful master in Norman.
The scenes were very dead about Sasaki, which had to be stretched. He showed a huge combat spirit, but his corner should probably have had to draw him with the amount of injuries that Norman caused him. Regardless, this fight was an amazing Kapsta on a very comical card in the middle of the week.
Last updated on 19.06.2025
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After positive steps towards making a fight, Devin Haney and Shakur Stevenson are said to be moving on after their teams could not finalise terms behind the scenes.
The pair of elite world champions have been linked throughout 2026, but the match-up appeared off the table earlier in the year due to a dispute over the weight.
Stevenson, who has fought just once at super-lightweight, wanted to meet at a catchweight of 144lbs, and was even said to be demanding a 10lbs rehydration clause.
Team Haney at first remained firm on the welterweight limit of 147lbs, where he beat Brian Norman Jr. last November to become WBO world champion.
Earlier this month, the fighters appeared to have a breakthrough, publicly agreeing to 145lbs on social media. Fans got excited, and predictions began flooding in.
Today, Stevenson said that, despite the initial agreement, he received an email from Haney’s lawyer saying that they were now switching back to 147lbs. Haney hit back, saying Stevenson ‘went missing for days’ after they had agreed to 145lbs, and that his rival ‘did everything’ for the fight not to happen.
Whoever is at fault, the fight now seems dead in the water.
Boxing Scene‘s Lance Pugmire now reports that Haney will revisit a fight with IBF champion Liam Paro. The Australian won the belt from Lewis Crocker in June and has since called on all champions in the division – Haney, Ryan Garcia and Teofimo Lopez – to unify. Bill Haney, father and trainer to Devin, previously announced that November 28 in Atlanta was the target for his son’s return.
Who Stevenson now targets remains unclear, though fans will begin to criticise the inactivity. He has not been in the ring since an impressive victory over Teofimo Lopez in January, a particularly frustrating period of inactivity due to a high-profile promotional deal with Zuffa Boxing announced in July.
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Tim Bradley Calls Out Biggest Duck in Boxing for Devin Haney vs Shakur Stevenson Collapse
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October 16, 2026
In the wake of a proposed clash between Shakur Stevenson and Devin Haney falling through, Tim Bradley believes one man, who he describes as the “biggest duck in boxing”, is solely responsible.
The two pound-for-pound stars were in talks to collide later this year, with November 28 and Atlanta having been suggested as the potential date and location, respectively.
According to Stevenson, however, negotiations reached an impasse at the “11th hour” due to Haney’s lawyer demanding that they fight at 147lbs.
This, if accurate, would have meant a refusal to meet at 145lbs, which both sides had seemingly decided was a sensible catchweight for their showdown.
But while Stevenson claims he was willing to jump up from 140lbs, the slick southpaw has accused Haney of going back on his promise to drop down from welterweight.
As a result, Hall of Famer Bradley has said on his YouTube channel that, in his mind, Devin and his father and trainer, Bill Haney, are to blame for the fight not happening.
“I’m gonna name you ‘Deebo Dev’ – the biggest duck in boxing. And all y’all thought it was Shakur Stevenson [avoiding Haney] all along.
“Bill [Haney]how you gonna get out of this one? What happened – you got cold feet? This man [Stevenson] gave up the weight; this man gave up some money.
“You got your lawyer involved. You said you wanted this fight – you agreed to 145[lbs] and all. Come on now – Shakur agreed to it as well. And now we can’t get the fight because you wanted it at 147[lbs]. Is that true, Bill?”
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Wardley, sporting Ipswich Town’s newly-launched third kit with his name printed on the sleeve, was still bearing the scars of his punishing defeat in Manchester five months ago.
A cut across the bridge of his nose, first sustained during his 2024 draw with Frazer Clarke, reopened against Dubois and left his face badly swollen and bloodied.
The punishment he absorbed has raised questions over whether his decision to take an immediate rematch has come too soon but Wardley remains confident he can reverse the result.
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