By Joe Koizumi
Slick-punching southpaw Toshikai Nishioka (33-4-3, 20 KOs), 121.5, kept his WBC super-bantam throne as he floored Mexican warrior Genaro Garcia (38-7, 22 KOs), 122, twice and finally chalked up a TKO victory at 0:57 of the twelfth and final round on Saturday in Yokohama, Japan. (More to come)
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Unbeaten Namibian Paulus Moses (24-0, 17 KOs), 133.5, impressively captured the WBA lightweight belt as he kept jabbing and throwing busy combinations to game and gutsy defending champ Yusuke Kobori (23-3-1, 12 KOs), 132.5, Japan, and withstood the champ’s retaliation in middle rounds en route to a unanimous decision (115-113 twice and 119-109) over hard-fought twelve rounds on Saturday in Yokohama, Japan. (More to come)
