TWO FILIPINO BOXERS LOSE IN TOKYO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 05 Oct 2015
Two Flipino boxers have lost in Tokyo with former WBA 122 pound challenger Akifumi Shimoda who had been badly battered and knocked out by promising southpaw champion Marvin ?Marvelous? Sonsona in Macau on February 22, 2014, looking very impressive as he regained his old form to batter Filipino Jerry Nardo en route to a TKO victory at 2:55 of the fifth round in Tokyo?s famed Korakuen Hall last Saturday, October 3.
Shimoda who has moved up in weight and now fights as a featherweight improved his record to 30 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws with 13 knockouts and showed good hand-speed and footwork against Nardo who suffered his 8th loss with 11 knockouts in 21 wins.
Nardo is ranked No.12 super bantamweight in the latest ratings of the Philippine Games and Amusements Board.
The shifty southpaw Shimoda, according to Japan?s Hall of Fame boxing commentator, writer and matchmaker ?made good use of his lateral mobility to confuse the Filipino, dropped him in the second round and finally halted him with a flurry of punches that convinced referee Tsuchiya to intervene and stop the bout five seconds before the end of round five.
Koizumi said Shimoda ?showed his determination to regain a belt in the 126-pound category.?
Former Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight champion Yoshihiro ?Maestrito? Kamegai who fights under the banner of Golden Boy Promotions built a stellar reputation in Asia for many years, winninhg regional titles at `140 and 147 pounds. But it was a fight he lost to Robert ?The Ghost? Guerrero in June last year that made him a star on the international scene as the two engaged in a ?Fight of the Year? Candidate. Kamegai who stopped Oscar ?El Tigre? Godoy in four rounds by lost to Alfonso Gomez returned to the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo after a year and a half and according to Koizumi ?flattened Filipino Nelson Gulpe with a vicious right shot at 3:09 of the third session.?
The 32 year old Kamegai improved his ring record to 26 wins, 3 losses with 23 victories coming by way of knockouts while the 23 year old, ranked No. 6 welterweight by the GAB, dropped to 8 wins as against 6 losses with 3 wins by knockout.
The disparity in the records and the experience between Kamegai and Gulpe was clear evidence of a mismatch.
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