WBO LAUNCHES PRO BOXING IN SRI LANKA WITH FEMALE WORLD TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 09 Dec 2015
Ikeyama.
The World Boxing Organization in a breakthrough event has launched pro boxing in Sri Lanka with a Atom division
world title fight in Sri Lanka featuring champion Nao Ikeyama of Japan against challenger Jujeath Nagaowa of the
Philippines on December 19.
Ikeyama has a record of 16-3-1 with 4 knockouts but is 46 years old which is the only advantage 28 year old Nagaowa of Benguet
Province has over the champion who won the title against another Filipina Jessebelle Pagaduan on May 17, 2014. Nagaowa has a record of 13-15-1 with 8 knockouts.
Nagaowa won the World Boxing Association International light flyweight title with a unanimous ten round decision over Yu Jie Luo last June 6 after a string of four successive defeats.
Ikeyama is coming off a ten round unanimous decision ov erNorj Guro, a southpaw from Lanao province in Mindanao last February 28.
WBO Asia Pacific head Leon Panoncillo told the New Standard boxingmirror.com that there will also be an eight round pro bout between Tamao Ozawa of Japan and Kledpetch Lookmuangkan of Thailand while the first bout will feature Sri Lanka Olympic Boxers under the aegis of AIBA.
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