GAMALIEL DIAZ LOSES TITLE TO MIURA OF JAPAN BY 9TH ROUND TKO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 08 Apr 2013
Mexico?s Gamaliel Diaz suffered a bad beating at the hands of Japan?s tough Takashi Miura who dropped the super featherweight champion four times on his way to a rousing 9th round TKO in a big fight card in Tokyo.
It was sweet revenge for the Japanese whose former champion Takahiro Ao, a one time sparring partner of Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera, had lost the title to Diaz in what was regarded as a stunning upset last October.
The fight was stopped at 1:21 of the 9th round after Diaz had his eye shut from the battering he took.
Miura improved his record to 25-2-2 with 19 knockouts after failing to win the title in his first attempt against countryman Takashi Uchiyama losing by an 8th round TKO in 2011.
Diaz dropped to 37-10-2 with 17 knockouts.
Former WBC flyweight champion Malcolm Tunacao seeks his second world title in a bantamweight showdown with undefeated southpaw champion Shinsuke Yamanaka in the main event.
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