Teraji falls into Sandoval; Vargas-Higa ends in thrilling draw

WBC World Weight Champion Kenshiro ‘The Amazing Boy’ Teraji (25-1, 16 Kos) lost by a 12-round partition decision to CLC Ricardo ‘El Nino’ Sandoval (26-2, 18 kos) Wednesday night at the Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama in Yokohama in Yokohama, Kanagawat.

At the end of the second round, Teraji got a slight swelling under his right eye. In the fifth round, Teraji landed the right to the jaw, dropping Sandoval for counting 8 of referee Steve St. Germain. He recovered and was cut under the left eye by the end of the round.

In the seventh round, Sandoval had a good round, landing several rights to jaw teraji. In the ninth round, Sandoval had a margin.

In the tenth and eleventh rounds, Sandoval had a small edge as the two landed well. In the twelfth round and final, Teraji had a solid round, though it could be a little behind.

After hearing the scores, Sandoval Teraji approved him.

The scores were 110-117, 112-115, and 114-113.

Antonio Vargas (19-1, 11 ko) fought for a 12-round draw against Daigo Higa (21-3-2, 19 kos).

In the first round, they both got their minutes. In the fourth round, Higa landed left on the jaw, and down Vargas went for counting 8 of the referee Leszek Jankowiak. Vargas was not injured and went right after Higa the rest of the round.

In the sixth round, Vargas continued to be the striker, who was fully recovered from the earlier fall. In the eighth and ninth round, Vargas came back well. In the tenth round, he went back and forth with both having their minutes.

In the eleventh round, the two were exhausted and still a lot. In the twelfth and final round, it looked like Higa had gone to the canvas of Vargas left hook. Referee Jankowiak called him fall for account 8. Vargas got a big round.

The scores were 113-113, 113-113, and 113-113

WBA light featherweight weight champion Southpaw Erick ‘Mini Pac Man’ Rosa (8-1, 2 Kos) was cast out by Kyosuke Takami (10-0, 6 kos) at 2:48 from the tenth round of 12 scheduled 12.

In the first six rounds, Takami won each round, taking him to Rosa. In the eighth round, Takami came out, landing right up to Rosa’s body. In the ninth round, Rosa began to look a little fat. Takami landed right to the side of Rosa’s head, halfway, rocking it.

In the ninth round, Takami continued to Outland Rosa, landing a shot body from a right, hurting Rosa. In the tenth round, Takami landed a number of rights to Rosa’s jaw. In the first minute, Takami landed right, sending Rosa to the canvas for counting 8 of referee Mark Nelson. In the last minute, Takami hurt Rosa, who tried to grab him, when Takami threw him into the canvas. The referee, Nelson, wiped out, but saw that Rosa was finished and stopped.

Super Bantamweight Tensho Isobe (0-1) lost a four-round split decision to Joe Umezawa (2-2).

The scores were 37-38, 38-37, and 38-37. Takeru Okaniwa was the referee.

Yuki Taniguhi stopped mid-weight (1-0, 1 ko) Yukihiro Kitamura (0-2) at 1:20 from a four-round four-round scheduled. Katsuhiko Nakamura was the referee.