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VEERAPHOL KEEPS WBC BANTAM
TITLE
June 25, 2000
TAKASAGO,
JAPAN—Thailand’s Veeraphol Nakhonluang-Promotion (AKA
Veeraphol Sahaprom), 117 3/4, kept his WBC bantamweight title as
he maintained the pressure and pounded out a unanimous decision
over 12.
Scored: Dalby
Shirley (US) and Gale Van Hoy (US) both 116-112, and Marty Denkin
(US) 115-113, all for the defending champ.
Though there were no
knockdowns, Veeraphol was an aggressor all the way. Nishioka,
23, kept moving to avert the champ’s constant attack, but he
failed to score good shots to the aggressive champ.
Veeraphol, 31, often threw
leading rights to the lefty footworker and kept his initiative in
nearly every round.> Nishioka might take the 4th,
6th and 12th rounds with his positive but
less accurate rallies.> All other rounds were seemingly
dominated by the Thai sharpshooter.
The champ raised his
credentials to 26-1, 19 KOs.> Nishioka fell to
20-3-1, 12 KOs.> Veeraphol registered his 4th
defense since he dethroned Japan’s Joichiro Tatsuyoshi by a 5th
round KO here in December, 1998.
Undercard:
Unbeaten sensation Noriaki
Naka, 118, kept his Japanese national bantam title, though he
failed to score his 11th consecutive KO victory only to
outscore top-ranked Taiji Okamoto, 117 1/4, by a unanimous
decision over 10.
Scored: double 97-94 and
96-94, all for the WBC #27 ranked Naka, 12-0, 10 KOs. Okamoto,
formerly a karate master and kick-boxer, dropped to 13-3-2, 11
KOs.
Naka tried to outpunch the
shorter opponent, who repeatedly attempt to counter the champ with
his strong hand.> But Naka, making his first
defense, had the upper hand by dominating the proceedings.
Promoter: Akihiko
Honda’s Teiken Promotions.
WBC supervisor: Frank
Quill (Australia).
(6-25-00)
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