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WBA #9 RANKED SUPER-BANTAM SATO STOPS KOREAN CHUNG IN 4

Joe Koizumi

WBA #9 RANKED SUPER-BANTAM SATO STOPS KOREAN CHUNG IN 4

September 18, 2000

TOKYO, JAPAN-WBA #9 ranked super-bantam Osamu Sato, 121 1/2, proved too powerful and pugnacious for Korean #4 ranked Kyongsoo Chung, 122, dropping him with a vicious left hook en route to a fine KO at 2:40 of the 4th round.

  Sato, who had entered the WBA’s top ten due to his upset win over previously unbeaten Russian Nikolai Eremeev here last October, maintained the pressure from the outset, and overwhelmed him with his superior power.

Sato scored his 18th consecutive win and raised his fine mark to 22-1-1, 12 KOs.  Chung, who fought back well, fell to 6-3-2, 3 KOs.

Undercard:

Japanese #9 ranked minimum Hiroshi Kasamatsu, 104 1/2, eked out a majority nod over Atsutomi Maeda, 103 3/4, over 8.>  Kasamatsu, 8-3, 1 KO, piled up points in earlier rounds, which carried him to a hairline victory.

Masaki Sawanaga, a hard-hitting lefty from Kumamoto Prefecture, 140, floored Takejiro Kato, 139 3/4, in the second and was awarded a majority decision despite the latter’s last surge over 8.>  The winner is 11-4-2, 5 KOs.>  The loser is 7-2-1, 4 KOs.

Promoter: Kyoei Promotions.

(9-18-00)




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