We look forward to watching a sensational twinbill titled "The Real: World Premium Boxing #6" with world belts on the line tomorrow (Thursday) in Tokyo, Japan. There was a weigh-in ceremony today, where all the contestants successfully made the weight at their first trip on the scale.
WBA super-feather champ Edwin Valero (23-0, 23 KOs) tipped the beam at 129.75 pounds, a quarter under the class limit, as his Japanese challenger Takehiro Shimada (22-3-1, 15 KOs) scaled. WBC bantam ruler Hozumi Hasegawa (23-2, 7 KOs) weighed in at 117.5, while his Uruguayan challenger Cristian Faccio (15-2, 10 KOs) a quarter pound heavier at 117.75.
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Valero, Hasegawa, Shimada, Faccio all make weight!
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12 Jun 2008 18:14Hasegawa; Valero retain belts!
WBC bantam champ, Japanese southpaw Hozumi Hasegawa (24-3, 8 KOs), 117.5, successfuly retained his throne for the sixth time as he impresively dropped Uruguayan challenger Cristian Faccio (15-3, 10 KOs), 117.75, twice to prompt the referee Toby Gibson's well-timed intervention at 2:18 of the second session in the main event of the world title twinbill on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. Hasegawa's southpaw left was a haymaker read more ...
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