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WBO Champ Nao Ikeyama and Hanagata Fight to a Draw Again in Tokyo

WBO Champ Nao Ikeyama and Hanagata Fight to a Draw Again in Tokyo By Yuriko Miyata Championships are not easy to defend, or to capture. That is why they are very valuable and precious. At the age of 47 years and 10 months, WBO atomweight champion Nao Ikeyama barely kept the belt in her hand […]

Kayoko Ebata: Newest Member to Japan’s World Champions Club

Kayoko Ebata: Newest Member to Japan’s World Championship Club   By Yuriko Miyata More than 20 hard years of persistence paid off, finally. Kayoko Ebata (11-7, 6 Kos), a former OPBF flyweight champion, won the WBO strawweight title by unanimous decision over Erika Hanawa (7-1, 2 Kos) who was the top rated OPBF atomweight on […]