Champion Carnival Award winners announced!
Earlier today the Award Winners for the 2019 Champion Carnival were announced, with 4 fighters taking awards, in what was the 40th Champion Carnival.
The MVP was the newly crowned Japanese Welterweight champion Yuki Nagano (16-2, 12) [永野祐樹], who claimed the title on April 21st, when he stopped Ryota Yada (18-5, 15) [矢田良太] in 7 rounds in Osaka. His performance, away from home, was brilliant and saw him extending his current winning run to 14 bouts, with this clearly being his biggest and best win so far.
The Skills Award was won by Shuichiro Yoshino (10-0, 8) [吉野 修一郎], who recorded his 4th defense of the Japanese Lightweight title by stopping Accel Sumiyoshi (11-5-3, 3) [アクセル住吉] in 7 rounds. Yoshino really did impress and it's clear he is well beyond Japanese title level, so hopefully he'll look to push on, and pursue bigger and better titles in the very near future.
The Fighting Spirit Award was won by Japanese Bantamweight champion Yuta Saito (12-9-3, 9) [齊藤裕太], who stopped interim champion Hayato Kimura (28-11, 19) [木村隼人] to unify the two titles. Saito, who had had to cancel a previous bout due to illness, looked like a man possessed in the end and broke down the brave but over-powered Kimura.
The fourth award was the Special Award and that was won by veteran Norihito Tanaka (19-7, 11) [田中教仁], who stopped Shin Ono (23-11-3, 6) [小野 心] to become the new Japanese Minimumweight champion. Tanaka managed to break down Ono in 8 rounds to score his career defining win at the age of 33, and is scheduled to defend his title in June against Naoya Haruguchi.
These awards aren't just ceremonial but also financial with the winners all receiving an impressive financial bonus.
The award ceremony hasn't yet been given a date, though that is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
(We've included footage of the fights involving Nagano and Yoshino, the other two bouts are only available through the Boxing Raise service)
The MVP was the newly crowned Japanese Welterweight champion Yuki Nagano (16-2, 12) [永野祐樹], who claimed the title on April 21st, when he stopped Ryota Yada (18-5, 15) [矢田良太] in 7 rounds in Osaka. His performance, away from home, was brilliant and saw him extending his current winning run to 14 bouts, with this clearly being his biggest and best win so far.
The Skills Award was won by Shuichiro Yoshino (10-0, 8) [吉野 修一郎], who recorded his 4th defense of the Japanese Lightweight title by stopping Accel Sumiyoshi (11-5-3, 3) [アクセル住吉] in 7 rounds. Yoshino really did impress and it's clear he is well beyond Japanese title level, so hopefully he'll look to push on, and pursue bigger and better titles in the very near future.
The Fighting Spirit Award was won by Japanese Bantamweight champion Yuta Saito (12-9-3, 9) [齊藤裕太], who stopped interim champion Hayato Kimura (28-11, 19) [木村隼人] to unify the two titles. Saito, who had had to cancel a previous bout due to illness, looked like a man possessed in the end and broke down the brave but over-powered Kimura.
The fourth award was the Special Award and that was won by veteran Norihito Tanaka (19-7, 11) [田中教仁], who stopped Shin Ono (23-11-3, 6) [小野 心] to become the new Japanese Minimumweight champion. Tanaka managed to break down Ono in 8 rounds to score his career defining win at the age of 33, and is scheduled to defend his title in June against Naoya Haruguchi.
These awards aren't just ceremonial but also financial with the winners all receiving an impressive financial bonus.
The award ceremony hasn't yet been given a date, though that is expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
(We've included footage of the fights involving Nagano and Yoshino, the other two bouts are only available through the Boxing Raise service)
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