Fighters attend award ceremony at Korakuen Hall
Earlier today at Korakuen Hall fans were able to see the award ceremony for the East Japan Boxing Association award winners for April.
The MVP award was won by Japanese Lightweight champion Shuichiro Yoshino (10-0, 8) [吉野 修一郎], following his win over mandatory challenger Accel Sumiyoshi (11-5-3, 3) [アクセル住吉]. At the event he spoke about becoming a loved fighter, like Guts Ishimatsu, and it sounds like he has big plans for the near future. It's worth noting that he has spoken about stepping up in levels and fingers crossed that happens next.
The Fighting Spirit award winner was Yuta Saito (12-9-3, 9) [齊藤裕太], who made his first defense by stopping "interim" champion Hayato Kimura (28-11, 19) [木村隼人]. Saito spoke about wanting to beat Yusuke Suzuki (10-3, 7) [鈴木悠介], in another mandatory defense, in July and stated that he wants to win an MVP award.
The New Comer award was won by Kanehiro Nakagawa (7-6, 4) [中川兼玄], following his huge win over former Japanese Super Featherweight champion Seiichi Okada (22-7-1, 13) [岡田誠一]. Like Saito he stated he was wanting to win an MVP award in the future, and for a man who was relatively unknown before his win over Okada he looked really relaxed and fingers crossed he can build on that win going forward.
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The MVP award was won by Japanese Lightweight champion Shuichiro Yoshino (10-0, 8) [吉野 修一郎], following his win over mandatory challenger Accel Sumiyoshi (11-5-3, 3) [アクセル住吉]. At the event he spoke about becoming a loved fighter, like Guts Ishimatsu, and it sounds like he has big plans for the near future. It's worth noting that he has spoken about stepping up in levels and fingers crossed that happens next.
The Fighting Spirit award winner was Yuta Saito (12-9-3, 9) [齊藤裕太], who made his first defense by stopping "interim" champion Hayato Kimura (28-11, 19) [木村隼人]. Saito spoke about wanting to beat Yusuke Suzuki (10-3, 7) [鈴木悠介], in another mandatory defense, in July and stated that he wants to win an MVP award.
The New Comer award was won by Kanehiro Nakagawa (7-6, 4) [中川兼玄], following his huge win over former Japanese Super Featherweight champion Seiichi Okada (22-7-1, 13) [岡田誠一]. Like Saito he stated he was wanting to win an MVP award in the future, and for a man who was relatively unknown before his win over Okada he looked really relaxed and fingers crossed he can build on that win going forward.
(Image courtesy of boxmob.jp)