Japanese award winners for June announced
Earlier today the East Japan Boxing Association announced the monthly award winners for the month of June, announcing 3 winners.
The MVP for the month was Japanese Lightweight champion Shu Utsuki (11-0, 9) [宇津木秀] who score his first defense on June 14th, when he stopped the tricky Izuki Tomioka (7-6-1, 2) [富岡 樹] in 8 rounds. The hard hitting Utsuki is expected to move on to bigger and better things that just the Japanese title, and the 28 year old managed to take the next step towards big things with this win.
Another man who took huge steps towards big thing was the Fight Spirit award winner, and newly crowned Japanese Bantamweight champion, Seiya Tsutsumi (6-0-2, 5) [堤聖也], who won the title on June 23rd, when he stopped Kyosuke Sawada (15-3-2, 6) [澤田京介] in a very fan friendly 8 rounder. Given Tsutsumi's previous set backs this was the huge win he needed to get things back on track and win his first title.
The Newcomer Award was won by 37 year old Hisashi Kato (11-10-2, 7) [加藤 寿] who scored a massive upset win over Rikuto Adachi (16-4, 12) [安達 陸虎] on June 29th, when he stopped Adachi in 2 rounds.
The MVP for the month was Japanese Lightweight champion Shu Utsuki (11-0, 9) [宇津木秀] who score his first defense on June 14th, when he stopped the tricky Izuki Tomioka (7-6-1, 2) [富岡 樹] in 8 rounds. The hard hitting Utsuki is expected to move on to bigger and better things that just the Japanese title, and the 28 year old managed to take the next step towards big things with this win.
Another man who took huge steps towards big thing was the Fight Spirit award winner, and newly crowned Japanese Bantamweight champion, Seiya Tsutsumi (6-0-2, 5) [堤聖也], who won the title on June 23rd, when he stopped Kyosuke Sawada (15-3-2, 6) [澤田京介] in a very fan friendly 8 rounder. Given Tsutsumi's previous set backs this was the huge win he needed to get things back on track and win his first title.
The Newcomer Award was won by 37 year old Hisashi Kato (11-10-2, 7) [加藤 寿] who scored a massive upset win over Rikuto Adachi (16-4, 12) [安達 陸虎] on June 29th, when he stopped Adachi in 2 rounds.