BoxRec

Masataka Taniguchi defends his WBO title against former challenger Melvin Jerusalem

Daniel Valladares defends his IBF strap against 8-0 Ginjiro Shigeoka


This Friday in Japan, not sure what the tv situation is, hopefully there's a legit free stream on the go

I think they should rebadge the Strawweight division. It sounds like any of us could beat the little fellas. I vote for Titanweight or Megahardweight, those names are more scary.

not a bad idea tbh

Canthrowmorepunchesthanyouweight

I seen a few clips of Shigeoka on Twitter earlier, southpaw but looks a dangerous and seriously hard hitting

Valladares vs. Shigeoka ended in no-contest after accidental headbutt

Jerusalem sinks Taniguchi, wins WBO 105lb belt

Filipino puncher Melvin Jerusalem (20-2, 12 KOs), 103, surprisingly dethroned WBO minimumweight champion Masataka Taniguchi (16-4, 11 KOs), 105, by a stunning knockout with a single right shot to the champ’s chin at 1:04 into the second round on Friday in Osaka, Japan.

Taniguchi, a prefight favorite, controlled the initial round with his southpaw lefts to the still nervous Filipino. A trick happened when Jerusalem landed a perfect right to the button, dropping him on the seat of his trunks.

The champ attempted to stand up too quickly (he should have stayed there for some more seconds) and couldn’t regain his equilibrium properly.

He badly lost his balance and referee Roberto Ramirez Jr. from Puerto Rico tolled a fatal ten. It’s a great shocker.

WBO supervisor: Tsuyoshi Yasukochi (Japan).

Promoter: 3150 Promotions.

Watched the Valladares/Shigeoka fight but it was filmed on a grainy camera phone, the headclash in the 3rd looked accidental but seems Valladares looked for a way out and found one, hadn't really got going but it did look like Shigeoka was having a good spell and getting to work, gotta be a rematch surely, get it on the undercard of Ioka/Franco 2

Some shot by Jerusalem to knock out Taniguchi in the 2nd, straight right down the pipe put Taniguchi flat on his back, as mentioned he jumped up far too quick on spaghetti legs before collapsing back down, textbook stuff from Jerusalem

gawd, early headbutt endings suck so much arse

Well done Melvin Jerusalem. It's almost exactly six years since he lost a very tight decision to Moonsri for the WBC title in Thailand, so that's a lot of patience. Clearly didn't want to let it go to the cards in the champion's back yard again.