Pascual Perez vs. Sadao Yaoita (2nd meeting)

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Pascual Perez 107 lbs beat Sadao Yaoita 111 lbs by KO at 0:55 in round 13 of 15

"Pascual Perez of Argentina retained his flyweight title Thursday night with a stunning 13th round knockout over Japan's Sadao Yaoita. The end came at 55 seconds of the round with Yaoita staggering helplessly from a savage beating to the head and body. Perez started slowly. Yaoita outboxed and outslugged him in the first three rounds. Not until the 4th was Perez able to land solidly, bringing blood from Yaoita's nose. The fighter's collided savagely as both rushed together in the 5th. Perez fell to the canvas but bounced up quickly. It was not recorded as a knockdown. The two fought on almost even terms through the 5th, 6th and 7th. But by the 8th Perez had taken command. His punches to the body making Yaoita grimace with pain. In the 13th round a long left uppercut did the real damage. Yaoita staggered and blood from his injured nose went sailing across the ring as Perez smashed another left to the chin and a right that toppled Yaoita to the canvas. Yaoita came up at five and another left-right dropped him onto his back, his face a gory mess. He made one feeble effort to rise at nine but couldn't make it as referee Juan Notari tolled the fatal 10." -Associated Press

Post-fight comments

  • "Yaoita fought very well in the first three rounds, but as the fight got longer the champion got stronger while Yaoita got weaker. But Yaoita was the toughest challenger Perez has ever met." -Nat Fleischer
  • "Yaoita fought far better than in his first match with Perez. It was a good fight all the way." -Lazaro Koci, Perez' manager
  • "He had a chance of winning on points...the end would not have come in that way if Yaoita had stayed out of Perez' range. He should not have fought so much at close quarters." -Yoshio Shirai, former flyweight champion
  • "The 13th round KO victory was the happiest thing that has happened in my career because everybody in Japan thought I was going to lose." -Pascual Perez
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