Joma Gamboa vs. Atsushi Sai

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Joma Gamboa 105 lbs beat Atsushi Sai 105 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12

  • Date: 2000-04-09
  • Location: City Gymnasium, Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
  • Referee: Masakazu Uchida
  • Judge: Kazunobu Asao 115-112
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  • Judge: Takeo Harada 117-111
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  • Judge: Eddy Toomkit 116-114
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Notes

  • Joma Gamboa 27-5-1 (20 KOs) vs. Atsushi Sai 14-2-1 (7 KOs)
  • Interim WBA World Minimumweight Champion Gamboa is coming off a sixth-round technical knockout of Satoru Abe to win the vacant interim title four months ago in Nagoya, Japan.
  • The challenger, Atsushi Sai, is coming off a ten-round decision win against Kazunori Osato ten months ago.
  • Gamboa is 4-0 (3 KOs) in Japan and 3-0 (2 KOs) against Japanese fighters coming into the bout.
  • Sai is 2-0-1 (1 KOs) against Filipino fighters coming into the bout

Bout Summary

  • Reigning and defending Interim WBA World Minimumweight Champion Joma Gamboa of the Philippines defeats challenger Atsushi Sai of Japan by a twelve-round unanimous decision.
  • Gamboa dominated most of the fight, but Sai, to his credit did manage to win some rounds. The highlight of the fight was when Gamboa nailed Sai with a vicious left hook in round 4 which sent the latter to the canvas for the only knockdown in the fight. With the win, Gamboa retained his interim title for the first time.
  • Note: This was Atsushi Sai's last professional bout.