Michael Landero vs. Yasutaka Kuroki
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Michael Landero 105 lbs beat Yasutaka Kuroki 105 lbs by TKO at 2:11 in round 8 of 12
- Date: 2010-09-25
- Location: Capio, Tsukuba, Ibaragi, Japan
- Referee: Noppharat Sricharoen
- Judge: Nobuaki Uratani
- Judge: Virgilio Garcia
- OPBF Minimumweight Title (1st defense by Landero)
Notes
- Michael Landero 13-4-4 (3 KOs) vs. Yasutaka Kuroki 24-4-1 (16 KOs)
- Kuroki entered ranked as the #10 minimumweight in the world according to The Ring Magazine. Landero was unranked by the same publication; Kuroki is also ranked WBC #10 & WBA #11 minimumweight contender coming into the fight. He is coming off a 3rd round TKO of Nobuyuki Enomoto last July 1 after unsuccessfully challenging Oleydong Sithsamerchai for the latter's world title.
- Landero came into the fight having only fought one Japanese fighter, in his last bout, beating Kenichi Horikawa in a come from behind knockout victory (TKO 9) for the OPBF Title while this will be the first time Kuroki would face a Filipino fighter.
- Kuroki once held the same OPBF Belt at stake in this fight.
Bout Summary
- In an upset, The Ring #10, WBC #10, and WBA #11 minimumweight contender Yasutaka Kuroki lost by eight-round knockout to reigning and defending OPBF Minimumweight Champion Michael Landero.
- Kuroki controlled most of the early rounds with his activity and aggressiveness. But in round 8, Landero caught Kuroki with a right hand, flooring the latter to the canvas. Kuroki got up off the deck but Landero went in for the kill, battering Kuroki with multiple rights, forcing referee Noppharat Sricharoen to step in and stop the fight. Landero retains his OPBF Minimumweight Title with the win.