Rocky Fuentes vs. Shigetaka Ikehara
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Rocky Fuentes 112 lbs beat Shigetaka Ikehara 112 lbs by TKO at 2:09 in round 11 of 12
- Date: 2010-06-05
- Location: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
- Referee: Pinit Prayadsab
- Judge: Takeshi Shimakawa
- Judge: Edward Ligas
- OPBF Flyweight Title (1st defense by Fuentes)
Notes
- Rocky Fuentes 25-6-2 (15 KOs) vs. Shigetaka Ikehara 20-1-2 (16 KOs)
- Fuentes entered ranked as the WBC # 9 flyweight contender, while Ikehara entered ranked as the WBA # 13 & WBC # 14 flyweight contender.
- Ikehara is coming off a second-round technical knockout of Rungniran Korat Sport School while Fuentes is coming off a twelve-round majority decision over Masafumi Okubo to win the vacant OPBF Flyweight Title.
- Fuentes comes in 2-0 (0 KOs) versus Japanese fighters while Ikehara comes in 1-0 (1 KOs) versus Filipino fighters, knocking out Gilbert De la Torre in two rounds three years ago.
- This is Fuentes' second straight bout in Japan.
Bout Summary
- Reigning and defending OPBF Flyweight Champion and WBC # 9 flyweight Rocky Fuentes retains his title with an eleventh-round technical knockout of WBA # 13 & WBC # 14 flyweight contender Shigetaka Ikehara.
- A straight right hand by the champion Fuentes in the last 10 seconds of Round 1 had the challenger Ikehara reeling backwards, almost sending him to the canvas, only to be saved by the bell seconds later. An overhand right by Ikehara had Fuentes' legs shaking in the end of Round 3, but Fuentes weathered the storm of the resilient Ikehara and took control of the fight afterwards, getting the better of the exchanges with Ikehara until the fight was mercilessly stopped by the corner of the exhausted and battered Japanese fighter in Round 11. This is the first time Ikehara has lost by knockout. Fuentes retains his OPBF Flyweight Title with the win.
- Some 2,000 fight fans rose to their feet to give a standing ovation for both fighters after the bout.