Kenshiro Teraji stops Hiroto Kyoguchi in Round 7, unifies WBC/WBA jr. flyweight belts, wins Ring title

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Kenshiro Teraji scored the most important win of his achieved profession by stopping Hiroto Kyoguchi for the Ring/WBC/WBA 108-pound championship. Photograph by Naoki Fukuda

Kenshiro Teraji had Hiroto Kyoguchi’s number in the amateurs and he fought with that confidence all through their junior flyweight title unification bout, which he gained by seventh-round stoppage on Tuesday in Saitama, Japan.

Kyoguchi was unable to get previous Teraji’s jab. Photograph by Naoki Fukuda

Teraji (20-1, 11 KOs) outworked Kyoguchi from begin to end, and made it a straightforward battle to attain when he boxed from a distance. The 2-time WBC titleholder stepped up his aggression in Spherical 4 after which scored a knockdown with a proper cross at the beginning of a sensational Spherical 5, which noticed Kyoguchi rage again earlier than the bell. The Ring/WBA champ was sport and in a position to land stable pictures right here and there through the battle, however he merely didn’t do sufficient to win rounds or stop Teraji’s fixed jab and well-timed, arrow-straight proper fingers from carrying him down (regardless of his excessive guard and the specter of his uppercuts).

Kenshiro Teraji vs. Hiroto Kyoguchi

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The battle appeared over in Spherical 5 after Kyoguchi (16-1, 11 KOs) obtained up from his first knockdown on wobbly legs. Teraji, The Ring’s No. 1-rated junior flyweight going into the battle, jumped on the two-division titleholder and battered him alongside the ropes. However Kyoguchi lined up and weathered the storm, lashing again with head-snapping proper fingers and uppercuts.

Nonetheless, Teraji resumed distance management in Spherical 6 and saved his high-volume assault going, stopping Kyoguchi from recovering. Kyoguchi had moments in Spherical 7, however he was sleepwalking and punching on muscle reminiscence by this level in what was a primarily one-sided battle. When Teraji landed a candy proper hand two and half minutes into the around the final little bit of resistance was drained from the legs of Kyoguchi, who stumbled into the ropes the place he was saved by the referee.