Keisuke Matsumoto W12 Ridwan Oyekola... Keisuke Matsumoto (9-0, 7 KOs) retained the Japanese featherweight title when he pounded out a unanimous decision over JBC#1 Japan-based Nigerian Ridwan Oyekola (11-2-2-1NC, 5 KOs) over twelve technical rounds on Wednesday in Tokyo. Official scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 119-109, The taller shaven-skulled Keisuke is the son of former OPBF 126-pound champ Koji Matsumoto (26-6-1) whose career spanning 1989-1998. The father failed to win the world belt three times from Young-Kyun Park, Yong-Soo Choi and Freddie Norwood. Keisuke, age 24, kept jabbing all night to outbox the shorter Nigerian jabber, who came out retaliating furiously down the stretch. But his retaliation in the last two sessions was too late to overcome his early deficits on points. Matsumoto, tall and flexible, seems to have a bright future. Promoter: Ohashi Promotions.

 

Koki Inoue TKO10 Abdurasul Ismoilov... Japanese junior welterweight Koki Inoue (17-1, 14 KOs) got his hand raised on August 30th in Tokyo. He defeated Abdurasul Ismoilov (10-2, 6 KOs) from Uzbekistan via tenth-round technical knockout. Both men gave a great effort, with constant exchange of punches. Ismoilov was up on the cards  but eventually it was the southpaw, Inoue, who demonstrated superiority throughout the fight and  finally turned the tables with three knockdowns to score the TKO.