Hozumi Hasegawa vs Alvaro Perez
Friday December 18 2009.
World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
WBC feather champ Oscar Larios (64-6-1, 40 KOs), 126, barely kept his belt as he came off the canvas from a very bad knockdown in the fourth, and withstood shaky moments to be awarded a highly controversial split decision (114-112, 115-111 and 112-114) over previously unbeaten Japanese southpaw Takahiro Aoh (16-1-1, 8 KOs), 126, over twelve heats on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. Aoh looked a winner rather than Larios, so the spectators were stunned by the debatable verdict.
Also, WBC bantam ruler Hozumi Hasegawa (25-2, 9 KOs), 118, impressively scored his seventh successful defense by a quick demolition of WBC#2 Mexican Alejandro Valdez (21-3-1, 15 KOs), 117.5, at 2:41 of the second round. It was an encounter of southpaw contestants.
