By Joe Koizumi
Photographs by Naoki Fukuda
Ought to Murodjon Akhmadaliev have turn out to be urgently unavailable to struggle Naoya Inoue for the undisputed belts, IBF#5 ex-Japanese tremendous bantam champ Toshiki Shimomachi would have been a ready alternative for MJ to sq. off in opposition to Monster as an alternative. Such a state of affairs didn’t materialize, however Shimomachi (22-1-3, 12 KOs), an elongated 5’11” southpaw at 122, defeated Korean champ Han-Sol Lee (9-8-7, 4 KOs), 121.25, by a shutout resolution (all 80-72) over a one-sided eight on the identical present on Sunday in Nagoya, Japan.
Shimomachi, unbeaten since his sole break up resolution loss in 2016, made good use of advantageous peak and attain, utterly outboxing and outpunching the sport Korean all the way in which. Toshiki, within the close to future, could also be given a world title shot since he is likely one of the finest 122-pounders right here in Japan.
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