By Joe KoizumiPhotos by Naoki Fukuda
Unbeaten Ghanaian-Japanese IBF junior welterweight #8 Andy Hiraoka (23-0, 18 KOs), 142, dropped Mexican Sebastián Díaz (18-7-1, 13 KOs), 141, with a left-handed right in the first round, hit him crookedly from all angles and stopped him at 1:07 of the fifth round of a scheduled eighth on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan. Andy went to Ghana, his father Justice’s hometown, and was training well at Azumah Nelson’s gym for months and returned home to appear here after a year-long hiatus. Six-foot-tall Andy had recently relinquished his WBO AP and Japanese National 140-pound belts to pursue a world championship.
Ohashi Promotions.
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