By Joe Koizumi Photos by Naoki Fukuda
Undefeated stylist and WBO #13 ranked Andy Hiraoka (21-0, 16 KOs), 140, retained his WBO Asia Pacific 140-pound belt with ease when he demolished Filipino southpaw Alvin Lagumbay (13-6-1, 11 KOs). ), 139.75, with a solid left hand at 2:27 of the second round of twelve rounds scheduled for Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan. In a southpaw confrontation, Andy, 26, taller and more flexible, kept hitting Alvin, 27, who hit hard but was slower, finally hitting him with a devastating left hand that knocked him unconscious while he was on the ground. standing. Referee Nakamura quickly held the loser against the ropes and ordered him to stop to save him from further punishment.
Lagumbay once dethroned WBO AP welterweight champion Keita Obara with an upset second-round knockout after a double knockdown, but relinquished the belt to Obara in a direct rematch in 2018. Andy was simply too much for Alvin.
Promoter: Ohashi Promotions.
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