“Unbeaten Japanese prospect, WBO#9 Hiroki Okada, 140, very impressively acquired the vacant WBO Asia Pacific 140-pound belt when he kept throwing stinging lefts to the face of WBO#8 Filipino Jason Pagara, 142.5, and Pagara abruptly turned his back for surrender at 0:59 of the sixth round in a scheduled twelve on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan,” ayon sa ulat ng Fightnews.com.
“Pagara, a bright prospect from Cebu, had failed to make the junior welter limit by two pounds and a half, and didn’t seem to be in best shape, but Okada’s Larry Holmes-like jabs were obviously effective enough to hurt the loser,” dagdag sa ulat. “Before he quit going on midway in the fatal session, all the judges had it 50-45 in Okada’s favor.”
Napaganda ni Okada ang kanyang rekord sa perpektong 17 panalo, 12 sa pamamagitan ng knockouts samantalang bumagsak ang kartada ni Pagara sa 40-3-1 na may 25 panalo sa knockouts. - Gilbert Espeña
