Ni Gilbert Espeña
TIYAK na aangat sa WBO rankings ang tubong Bogo, Cebu at 23-anyos na si Joe Noynay makaraang gitlain ang Japanese boxing fans nang mapatigil sa 6th round si undefeated 2012 Olympic bronze medalist na si Satoshi Shimizu nitong Biyernes ng gabi sa Edion Arena sa Osaka, Japan.
“Filipino sharpshooter Joe Noynay, impressively kept his WBO Asia Pacific 130-pound belt as he battered previously unbeaten 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Satoshi Shimizu from the outset, dropped him twice in the first round, kept whipping the damaged Japanese and finally halted him at 2:18 of the sixth round in a scheduled twelve rounder on Friday in Osaka, Japan,” ayon sa ulat ng Fightnews.com.
“It took place beneath the WBA middleweight title bout of Rob Brant and Ryota Murata at the Edion Arena Osaka, where people gloomily witnessed an unexpected massacre. It had been regarded as Shimizu’s step en route to his world title crack in the near future, but Noynay was such a great nuisance that he completely destroyed his dream,” dagdag sa ulat. “The fatal sixth saw Shimizu, probably due to his deteriorated eyesight, abruptly quit by himself to be declared a TKO loser. It was a shocking scene.”
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Napaganda ni Noynay ang kanyang rekord sa 18-2-1 na may 7 pagwawagi sa knockouts samantalang bumagsak ang rekord ni Shimizu sa 8 panalo, 1 talo na may 8 pagwawagi sa knockouts.
Inaasahang aangat si Noynay sa WBO rankings na nakalista siyang ranked No. 6 sa kampeon na si Jamel Herring ng United States at posibleng pumasok sa IBF rankings dahil nakalistang No. 10 doon si Shimizu sa featherweight rankings.
