Pictured: Japanese, OPBF, and WBO Asia Pacific champion Ryoji Fukunaga


On Monday, June 21, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, TTR ranked super flyweight Ryoji Fukunaga retained the Japanese and WBO Asia Pacific titles by brutally stopping Takahiro Fujii at 1:19 of the eighth round.


WBO Asia Pacific Junior Bantamweight and Japanese Super Flyweight Titles-
Champion Ryoji Fukunaga (IBF #8, IBO #10, WBC #14, WBO #14, TTR #17; 14-4, 14 KOs)
TKO-8 1:19
Takahiro Fujii (12-7-1, 3 KOs)
- Fukunaga's OPBF title was not on the line.
- Fukunaga dominated and was leading by three 70-63 scores going into the eighth round.
- The defending champion floored Fujii (WBO AP #5, JBC #8) with a brutal combination in round 8. Referee Toshio Sugiyama immediately waved the bout off.