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kenyan_cheena · 11-19-2009, 08:48 PM

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Through twelve rounds Limon had a seven-point lead on all three scorecards. The win improved his record to 31-1(20) while Nakata fell to 27-3(20). Limon was understandably emotional during the post-fight interview, where he praised Nakata as an "outstanding warrior" and someone he would welcome fighting again in the future. The 28 year-old called the victory the greatest achievement of his career and said that he looked forward to the challenge of retaining the championship through 2007. The evening featured a trio of preliminary bouts where Brian Mitchell, Cornelius Boza-Edwards and Hector Hernandez each scored convincing victories.

In the opener former IBF junior-lightweight champion Hernandez defeated the American George Chaney by a dominant eight-round unanimous decision (79-72, 79-71, 79-72). Hernandez floored Chaney in the 4th and 5th rounds and landed more than twice as many punches as him (273-122) on the way to his second win since suffering his first career defeat in the quarters of the world championship tournament. 25 year-old Hernandez upped his record to 30-1-2(23) with the win and also secured the #12 intital lightweight world ranking. The brash, egotistical Guadalajara native will need to go undefeated through 2007 in order to press for a world title shot. After dropping him within twenty seconds of the opening bell Uganda's Boza-Edwards stopped the German Lothar Abend in round seven of their clash to improve to 20-1-2(16) and lock up the #8 world ranking. Boza-Edwards is a young man with a ton of talent, one who could make a big splash in '07.

The co-feature saw former WBO titlist Brian Mitchell rebound from his dramatic world championship semi-final loss to Limon, the South African taking a unanimous decision verdict over Ruben Navarro. Navarro's superior workrate was not enough to sway the judges as Mitchell won by scores of 99-92, 97-94 and 98-93. He outlanded the Challenger's tournament semi-finalist 293-164 to record his 33rd career win against four defeats and a draw. Mitchell will be ranked #4 in the world when the IBL releases the initial lightweight rankings on Monday, meaning that he's in a position to land himself a world title shot for the second half of '07 with a couple of wins through its first half. Navarro lost a second straight ten-round decision after being defeated by Japan's Jaguar Kakizawa in their September Challenger's semi. He's now 16-4-2(13). No doubt he'll be looking to get back in the winner's circle through the early months of the new year.

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IBL World Lightweight Championship tournament final

(#1) Rafael Limon (30-1(19)) TKO13 (#2) Teruki Nakata (27-2(20))

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11-19-2009, 08:48 PM	#642 (permalink)
kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 7,599 Thanks: 83 Thanked 143x in 125 posts	(continuation) Through twelve rounds Limon had a seven-point lead on all three scorecards. The win improved his record to 31-1(20) while Nakata fell to 27-3(20). Limon was understandably emotional during the post-fight interview, where he praised Nakata as an "outstanding warrior" and someone he would welcome fighting again in the future. The 28 year-old called the victory the greatest achievement of his career and said that he looked forward to the challenge of retaining the championship through 2007. The evening featured a trio of preliminary bouts where Brian Mitchell, Cornelius Boza-Edwards and Hector Hernandez each scored convincing victories. In the opener former IBF junior-lightweight champion Hernandez defeated the American George Chaney by a dominant eight-round unanimous decision (79-72, 79-71, 79-72). Hernandez floored Chaney in the 4th and 5th rounds and landed more than twice as many punches as him (273-122) on the way to his second win since suffering his first career defeat in the quarters of the world championship tournament. 25 year-old Hernandez upped his record to 30-1-2(23) with the win and also secured the #12 intital lightweight world ranking. The brash, egotistical Guadalajara native will need to go undefeated through 2007 in order to press for a world title shot. After dropping him within twenty seconds of the opening bell Uganda's Boza-Edwards stopped the German Lothar Abend in round seven of their clash to improve to 20-1-2(16) and lock up the #8 world ranking. Boza-Edwards is a young man with a ton of talent, one who could make a big splash in '07. The co-feature saw former WBO titlist Brian Mitchell rebound from his dramatic world championship semi-final loss to Limon, the South African taking a unanimous decision verdict over Ruben Navarro. Navarro's superior workrate was not enough to sway the judges as Mitchell won by scores of 99-92, 97-94 and 98-93. He outlanded the Challenger's tournament semi-finalist 293-164 to record his 33rd career win against four defeats and a draw. Mitchell will be ranked #4 in the world when the IBL releases the initial lightweight rankings on Monday, meaning that he's in a position to land himself a world title shot for the second half of '07 with a couple of wins through its first half. Navarro lost a second straight ten-round decision after being defeated by Japan's Jaguar Kakizawa in their September Challenger's semi. He's now 16-4-2(13). No doubt he'll be looking to get back in the winner's circle through the early months of the new year. * IBL World Lightweight Championship tournament final** (#1) Rafael Limon (30-1(19)) TKO13 (#2) Teruki Nakata (27-2(20)) * __________________ The Greatest Prize in Sports (a TBCB Dynasty) The Greatest Prize in Sports: Almanac kenyan_cheena's NBA 2K11 Off Topic Dynasty Major League Baseball: 1990 and Beyond... (an OOTP11 Dynasty)** Last edited by kenyan_cheena; 11-19-2009 at 08:52 PM.