Award winners for December announced
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Earlier today the East Japan Boxing Association Announced their monthly award winners for the month of December.
The MVP for the month was OPBF Super Bantamweight champion Kazuki Nakajima (17-2-1, 14) [中嶋一輝], who notched his second defense and scored a brutal KO over the previously unbeaten Juiki Tatsuyoshi (16-1-1, 10) [辰吉寿以輝] on December 12th. The hard hitting Nakajima notched his third win of the year with the victory and set himself up for a big 2025, turning his career around since his 2023 loss to TJ Doheny, getting back on the right track and moving towards a future world title fight.
The Fighting Spirit Award was won by Japanese Lightweight champion Hironori Mishiro (17-1-1, 6) [三代大訓] following his successful December 7th title defense over former Japanese Featherweight champion Hinata Maruta (14-3-1, 10) [丸田陽七太], in what was a great technical bout that saw Maruta suffer a damaged hand and a badly swollen eye with Mishiro taking one of his biggest wins so far. The bout, which took place on December 7th, set Mishiro up for a huge 2025, with choices of either going to the Champion Carnival, to defend his title in a mandatory title bout, or chase a bout with unified OPBF/WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight champion Shu Utsuki (15-1, 13).
The Newcomer Award was won by Hiroki Horiike (4-0, 3) [堀池空希] who stopped Qi Yin Gao (7-5, 5) [高启银], also on December 7th, to continue his race towards his first professional title. He has had a sensational year and a 3rd round win over Gao was hugely impressive and a further sign that Horiike is a star in the making, with incredible potential.
The MVP for the month was OPBF Super Bantamweight champion Kazuki Nakajima (17-2-1, 14) [中嶋一輝], who notched his second defense and scored a brutal KO over the previously unbeaten Juiki Tatsuyoshi (16-1-1, 10) [辰吉寿以輝] on December 12th. The hard hitting Nakajima notched his third win of the year with the victory and set himself up for a big 2025, turning his career around since his 2023 loss to TJ Doheny, getting back on the right track and moving towards a future world title fight.
The Fighting Spirit Award was won by Japanese Lightweight champion Hironori Mishiro (17-1-1, 6) [三代大訓] following his successful December 7th title defense over former Japanese Featherweight champion Hinata Maruta (14-3-1, 10) [丸田陽七太], in what was a great technical bout that saw Maruta suffer a damaged hand and a badly swollen eye with Mishiro taking one of his biggest wins so far. The bout, which took place on December 7th, set Mishiro up for a huge 2025, with choices of either going to the Champion Carnival, to defend his title in a mandatory title bout, or chase a bout with unified OPBF/WBO Asia Pacific Lightweight champion Shu Utsuki (15-1, 13).
The Newcomer Award was won by Hiroki Horiike (4-0, 3) [堀池空希] who stopped Qi Yin Gao (7-5, 5) [高启银], also on December 7th, to continue his race towards his first professional title. He has had a sensational year and a 3rd round win over Gao was hugely impressive and a further sign that Horiike is a star in the making, with incredible potential.