Daniel Roman, 24-2-1-(9), retained his WBA super bantamweight title by impressively out pointing Japanese challenger Ryo Matsumoto, 21-2-(19),over 12 rounds in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday.
Roman produced a defensive masterclass against the taller Japanese fighter, who was never able to use his greater reach. The scores were 118-110 and 119-109 twice.
Other results
super lightweight Andy Hiraoka w pts 8 Fumisuke Kimura
lightweight Seiichi Okada w tko 3 Kazuaki Miyamoto
Featherweight Tsuyoshi Tameda w ko 5 Detriya Kramulwong
super lightweight Quaye Peter w pts 6 Yuichi Ideta
flyweight Kazunori Yorimasa w pts 4 Takashi Hisano
super featherweight Tetsuya Kondo w tko 2 Akihiro Fukuda
