By Joe Koizumi
In Japan, we make it a rule to have a winner and world champion accept an interview by press people on the next day of the world title bout. WBA 108-pound champ Hiroto Kyoguchi was interviewed by our press on Wednesday, saying, “I need to take a rest since I suffered considerable damage after my hard fight with Hisada.”
It was obvious that Kyoguchi was the victor, but it was also true that Tetsuya Hisada showed a much better performance than expected. The two-division champ Kyoguchi, now 14-0, 9 KOs, scored his second defense of the WBA belt and will participate in his third defense next year, not on New Year’s Eve as he did in 2017 and 2018.
that is quite the shiner.