Aptil 30, 2005
Mahyar Monshipour retained his World Boxing
Association super bantamweight title on Friday with a sixth-round
win over Shigeru Nakazato.
With 24 seconds left in the sixth, Monshipour
knocked down Nakazato with a right cross to the chin, causing
referee Raul Caiz to stop the fight.
Monshipour, born in the city of Bam in Iran
but a French citizen since 2001, made his fourth successful
defense since he won the 55-kilogram (122-pound)
crown in July 2003, improving
his record to 27-2-2.
Both fighters traded blows in a
frenetic opening round, with Monshipour landing the cleaner shots.
Nakazato was sent to the
ropes at the end of the fourth round when Monshipour landed
a flurry of punches. But the Japanese
kept coming back and landed several
big hits on the Frenchman, whose face was bloodied over the right eye. >>>
Monshipour.com
Sent by Darius Kadivar
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