#9 Mori Draws With Okada, Barely Keeps Japan’s 105lb Belt

By Joe Koizumi
Photos By Naoki Fukuda

WBA#9 Katsuki Mori (14-4-1, 3 KOs), 104.75, barely retained his Japanese national minimumweight belt as he was held to a majority draw (95-95 twice, 98-92 for the champ) with JBC#1 Masatora Okada (10-6-1, 4 KOs), 105, over ten fast rounds on Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan. Though leading on points after the fifth on open scoring system—48-47 twice, 49-46 for Mori—the champ gamely but wrongly changed his strategy in stopping his trademark footwork to mix it up with the muscular southpaw...