Yamaguchi draws with Juri

Gets JBC 115lb mandatory shot

By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda

JBC #1 super fly Kantaro Juri (7-1-1, 2 KOs), 114.5, and JBC#2 Jinya Yamaguchi (6-0, 2 KOs), 114.75, battled to a split draw (77-75, 75-77, 76-76) in an eliminator for #1 over eight busily see-saw heats on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan, but Yamaguchi was awarded a right to advance to the Japanese 115-pound mandatory shot against national champ Suzumi Watanabe (8-0, 7 KOs) in the Carnival of Champions next year. It was a give-and-take encounter of the southpaws...