US EditionEduardo Nunez Becomes IBF World Champion - Big Fight Weekend
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The judges gave him the victory with cards of 115-113, 116-112 and 117-111
Mexican Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Núñez (28-1, 27 KO) has proclaimed himself this morning world champion IBF superpluma by defeating Japanese Masanori Rikiishi (16-2, 11 KO) in Yokohama Buntai’s Yokohama (Japan). The title that belonged to Irishman Anthony Cacace, already has owner after the domination of the twelve assaults by the new champion. Núñez, after a first round of tanning, has begun a brutal pressure with constant blows to the head and body of …
Eduardo Nunez Becomes IBF World Champion - Big Fight Weekend
It took over a year of waiting for an opportunity, but Mexican top contender Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez made the most of it on Wednesday night becoming a world champion at 130 lb. This, as Nunez traveled to the Far East and delivered a composed and commanding performance to defeat Masanori Rikiishi via unanimous decision and capture the vacant IBF junior lightweight world title. The bout was the co-feature fight in Yokohama, Japan, that saw WBO banta…
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