Philippines vs Japan: 3 OPBF Title Fights

(Yap connecting right hook to Ikemizu)

3 OPBF (Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation) Championship between Filipinos and Japanese is scheduled to take place at Central gym, Kobe in Hyogo Japan on November 11.

In the main event Allan Tanada (14-5-3,6KOs) will challenge the reigning and defending OPBF lighweight champion Masayoshi Kakotani (12-0,7KOs) . Kakotani will be defending his OPBF title for the 7th time against former OPBF title holder Tanada.

In the co-main event Filipino slugger Mark John "Journeyman" Yap (24-12,10KOs) finally gets his first title fight when he challenge OPBF Bantamweight titlist Takahiro Yamamoto (18-4,15KOs). Yap dubbed himself as Journeyman because of his unimpressive record but now he is riding on his five fights winning strict all held in Japan including wins over prospect Tatsuya Ikemizu, former world title challenger Hiroyuki Masataka twice and former WBA interim champion Juan Jose Landeata. Meanwhile Yamamoto is fresh from his first round knockout win over Filipino Rex Wao on July 20.

In another OPBF title fight, former world champion Merlito "Tiger" Sabillo (25-3-1,12KOs) will battle for the vacant OPBF minimumweight title against much younger Japanese Ryuya Yamanaka (12-2,3KOs).