Miura flattens Australian Dib to retain world title in Tokyo
Print Edition
JAPAN’S Takashi Miura overpowered Australian challenger Billy Dib to retain his World Boxing Council super featherweight title for a fourth time with a brutal third-round technical knockout yesterday.
The 30-year-old champion, who had to be pulled apart from Dib at a tempestuous weigh-in 24 hours earlier, bossed the first two rounds in Tokyo before a vicious left hook sent his rival stumbling into the ropes in the third. With Dibs legs still wobbling, the referee called a stop to the fight with a minute, 32 seconds left in the round, deciding that the former featherweight champ was unable to continue.
“He was keeping his distance but I gradually got to work inside,” Miura said after improving his record to 29 wins, 22 of them by knockout, against two draws and two defeats. Dib, who had reacted angrily to being stared down by Miura in the build-up to the fight, suffered his fourth loss in 44 professional bouts after getting caught flush on the chin by one of the hardest punchers in the division.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
