Posted at 6:56 a.m., Monday, January 14, 2008
Boxing: Munoz keeps WBA superflyweight title
Associated Press
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Venezuela's Alexander Munoz defeated Japan's Katsushige Kawashima with a unanimous decision today to keep his WBA superflyweight title.Munoz withstood a late flurry of punches from the challenger and held on for the win to improve to 32-2 with 27 KOs.
The judges scored the bout 115-114, 115-113 and 117-111 over 12 rounds at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium.
Former WBC champ Kawashima, 33, dropped to 32-7 with 21 KOs and announced after the fight that he intends to retire.
It was Munoz's second straight title defense since beating Japan's Nobuo Nashiro to reclaim the crown last May.
