Tsutsumi vs. Donaire: undercard results

On 17 December at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, a boxing event took place headlined by Seiya Tsutsumi (13-0-3, 8 KOs), who defended his WBA bantamweight title (up to 53.5 kg) against Nonito Donaire (43-9, 28 KOs).

The fight went the full distance and ended with Tsutsumi taking a split decision. The judges’ scorecards read: 112–116 (Donaire), 117–111 (Tsutsumi) and 115–113 (Tsutsumi).

The undercard featured the following bouts:

– Rene Santiago (15-4, 9 KOs) SD-12 Kyosuke Takami (10-1, 8 KOs),

Unification bout for the WBA and WBO titles in the light flyweight division (up to 49 kg);

– Anthony Olascuaga (11-1, 8 KOs) TKO 4 Taku Kuwahara (14-3, 9 KOs),

Fight for the WBO title in the flyweight division (up to 50.8 kg);

– Seigo Yuri Akui (22-3-1, 12 KOs) KO 3 Vencent Lacar (10-2, 4 KOs),

Bout in the super flyweight division (up to 52.2 kg);

– Tsuyoshi Nishimoto (1-0-1, 1 KO) D-MD-4 Yu Ezaki (2-2-1, 1 KO),

Fight in the super bantamweight division (up to 55.3 kg).