Misako Boxing Gym announced on the 10th that it will hold a professional boxing boxing event Diamond Glove (supported by Sankei Sports etc.) on October 11th at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The main event is the unification match for the Japanese Welterweight Championship, where champion Keita Obara (35) = Misako = interim champion Takeru Kobata (24) = Dash Toho =.
Obara was scheduled to challenge Yuki Nagano (Teiken), the former champion and number one in the same class, for his third defense in April, but the challenge was canceled due to Obara's right leg injury. It will be the first match in about 10 months since winning by TKO five times in the second defense match in December last year.
Southpaw Obata defeated Nagano by TKO in the 5th inning in June's interim championship match. Aiming to be promoted to regular champion by beating Obara. Obara's professional record is 25 wins (22 KOs) from 30 fights, 4 losses and 1 draw, while Obata has 12 wins (5 KOs) from 18 fights, 5 losses and 1 draw.
In the semi-final, the strongest challenger in Japan's lightweight class will be decided, and Shuma Nakazato (25) = Okinawa = 1st place in the same class and Ken Koibuchi (26) = Hikaru Yokohama = 2nd place in the same class will exchange fists. It will be Nakazato's first fight since February's victory over Katsuya Yasuda (Ohashi) by decision, and Koibuchi's 4th round TKO victory over Mukaiyama Taison (Happy Box) in April. Nakazato's professional record is 11 wins (7 KOs) from 16 fights, 2 losses and 3 draws, while Koibuchi has 8 wins (7 KOs) from 14 fights, 5 losses and 1 draw.