{"id":608904,"date":"2026-04-15T17:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608904\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:27:12","slug":"kyotaro-yoshida-crowned-new-opbf-champion-after-tactical-war-at-korakuen-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608904\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyotaro Yoshida Crowned New OPBF Champion After Tactical War at Korakuen Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyotaro Yoshida Crowned New OPBF Champion After Tactical War at Korakuen Hall<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">TOKYO, Japan \u2013 In a vibrant night of Asian boxing, Tokyo\u2019s Korakuen Hall witnessed the birth of a new champion. In a duel defined by strategy and stamina, Kyotaro Yoshida (OPBF #5) secured a split-decision victory over Jinya Yamaguchi (OPBF #3) to claim the vacant Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) Super Flyweight title.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The bout, presented by MISAKO Promotions, lived up to the hype of a clash between two of the division\u2019s top-ranked contenders. From the opening bell, Yamaguchi looked to establish his technical superiority, but he was met by a determined Yoshida who refused to yield, applying relentless pressure during the fight\u2019s pivotal moments.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">After 10 rounds of intense exchanges, the judges\u2019 scorecards reflected just how razor-thin the contest was:<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\">Tetsuya Iida: 96-94 (Yamaguchi)<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\">Koji Tanaka: 93-97 (Yoshida)<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\">Katsuhiko Nakamura: 93-97 (Yoshida)<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">With this Split Decision (SD) victory, Kyotaro Yoshida elevates his international standing and emerges as a rising force to watch in the 115-pound division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyotaro Yoshida Crowned New OPBF Champion After Tactical War at Korakuen Hall TOKYO, Japan \u2013 In a vibrant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-608904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}