The rematch for Alimkhanuly's WBO title ended in a knockout in the first round. Video – Boxing/MMA

Champion WBO Asia Pacific in average weight (up to 72.6 kg) Riku Kunimoto (13-1, 7 KO) from Japan knocked out his compatriot in the opening round Kazuto Takesako (17-3-1, 15 KOs), Sports.kz reports with reference to vRINGe.com.

The title fight took place as part of a boxing evening at the Sumiyoshi SportsCenter arena in Osaka (Japan). Video of the knockout can be seen below.

It is noteworthy that the fighters met before. This happened in 2021. And then Takesako celebrated his victory by knockout in the first round.

Let us remind you that the middleweight is the Kazakh boxer Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (16-0, 11 KOs), who holds the IBF and WBO world champion titles.

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