Sizzling Shigeoka

JULY 14

TOKYO, JAPAN No. 8 strawweight GINJIRO SHIGEOKA (6-0) exchanged hard punches with TOSHIKI KAWAMITSU (6-1) in the first round then floored him with a right in the second. Kawamitsu beat the count but was then staggered by another right and a straight left, before the fight was stopped. Southpaw Shigeoka, 21, was 56-1 in his time in the amateurs. Another Japanese prodigy?

JULY 16

TALISAY CITY, PHILIPPINES Some clever boxing from No. 10 strawweight MELVIN JERUSALEM (17-2) saw him outpoint TOTO LANDERO (11-6-2). Jerusalem boxed for most of the fight on the