Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 Osaka, Japan

• Yuki Nonaka vs Charlie Ota – Junior middleweight, 10 Rounds

Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014 Tokyo, Japan

• Omar Narvaez vs Naoya Inoue – Junior bantamweight, 12 Rounds


• Akira Yaegashi vs Pedro Guevara – Junior flyweight, 12 Rounds


• Jorge Linares vs Javier Prieto – Lightweight, 12 Rounds


• Ryo Matsumoto vs Rusalee Samor – Junior bantamweight, 12 Rounds


• Ryota Murata vs Jessie Nicklow – Middleweight, 10 Rounds


• Takuma Inoue vs Nestor Narvaez – Flyweight, 8 Rounds

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, Osaka, Japan

• Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Hisashi Amagasa – Junior featherweight, 12 Rounds


• Katsunari Takayama vs Go Odaira – Strawweight 12 Rounds


• Kazuto Ioka vs Jean Piero Perez – Flyweight, 10 Rounds


• Sho Ishida vs Masato Morisaki – Junior bantamweight, 10 Rounds

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, Tokyo, Japan

• Takashi Uchiyama vs Israel Perez – Junior lightweight, 12 Rounds


• Kohei Kono vs Norberto Jiminez – Junior bantamweight, 12 Rounds


• Alberto Rossel vs Ryoichi Taguchi – Junior flyweight, 12 Rounds division

Roman Gonzalez not just picked up his third world championship by knocking out Akira; he also knocked down referee Michael Griffin.

Although it appeared to be a slipped, but it seemed Gonzalez has thrown a punch before Griffin went down.

That's how action packed, the fight between Nicaragua's Roman Gonzalez and Japan's Akira Yaegashi that even the referee went down.

Boxing fans at the Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan were at the edge of their seats most of the time. But the excitement was not culminated by a victory from their countryman. Yaegashi was dethroned in Round 9.

The fight

In the Round 1, the fighters underwent the so-called feeling out round. Akira used his footwork and hand speed, which is his advantage, to move around, box Gonzalez. But in Round 2, the action immediately picked up and Gonzalez got the better.

Although the 31 year old champion Akira was quick on his feet, he was not doubling up to defend counters. He was tagged often with Gonzalez's counters. He tends to put his guard too low.

In Round 3, Gonzalez landed a short left hook to Akira's unfortified face. Akira went down butt-first! There were 32 seconds left. Akiras's right eye swollen and almost shot, he got up and beat the count. He fought back strong in the remaining seconds but it was a clear cut 10-8 round for Gonzalez.

In round 4, Akira came out smoking and put Gonzalez on his heels. But it is obvious that Gonzalez punches were heavier than that of Akira. Akira would immediately stop on his track when Roman retaliates.

In round 8, the 27 year old Gonzalez pummeled Akira to the corner. Akira was able to move to his left, backpedaling. Gonzalez was stalking him. Gonzalez threw a punch that put down the referee. I'm not sure if Griffin got hit with that punch. But Griffin did hit the canvas.

In Round 9, Akira's both eyes swollen shot. Sensing he's way behind on the scorecards, Akira mounted the final push that was short lived. Gonzalez retaliated with powerful combinations that sent down Yaegashi to the corner of the ring. Badly beaten, the spirit broken, Akira did not resist as the referee stopped the contest. The official time: 2:24 in Round 9.

With the win, Gonzalez maintained an undefeated record of 40 wins, that's 13 more wins compared to Andre Ward's 27. Ward is currently number 2, on most pound-for-pound lists. Gonzalez's victories include 34 by way of knockouts -- a stunning 85 percent knockout ratio.

Now, where do you think "Chocolatito" stand in your pound-for-pound ranking?