Sam Goodman went to Japan and took the fight to Ryosuke Nishida. The Australian pressed inside for 12 bruising rounds Sunday night at Toyota Arena Tokyo, winning a unanimous decision and the vacant IBF interim super bantamweight title.
The official scores were 116-109, 115-110 and 114-111. Goodman improved to 23-1 with eight knockouts, while Nishida fell to 11-2.
Goodman gave the taller southpaw little room to settle behind his reach. He stepped forward from the opening bell, threw a straight right and left hook to get close, then worked Nishida’s body and brought uppercuts through the middle. Nishida landed hard left hands, including a…
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