By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda (to come soon)
Australian Sam Goodman (23-1, 8 KOs), 121.75, won the interim IBF junior featherweight belt as he defeated Japanese southpaw Ryosuke Nishida (11-2, 2 KOs), 122, by a unanimous decision (114-111, 116-109, 115-110) over twelve sizzling rounds on Sunday in Tokyo, Japan. They mixed it up toe-to-toe almost all the way with Goodman scoring with more effective shots to Nishida in close quarters.
(More to come)
