By Joe Koizumi
Photos By Naoki Fukuda (To Come Soon)
Durable southpaw WBO#10 Eridson Garcia (23-1, 14 KOs), 134.5, turned the tide with a come-from-behind knockdown of previously unbeaten Japanese prospect Taiga Imanaga (9-1, 5 KOs; amateur 113-13), 134.6, and eked out a split decision (96-93, 95-94 for him, 94-95 against him) over ten furious rounds on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was a shocker for formerly ten-time amateur national champ Imanaga and his adherents watching the fight in Japan as he was winning until before his crucial visit to the deck in round eight caused by Garcia’s solid well-timed right hook to the button.
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