- Title: JAPAN: TOKYO: WORLD JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT
- Date: 1st April 1968
- Summary: FIGHT, KOBAYASHI IN WHITE TRUNKS AND THE FILIPINO IN BLACK. Initials GS/VS/JH/SS SPORT: BOXING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 16th April 1968 13:00
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- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Reuters ID: LVAAKBPJ1LYSP3UEP7WCX97U3HVI
- Story Text: JAPAN'S HIROSHI KOBAYASHI RETAINED HIS WORLD JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT BOXING TITLE IN TOKYO ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN A DRAWN MATCH WITH RENE BARRIENTOS OF THE PHILIPPINES. THE BOUT WENT THE FULL 15-ROUNDS WITH BOTH CHAMPION AND CHALLENGER IN PEAK FORM.
MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND FANS WERE AT TOKYO'S BUDKAN HALL TO SEE AN AGGRESSIVE BARRIENTOS ATTACK THE CHAMPION FROM THE FIRST BELL AND EVENTUALLY KNOCK HIM DOWN. THE ONSLAUGHT BY BARRIENTOS, WHO USED A STRAIGHT LEFT EFFECTIVELY, HAD THE CHAMPION IN TROUBLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT IN THE FINAL ROUND A COUNTER-ATTACK BY KOBAYASHI WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE FILIPINO OFF. AT THE FINAL BELL, TWO OF THE THREE JUDGES HAD VOTED 72-72 AND THE FIGHT WAS DECLARED A DRAW.
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