Australia's Billy Dib loses to Japan's Takashi Miura in World Boxing Council super-featherweight title bout
Japan's Takashi Miura overpowered Australian challenger Billy Dib to retain his World Boxing Council super-featherweight title for a fourth time with a brutal third-round technical knock-out in Tokyo on Friday.
The 30-year-old champion, who had to be pulled apart from Dib at a tempestuous weigh-in 24 hours earlier, bossed the first two rounds before a vicious left hook sent his rival stumbling into the ropes in the third.
With Dibs legs still wobbling, the referee called a stop to the fight with a minute and 32 seconds remaining in the round, deciding that the former featherweight champion was unable to continue.
Dib, who had reacted angrily to being stared down by Miura in the build-up to the fight, suffered his fourth loss in 44 professional bouts after getting caught flush on the chin by one of the hardest punchers in the division.
AFP