Shigeoka stretchered out of ring after rematch loss to Taduran
Pedro Taduran retained his IBF minimumweight title by split decision, once again beating Ginjiro Shigeoka on the road in Japan, but the bigger story came after the fight, when Shigeoka was lifted onto a stretcher and taken from the ring.
Shigeoka, 25, looked pretty fatigued as the fight wore down, and it was a hard, physical, 12-round fight, coming 10 months after the first fight between the two, where Shigeoka took punishment, as well, and was stopped in the ninth round.
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It was a scary scene today in Osaka, with Shigeoka looking spent in the corner, before he was lifted by team members and placed onto a stretcher, at which point he was rushed backstage to receive medical attention.
Bad Left Hook sends our best to Shigeoka.
In the fight itself, Taduran (18-4-1, 13 KO) seemed to do the stronger, more consistent work, especially in the second half of the fight. Shigeoka falls to 11-2 (9 KO). Scores were 115-113 for Shigeoka, and then 115-113 and 118-110 for Taduran.
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