WBA middleweight title · 12 rounds

William
Joppy
VS
Shinji
Takehara

Joppy · TKO 9/12

Jun 24, 1996 · Arena, Yokohama, 🇯🇵

Joppy going in21-0-1

Takehara going in24-0-0

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MethodTKO

Round9 of 12 · 2:29

TitleWBA middleweight title

Sources

English Wikipedia
side b · observed 2026-10-11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji_Takehara

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English Wikipedia
side a · observed 2026-10-11
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Joppy

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Wikipedia (ja)
side b · observed 2026-10-12
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/竹原慎二

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