Japan's bad-boy Kameda to challenge the world again

Writer: AFP

Published: 11/08/2009 at 05:00 AM

Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda, back from a one-year ban for fighting dirty in a world title match two years ago, said Monday he would challenge a world champion again in October.

A referee signals to the judges two penalty points for Japanese challenger Daiki Kameda (R) after throwing Daisuke Naito to the canvas on the 12th round of their World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title bout in Tokyo, in 2007. Kameda, back from a one-year ban for fighting dirty in a world title match two years ago, said Monday he would challenge a world champion again in October.

The 20-year-old Kameda, ranked 11th in the World Boxing Association flyweight division, said he would fight title-holder Denkaosan Kaowichit of Thailand in his hometown of Osaka on October 6.

"I have worked hard and come a long way to make another challenge," Kameda told a news conference here. "Now it is me who will make it happen."

In his failed crack at a world title, he kicked, choked and repeatedly tackled World Boxing Council flyweight champion Daisuke Naito in Tokyo on October 11, 2007. The incident led promoters to be flooded with complaints from fans.

The Japan Boxing Commission suspended Kameda from prize fighting for a year and indefinitely barred his father Shiro Kameda from being a cornerman. The senior Kameda groomed all three of his sons to be brash boxers.

The eldest of the three sons is Koki Kameda, 22, who was World Boxing Association light flyweight champion from August 2006 to January 2007 when he gave up the title and stepped up to flyweight. Koki is now the top WBA contender.

Koki was also reprimanded by the commission for urging the boxer to fight dirty. The youngest son, Tomoki, is an 18-year-old bantamweight.

"It's been just two years since that time. I tried to learn about society as a human being in the first year. I have worked hard and produced results in the past year," Daiki said.

Denkaosan, who turns 33 this month, won the title from Japan's Takefumi Sakata in December last year. He retained it on a split decision against another Japanese Hiroyuki Hisataka in Uttaradit, Thailand, last May.

Kameda has a record of 14 wins, 10 of them by knockout, against one loss.

The Thai champion has 47 wins, 20 of them inside the distance, to his name against one draw and one loss.

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