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Kenneth Llover stays unbeaten and claims his fifth consecutive knockout victory, whereas Johnriel Casimero returns to his successful methods
MANILA, Philippines – Prime prospect Kenneth Llover prolonged his rampage within the bantamweight division, whereas Johnriel Casimero began his climb again to relevance as they each received by way of knockout on Saturday, December 27, on the Aichi Sky Expo in Tokoname, Japan.
The unbeaten Llover scored a second-round knockout of Ayati Sailike to handily retain his Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation crown.
Touted to turn into the following Filipino world champion, Llover first dropped Sailike with a mixture then completed off the Chinese language challenger with one other flurry of punches as he posted his fourth win in 2025.
Llover rose to 17-0 with 12 knockouts, together with his final 5. Sailike fell to 12-10-3 with 5 knockouts.
Llover is being groomed by his chief handler, former two-division world champion Gerry Penalosa, and Kameda Promotions for a world title eliminator in early 2026.
Additionally with Workforce Llover have been coach Dindo Campo and energy and conditioning coach Alex Ariza.
Showcasing his energy, Llover damage Sailike with a strong physique shot within the first spherical, forcing the challenger to shift to survival mode.
However Llover, wanting to please the group, charged at him with no let-up.
In the meantime, Casimero stopped Tom Mizokoshi within the fifth spherical of their tremendous bantamweight tussle to return to his successful methods.
The 36-year-old Casimero, a former three-division world champion, caught Mizokoshi with a tough proper, adopted up by two lefts to the face that despatched the overmatched Japanese down on the ropes.
Mizokoshi, whose nostril bled profusely, beat the rely however the referee discovered him unfit to proceed for the eight-rounder, giving Casimero his thirty fifth win in opposition to 5 losses and 1 draw with 24 knockouts.
Extra importantly, Casimero obtained his profession again on monitor after it obtained derailed by a unanimous determination loss to Kyonosuke Kameda in October.
The flippantly regarded Mizokoshi suffered his second straight setback and slipped to 11-6-2 with 5 knockouts.
Casimero was in charge of the bout from the onset and bloodied Mizokoshi’s nostril with a proper straight within the second spherical.
Casimero hopes to land a giant battle with two-division world champion Luis Nery in early 2026 because the Mexican can be underneath Kameda Promotions just like the pleasure of Ormoc Metropolis. – Rappler.com
