[VIDEO] Knockout of the Year Contender: Shinsuke Yamanaka KO7 Tomas Rojas

Sendai, Miyagi, JAPAN — Shinsuke Yamanaka made a successful defense of his WBC bantamweight title last night with a crushing knockout of Tomas Rojas. The southpaw Yamanaka was leading on all scorecards in the seventh (59-55 twice, 58-56) when he stunned Rojas with a left cross and followed up with another left that put Rojas face-first on the canvas. The win is Yamanaka’s second defense of the title and first since scoring his biggest win, a 12 round unanimous decision win over Vic Darchinyan, in April.