Got a call from Yoshi Fujii tonight, the Fresno boxer who fought his first professional fight in Lemoore.
He apparently knocked his opponent out in the third round.
That makes him 1-0. His manager, the man who runs the Southeast Fresno Boxing Club, said Yoshi's the real deal, and it looks like he might be.
His opponent was Ed Melendrez, a two-time national amateur champ from Bakersfield, not at all the easy fight they wanted to start him with, but the Southeast Fresno Boxing Club doesn't produce enough pro boxers to get to hand-pick opponents at the Tachi Palace. (It's a weird buddy system, this boxing world.)
They want Yoshi to get to 10-0, then he can start making some bigger purses. He's off to a good start.
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