Kanai sets Japanese KO record

03/10/2004

Kanai sets Japanese KO record

japantoday.com: Akinori Kanai KO1 Singdam Monsaichon - Featherweight Akinori Kanai set the Japanese record for most knockouts at the start of a career in Osaka, Japan on Sunday. Kanai is now 14-0 with 14 knockouts after a first round knockout of Thailand's Singdam Monsaichon.  Japan Today described the knockout punch as right jab.  The former record of thirteen knockouts at the start of a Japanese career belonged to Daisuke Maruyama, who is a 115-pounder with a current record of 16-0 with 13 KOs.