Nihito Arakawa He made his mark in the twelve-round lightweight slugfest against this man who held the WBC lightweight title in what year
Nihito Arakawa Nihito Arakawa (荒川 仁人 , Arakawa Nihito , born 23 December 1981 in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan) is a professional boxer nicknamed "Japanese Rocky". He made his mark in the twelve-round lightweight slugfest against Omar Figueroa in July 2013, that earned him the nickname after the film "Rocky". "The Japanese lefty gained a zillion fans with his rumble last year against Figueroa," TheSweetScience.com's Michael Woods said in 2014. He is the former Japanese and OPBF (Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation) lightweight champion.
CMLL World Lightweight Championship The CMLL World Lightweight Championship (Spanish: "Campeonato Mundial de Peso Ligero del CMLL" ) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), a Mexican "Lucha Libre" wrestling promotion (franchise). Originally CMLL promoted the "Super Lightweight" division as part of their expansion into Japan in 1999 and 2000 and later reintroduced the division in 2003, at the same time they were running a CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship in Mexico. During Máscara Dorada's reign between 2009 and 2011, the name was changed to the CMLL Lightweight Championship, adjusting the weight limit.