Boxing: Japan's Ryosuke Nishida wins 1st IBF bantamweight title defense

Japan's Ryosuke Nishida knocked out Thailand's Anuchai Donsua in the seventh round Sunday to win the first defense of his IBF bantamweight world title.The 28-year-old Nishida, who claimed the bantamweight belt in May, exploited his reach to keep an effective distance from his opponent from the start and got into a good rhythm at Sumiyoshi Sports Center in Osaka.He knocked Anuchai, the IBF's 14th-ranked contender, down with a counter punch in the fifth inning and finished him off with a body blow in the seventh. Nishida remains unbeaten in 10 fights with two knockouts, while Anuchai suffered…READ FULL ARTICLE