1.
SV SEKI BOWS TO CROWD (WHITE PANTS)
0.03

2.
SV CHUNG FORWARD AND BOWS TO CROWD
0.06

3.
GV RING ZOOM IN START OF FIRST ROUND
0.14

4.
CV SEKI'S FOOT WORK
0.16

5.
SV SEKI ATTACKING
0.19

6.
GV SEKI ATTACKING - CHUNG DOWN, REFEREE COUNTS TO EIGHT
0.27

7.
GV CONTEST IN PROGRESS, SEKI ATTACKING, CHUNG ON ROPES (2 SHOTS)
0.38

8.
SV REF. BREAKS BOXERS - CHUNG ON HIS FEET AFTER REF COUNTS TO FIVE
0.50

9.
SV REFEREE
0.51

10.
SV FIGHT CONTINUES - SEKI ATTACKING
1.04

11.
GV ZOOM IN FIGHTERS IN CLINCH, REF. BREAKS
1.10

12.
SCV BOXERS
1.15

13.
SV SEKI ATTACKING, CHUNG STUMBLES - FIGHTERS BREAK, PAN TO SEKI IN CORNER
1.23

14.
SV REF. HOLDS UP SEKI'S HAND AS WINNER
1.34



Initials RM/V/AS/MJB


SPORT: BOXING

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Background: THE ORIENT FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION, MISUNORI SEKI, OF JAPAN, FLOORED HIS SOUTH KOREAN CHALLENGER, CHUNG BOX LEE, THREE TIMES IN THEIR BOXING MATCH AT OSAKA, JAPAN, ON WEDNESDAY TO TAKE A FAIRLY EASY VICTORY ON POINTS. SEKI, THE WORLD'S THIRD-RANKED FEATHERWEIGHT, WILL MEET THE WELSH FEATHERWEIGHT, HOWARD WINSTONE, FOR THE VACANT WORLD TITLE IN LONDON ON THE 23RD OF JANUARY.

IN THE SECOND ROUND, SEKI FLOORED CHUNG WITH A STRAIGHT LEFT TO THE CHIN FOR A MANDATORY COUNT OF EIGHT. HE KNOCKED DOWN CHUNG AGAIN IN THE SAME ROUND WITH A RIGHT UPPERCUT TO THE BODY. SEKI FLOORED HIS OPPONENT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN THE NINTH ROUND BUT FAILED TO KNOCK HIM OUT, HAVING TO BE CONTENT WITH WINNING ON POINTS.

IT WAS CHUNG'S THIRD DEFEAT IN A ROW. THE 10-ROUND MATCH TOOK PLACE IN OSAKA'S PREFECTURAL GYMNASIUM.