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Victor Rabanales of Mexico won the World Boxing Council bantamweight title by stopping champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi of Japan in the ninth round at Osaka, Japan.
Tatsuyoshi was returning from a one-year layoff after an operation on his left eye. Referee Richard Steele stepped in at 1:19 of the round as Rabanales pounded Tatsuyoshi with body blows.
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