Yoshihiro Akiyama has always been a man of few words, but his performance at “ONE Championship 109: King of the Jungle” certainly made a big statement. Akiyama (15-7) starched Egyptian Sherif Mohamed with a perfectly-timed right-hand counter in the first round of their welterweight bout at an empty Singapore Indoor Stadium – the event being forced behind closed doors due to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic in the region – and made clear his desire to compete in South Korea later this year. “It was a big pity I couldn’t meet the Singaporean people, but it was great that some people could watch it on TV,” he said backstage after his win.
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