Moses Defeats Shimada, Retains WBA lightweight title

By Jim Dower: Making his first defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title, unbeaten Paulus Moses (25-0, 17 KO’s) defeated Japanese challenger Takehiro Shimada (23-5-1, 16 KO’s) by a 12-round unanimous decision. The final judges’ scores were 118-110, 119-109 and 119-109, all for the 30-year-old Moses.

Shimada, 37, fell down in the 1st round and hurt his left knee. The rest of the way, Moses, 31, fighting in front of a home audience, dominated Shimada with combinations to the head and body.