Last year we saw Akio Shibata (27-9-1, 13) [柴田 明雄] announce his retirement from boxing, after he lost the unifed Japanese and OPBF Middleweight titles to Hikaru Nishida. Although retired as a fighter Shibata was never going to be far away from the sport and today he hosted a special event to announce the opening of his new gym.The former Watanabe gym fighter helda ceremony with a numberof notable faced from the Watanabe gym, announcing that the [...]
