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A former Japanese champion professional boxer and a male friend have been arrested for allegedly assaulting another man in Tokyo's Ikebukuro area.
According to police, the assault took place on Sept 18. Fuji TV reported that former pro boxing champion Teruyoshi Omagari, 41, and his friend Daigo Watanabe, 39, a company employee, were drinking alcohol in a park near JR Ikebukuro Station at around 10:10 p.m. The two then had an altercation with a 32-year-old Peruvian male acquaintance and proceeded to punch him in the face and stomp on his head. Police said the victim's injuries will take about three weeks to heal.
Omagari, a Japanese boxing title-holder in 2005, was once referred to as the “Japanese Mike Tyson” by sports tabloids.
Police quoted him as saying he hit the Peruvian man, claiming, "He hit me first and, in the spur of the moment, I swung at him.”
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Yokota
"“He hit me first and, in the spur of the moment, I swung at him.”"
cant do it that way in Japan under j-law, if caught, but ON base is another story.
Alistair Carnell
Teruyoshi Omagari, 41, and his friend Daigo Watanabe, 39, a company employee, were drinking alcohol in a park near JR Ikebukuro Station
Does this indicate the state of things under 'Abenomics''?
The two then had an altercation with a 32-year-old Peruvian male acquaintance and proceeded to punch him in the face and stomp on his head
According to this, it sounds like they both laid into the victim. what a pair of horrid oiks !
kurisupisu
And kicking someone in the head makes sure to continue that 'spur of the moment feeling' !
nakanoguy01
comments slamming japan are alway allowed to remain, but people defending japan get their comments delted you racist fat c*nt
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