The Ugandan boxer put up a dominant show to stop Kosei Nogami in the 8th round.
Uganda’s David “Tank” Ssemujju is the new WBO Asia Pacific welterweight champion.
The 32-year-old Ssemujju stopped Japan’s Kosei Nogami in the 8th of a scheduled 10-round fight to capture not only the WBO Asia Pacific welterweight title but retained his Japanese title at the packed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
Ssemujju controlled the fight from the first round subjecting his southpaw opponent to a couple of heavy head shots.
Amid chants of Ssemujju! Ssemujju! from flag-waving Ugandan fans, Ssemujju stepped up pressure in the 8th round pounding Nogami with non-stop left and right head flurries that forced the referee to wave it off to save Nogami from receiving further unnecessary punishment and embarrassment before his fans in Tokyo.
Ssemujju has has now won nine fights five of them on KOs and lost once to Uzbekistan’s Kamronbek Eshmatov.
Nogami, whose unbeaten four-fight streak was stopped by Ssemujju, dropped to 4-1-0 with two KOs.
