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Yoshiaki Numata vs Rene Barrientos
Date: 3rd January 1971
Venue: Sunpu Arena, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Title: WBC World Super-featherweight Title
Yoshiaki Numata
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Weight: 130 lbs
Rene Barrientos
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Weight: 130 lbs
Numata made the second successful defence of the WBC World Super-featherweight title he won from Barrientos 9 months earlier with a tight split decision this time around at The Sunpu Arena in Shizuoka, Japan.
Scores: JE Crowder 68-67 | Pedro Flores 72-73 | Hiroyuki Tezaki 73-71.
Numata had held both the WBC and WBA World super-featherweight titles previously when he beat Filipino great Flash Elorde in June 1967.