Boxing: Japan's Takahashi knocked out in bid for super bantamweight crown

Japan's Ryohei Takahashi suffered a technical knockout in his first world title fight on Friday.The 28-year-old Takahashi was attempting to wrest the IBF super bantamweight title from Ireland's TJ Doheny, but it was stopped 2 minutes, 18 seconds into the 11th round at New York's Madison Square Garden. It was Doheny's first title defense since the southpaw seized the title from Japan's Ryosuke Iwasa in August.Takahashi suffered a knockdown and the referee stopped the fight when the Japanese boxer was getting pummeled in the 11th."There were problems beyond count with my fight," Takahashi sai…READ FULL ARTICLE