By Hilmar Rojas

For the first time in a championship fight being staged in Asia, the WBA's half-point system will be used. The half-point system will be used in the fight for the 115-pound interim-world title between fourth-placed Thai boxer Denkaosen Kaovichit and fifth-ranked Japanese fighter, Nobuo Nashiro, which takes place in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, September 3. In this fight the referee will be Gustavo Padilla of Panama, and Carlos Sucre, Alex Marin and Francisco Martinez as the judges. The idea is to spread the use of the half-point system to different continents.