East Japan Newcomer's Championship Middleweight Semifinals
Referee Toshio Sugiyama, right, steps in between Eigoro Akai (red gloves) and Ryohei Ibuki (blue gloves) to stop the fight in the eighth round after Ibuki's trainer Yuji Maruyama, left, waved a towel and got on the ring during the 2023 East Japan Rookie of the Year Tournament Middleweight semi-final bout at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, September 15, 2023. (Photo by Hiroaki Finito Yamaguchi/AFLO)