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Kazuma Okamoto homered and drove in five runs to power Japan into the World Baseball Classic semifinals with a 9-3 victory against Italy on Thursday in Tokyo.
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The relentlessness Pryor displayed against Arguello created the ultimate modern boxing near-miss. Despite Pryor coming up while Leonard, Duran, and Hearns fought at welterweight, the tenacious junior welterweight did not score a fight with any of them as a pro. While prior Leonard-Pryor negotiations broke down over low offers to the less famous fighter, the two reached an agreement to vie for Leonard s welterweight belt in 1982. Leonard soon suffering a detached retina in a tune-up fight threw off those plans. Hawk moved on to Arguello later that year, but Leonard s first retirement took a fight with boxing s star of the moment off the table, altering Pryor s career.