September 29, 2017
The Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Tokyo
The decisions made at the WBO convention have not even had time to settle, and already they are being carried into the open.
In a media room just down the same corridor, the doors are now open to the press. The atmosphere is calmer than the closed session before it, but not by much; there is a quiet awareness in the room that what will be said here is not routine, but the direct outcome of what was argued only hours ago.
Kanemura sits at the center of the table with a document in hand. Whatever disagreements were raised behind closed doors have already been resolved, or buried, and what remains now is a unified front.
He leans slightly toward the microphone, giving only the briefest glance at the page before speaking.
