Aaand after a 3-year bump, here's a 3-minute: Tanaka apparently won in 12.
-=( JAPANESE BOXING )=- Kosei, Inoue, Murata, Yaegashi all in action this weekend!
Ioka unifies WBC/WBA Minimumweight belts in WAR!
Kazuto Ioka won the historical unification bout in Japan on June 20 following 12 rounds of great action that so a very close, competitive fight. Akira Yaegashi had to fight through two swollen eyes and he did it with great success, it just wasn't enough in the end according to the judges. Could've gone either way and as good as it was, the rematch is surely in the works. I'll post the video if I find it.
No HD video yet, but the Japanese usually put it up on youtube so I'll post it when they do, you'll have to settle for SD for now
[video=dailymotion;xrpa3m]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrpa3m_kazuto-ioka-vs-akira-yaegashi-high-quality_sport[/video]
The Japanese boxing scene offers a lot of quality, skills, excitement, solid fights, it is worthy of it's own thread, especially as a rare unification is coming up on June 20! A short overlook of the current scene:
Takahiro Ao defended his WBC SFW title via very close decision vs. Terdsak Kokietgym
Takashi Uchiyama knocked out interim champ Jorge Solis, fights Michael Farenas on July 16
Toshiaki Nishioka punished ring legend Rafael Marquez in Las Vegas, nothing scheduled at the moment
Shinsuke Yamanaka retained the WBC BW title vs. Vic Darchinyan in a close but clear decision
Koki Kameda defended the WBA BW but not looking good vs Nouldy Manakane
Tamonobu Shimizu lost the WBA SFlyW to talented Thai Tepparith Singwancha
Yota Sato upset WBC SFlyW champ Suriyan Sor Rungvisai, fights Sylvester Lopez on July 7
Kazuto Ioka unified the WBC & WBA minimumweight titles vs. Akira Yaegashi in a war to write Japanese boxing history. they should have a rematch it was so good and competitive
& Hozumi Hasegawa came back with a vengeange, and brutalized unbeaten Felipe Carlos Felix for a mercy 7th round KO
Kazuto Ioka won the historical unification bout in Japan on June 20 following 12 rounds of great action that so a very close, competitive fight. Akira Yaegashi had to fight through two swollen eyes and he did it with great success, it just wasn't enough in the end according to the judges. Could've gone either way and as good as it was, the rematch is surely in the works. I'll post the video if I find it.
No HD video yet, but the Japanese usually put it up on youtube so I'll post it when they do, you'll have to settle for SD for now
[video=dailymotion;xrpa3m]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrpa3m_kazuto-ioka-vs-akira-yaegashi-high-quality_sport[/video]
The Japanese boxing scene offers a lot of quality, skills, excitement, solid fights, it is worthy of it's own thread, especially as a rare unification is coming up on June 20! A short overlook of the current scene:
Takahiro Ao defended his WBC SFW title via very close decision vs. Terdsak Kokietgym
Takashi Uchiyama knocked out interim champ Jorge Solis, fights Michael Farenas on July 16
Toshiaki Nishioka punished ring legend Rafael Marquez in Las Vegas, nothing scheduled at the moment
Shinsuke Yamanaka retained the WBC BW title vs. Vic Darchinyan in a close but clear decision
Koki Kameda defended the WBA BW but not looking good vs Nouldy Manakane
Tamonobu Shimizu lost the WBA SFlyW to talented Thai Tepparith Singwancha
Yota Sato upset WBC SFlyW champ Suriyan Sor Rungvisai, fights Sylvester Lopez on July 7
Kazuto Ioka unified the WBC & WBA minimumweight titles vs. Akira Yaegashi in a war to write Japanese boxing history. they should have a rematch it was so good and competitive
& Hozumi Hasegawa came back with a vengeange, and brutalized unbeaten Felipe Carlos Felix for a mercy 7th round KO
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Shiro Ken (10-0, 5KO) picked up WBC LFW belt via beating Ganigan Lopez via MD
Kosei Tanaka dropped unbeaten Angel Acosta and finished with a wide UD
Kosei Tanaka dropped unbeaten Angel Acosta and finished with a wide UD
I think N'Dam will get knocked down at least once.
stream link perhaps?
Lol, from R5 and upwards, Hassan did not win a round, got his ass rocked and knocked down. And got the decision. :lol:
What, he knocked down Murata 10 times before? This must be the biggest robbery of recent times.
What, he knocked down Murata 10 times before? This must be the biggest robbery of recent times.
I mean what the fuck?
I mean what the actual fuck?
I gave N'Dam nothing after the 3rd. That was a horrific decision. The third was close and arguably could've gone to Murata too imo. Still, N'Dam did not win that fight.Lol, from R5 and upwards, Hassan did not win a round, got his ass rocked and knocked down. And got the decision. :lol:
What, he knocked down Murata 10 times before? This must be the biggest robbery of recent times.
Well, at least the corrupt organization is mad. Here's Mr. Prez' statement:
"I feel angry and frustrated for not being able to serve the sport with the right decisions. After judging the bout, my scorecard is 117-110 for Murata. First of all let me apologize to Ryota Murata, Teiken Promotions and ALL Japanese boxing fans. There are no words how to repair the damage caused by the poor decision. I will demand the Championship Committee order a direct rematch."
With that said, how about delegating educated, battle-tested and ethically sound judges instead of running into farces like this and then apologize? Clean effective punching ain't that easy to follow, Murata won 10, N'Dam won 2 plus the knockdown, it's 118-109, but you can argue with a 117-110, Prez knows his boxing.
But in so obviously terrible cases the result should be
1) changed to the rightful winner or a NC,
2) indefinitely suspend the incompetent judges,
3) start a criminal investigation whether or not corruption is involved and
4) perhaps throw the 10 points must system under the bus and introduce some super AI computer based, hi-def camera, pressure sensing hawk-eye system, cause CLEARLY, boxing's subjective scoring is it's cancer and has been over a hundred years. Shit, some sports haven't even existed over a hundred years ago and boxing keeps making the same, decade-old mistakes.
It's all good IMO, a BS win is a BS, Murara will have his chance for making it right, just needs to close the show, which he was close to. But for cases like Kotelnik-Alexander and the like where the underdog has now power or organization support to turn an obviously bad / corrupt decision around, scoring as it is must go. All sports change. Tennis rules change. Technology is introduced. There is no line of defense for the current judges and system.
"I feel angry and frustrated for not being able to serve the sport with the right decisions. After judging the bout, my scorecard is 117-110 for Murata. First of all let me apologize to Ryota Murata, Teiken Promotions and ALL Japanese boxing fans. There are no words how to repair the damage caused by the poor decision. I will demand the Championship Committee order a direct rematch."
With that said, how about delegating educated, battle-tested and ethically sound judges instead of running into farces like this and then apologize? Clean effective punching ain't that easy to follow, Murata won 10, N'Dam won 2 plus the knockdown, it's 118-109, but you can argue with a 117-110, Prez knows his boxing.
But in so obviously terrible cases the result should be
1) changed to the rightful winner or a NC,
2) indefinitely suspend the incompetent judges,
3) start a criminal investigation whether or not corruption is involved and
4) perhaps throw the 10 points must system under the bus and introduce some super AI computer based, hi-def camera, pressure sensing hawk-eye system, cause CLEARLY, boxing's subjective scoring is it's cancer and has been over a hundred years. Shit, some sports haven't even existed over a hundred years ago and boxing keeps making the same, decade-old mistakes.
It's all good IMO, a BS win is a BS, Murara will have his chance for making it right, just needs to close the show, which he was close to. But for cases like Kotelnik-Alexander and the like where the underdog has now power or organization support to turn an obviously bad / corrupt decision around, scoring as it is must go. All sports change. Tennis rules change. Technology is introduced. There is no line of defense for the current judges and system.
And Yaegashi was stopped in the 1st by Milan Melindo, more bad news for Japanese boxing.
Inoue up next.
Inoue up next.
Real shame about Yaegashi, guy has had a crazy career, hopefully he has a fairwell fight and then walks away
Inoue fighting in the US in September, good news, hopefully to build a fight with Chocolatito-Srisaket winner
Inoue fighting in the US in September, good news, hopefully to build a fight with Chocolatito-Srisaket winner
Naoya Inoue looks like Tito Trinidad in there. Props on those slick trunks too, what a beast.
I thought Inoue was for sure moving up last I read?Real shame about Yaegashi, guy has had a crazy career, hopefully he has a fairwell fight and then walks away
Inoue fighting in the US in September, good news, hopefully to build a fight with Chocolatito-Srisaket winner
Naoya is still very explosive on the front foot, excellent switch hitting, he totally confused Rodriguez. Still gotta work on that head movement if he has true top P4P aspirations.
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