This past Monday was a busy day in Asian boxing with notable fights taking place in both Japan and Korea. Osaka, Japan The most of two Japanese shows came from Osaka as Osaka Teiken put on a very notable 9 fight card that showcased prospects and domestic contenders as well as novices. The most promising fighter in action was Japanese youngster Sho Nakazawa (7-0, 4), who scored his biggest win to date as he out pointed former world title challenger Silvester Lopez (24-10-2, 18) over 10 rounds. The Japanese 22 year old was dropped early in the fight but then found his groove and took a comfortable decision win over Lopez. Following this win Nakazawa seemed to suggest that he was eyeing up a Japanese title fight with Yukinori Oguni. Another of the main bouts saw tough Flyweight contender Myung Ho Lee (19-4-1, 6) take a clear decision win over Akiyoshi Kanazawa (12-4-4, 6), as Lee continued his hunt for a title fight of his own. Talking about title fights it's now clear that Kenichi Horikawa (29-13-1, 6) will be fighting Shin Ono for the Japanese Light Flyweight title later in the year. Horikawa booked his place in that fight by scoring an 8th round TKO win here against Il Che (7-9-5, 1), who was stopped for just the second time in his career. Although a number of bouts were notable in and around the title level there was one, major bout, that wasn't even close to being relevant at the top of the domestic level. That bout saw Juiki Tatsuyoshi (2-0, 2) continue his career with a 2nd round KO win against Naoki Okamura (1-4). Tatsuyoshi, the son of the charismatic Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, already appears to be a huge draw despite facing poor opposition and it's clear that his team are going to make the most of his surname. In low level action we had a number of novices all facing off. The most notable of those bouts was a split decision win for Toshiki Kawanishi (3-4, 1), who over-came Yosuke Taniguchi (3-4). Another split decision saw Shintaro Ukezono (2-0) over-come the debuting Masayuki Kuroko (0-1). In competitive decision bouts Hayate Ikuta (2-0) out pointed the win-less Wolf Nakano (0-1-2) and Kazunori Harima (1-1-1) over-came Ryo Inagaki (1-1, 1). There was also a blow out on this opening portion of the card as Ryuta Miyoshi (1-2, 1) stopped Kenji Okawa (0-2) in just 129 seconds. Fukuoka, Japan A second Japanese show took place in Fukuoka where fans got an 8 bout card. In the main event of this show we got a mild surprise as Satoshi Ozawa (10-6-1, 2) claimed a split decision win against the much more experienced Yoshihiko Matsuo (18-6-6, 3). The co-feature also ended in a split decision as Koki Ono (8-3, 4) out pointed Aki Koto (8-3-1, 4), though the judge scoring in favour of Koto does seem to have gotten this one wrong. Another very competitive match up here saw Yusuke Sekido (9-11-2) take a majority decision win over Takanori Hayashida (5-10-3) in a very well matched bout. The remaining bouts here were all 4-rounders. These included a female bout that saw Maika Fukuzaki (1-1) claim her first win as she out pointed Arisa Iwanaga (0-2), a very competitive win for Tsunehiko Aitoku (3-3-1), who out pointed the previously unbeaten Yukinori Yamaguchi (4-1-1, 2) and a wonderfully competitive split decision draw between Kaito Akiyoshi (1-0-1) and Akito Terada (1-1-1). The only one sided bouts among these 4 rounders, other than the female bout, was a clear decision win for Shuma Nakazato (3-0, 2) who impressed en route to out pointing Hiromichi Kurokawa (4-3-1, 1) and a 4th round TKO win for Fumiaki Sueyoshi (2-0, 2), who stopped Takafumi Uryu (0-2). Interestingly Nakazato is the son of former OPBF champion, Shigeru Nakazato, who was a multi-time world title challenger. Ulsan, South Korea The only show outside of Japan came from South Korea where fans had televised action under the KBF banner. The show featured a couple of televised international bouts and a number of others bouts, though only one of the bouts on the show has been included on the boxrec.com database. The one bout that is on boxrec is an IBF Asia Super Bantamweight title fight that saw defending champion Ye Joon Kim (12-1-2, 6) retain his title with a 7th round retirement of Japan's Yoshihiro Utsumi (12-7-3, 7), who suffered his first stoppage loss. The talented Korean was in fine form to defend his belt for the first time though now needs to look towards making a mark on the world stage. Another international bout on this show saw Sa Myung Noh (8-2-1, 1) take a narrow decision win over Filipino fighter Jaymart Toyco (15-8, 11) in a very hotly contested 8 round bout that could easily have gone Toyco's way. Frustratingly there was one other televised bout on the show, though we're unsure who was involved. The bout was a 6 round that saw a now 6-1-1 (1) fighter taken the unbeaten record a fighter now 5-1 (1). (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp)
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This past Thursday was a great day for Japanese fans who had two shows with a lot of action and a number of interesting match ups. Osaka, Japan The bigger of the two shows, by far, came from Osaka where fans got a bit of everything. They got a world title fight in the main event, they got the next fight in the development of a brilliant young prospect, they got the debut fight of a former amateur standout, they got a huge debut involving the son of a true legend and they also got a minor upset. All in all fans in Osaka got value for their money. The main event saw the hugely popular and destructively hard hitting Shinsuke Yamanaka (23-0-2, 17) continue his impressive reign as the WBC Bantamweight champion as he easily disposed of the horribly over-matched Diego Ricardo Santillan (23-1, 15). The Argentinian challenger had come to the ring with an unbeaten record and a lot of confidence but was dominated by Yamanaka who dropped in rounds 6 and 7 with the Argentinian staying down following the second knock-down. In some ways this was the perfect performance by the champion though in other ways it was disappointing to see such a poor challenger thrown in with Yamanaka. In the chief support bout fans saw the talented youngster Sho Nakazawa (6-0, 4) take a wide 8 round decision win over the game but relatively limited Alexander Cazares (9-4, 3) of Mexico. The young Japanese fighter did have some issues, more than he'd had in his previous 5 bouts, but nothing major in what was a routine win. It now sees like Nakazawa will begin the hunt for titles. In another of the major support bouts we saw Juiki Tatsuyoshi (1-0, 1) batter Tadao Iwaya (1-3) in just 2 rounds. Juiki is the second son of the great Joichiro Tatsuyoshi and at times showed some of his father's traits though it's going to take a very long time for him to develop into a fighter like his father. It was an impressive debut but it did come against a very over-matched foe. Another debutant on this card was the touted Shuya Masaki (1-0, 1) who made very light work of Phanthong Por Panya (1-2, 1). Masaki, who has a solid amateur pedigree, stopped Phanthong after just 134 seconds of their scheduled 6 rounder. It was all perfect for the touted Japanese fighters on this card however as for Rookie of the Year winner Tatsuya Ikemizu (12-1, 5) suffered his first defeat. The youngster was out gunned and out gritted by Japanese based Filipino Mark John Yap (20-12, 10). Yap took a very close 8 round decision over the youngster though it was a bout that Ikemizu will have learned a lot from, a “good loss” if you will. As well the higher profile bouts this card featured 3 relatively low profile 4 rounders. One of those was over in just 26 seconds as Takaaki Maeda (3-1, 1) blew away Takuya Olivia Hase (2-1-1, 1) in double quick fashion. The other contests were both razor thin decisions with one of those seeing Kenji Kihisa (3-2, 1) over-coming Akito Terada (1-1) whilst the other saw Kazuma Fukuyama (4-4-3) defeat Ryuta Miyoshi (0-2), both of those were majority decisions. Tokyo, Japan Whilst the big show of the day was in Osaka there was also some highly entertaining action in Tokyo where fans had 3 bouts of note as well as an interesting and well matched under-card. The most competitive of the main bouts saw former Japanese champion Koji Umetsu (22-16-3, 10) battle to a split decision loss against Kazunori Takayama (21-8-4, 4) in a bout that really could have gone either way. Umetsu, who was the Japanese Featherweight champion back in 2006, has had an up and down career but at 38 years old he has got to be considering retirement. Takayama on the other hand may be able to work himself towards a title fight later in the year. Incidentally this was the third meeting between the two men. Another exciting main bout saw the heavy handed Akinori Watanabe (32-4, 27) take a rare decision win as he over-came the teak tough Arnel Tinampay (22-17-1, 8), a Japanese based Filipino tough-guy. This looked like a great bout when it was signed and it prove to be enthralling in the ring, though it was a worthy win for Watanabe who stated that he'd like a fight with Yoshihiro Kamegai after the fight. The third notable bout proved to be a bit of a mismatch as Takeshi Inoue (3-0-1, 2) made light work of Thai foe Kriburee Sithniwat (0-3-1). The Thai was stopped in the 2nd round of the scheduled 8 round bout. According to boxrec.com this was Kriburee's first bout in almost 6 year, though as with many Thai's it's hard to verify the record one way or another. In the sole 6 rounder we again saw a Thai being stopped early as Takuya Yamaguchi (9-9, 7) saw off Pornsak Chomram (0-1) at the very end of round 3, technically scoring the KO at 3:09 of the 3rd round. The card featured 5 bouts scheduled for the 4 round distance. Of those only a couple went the completed schedule. One of those that went the distance saw Daichi Honma (1-0) claim a debut win as he over-came Akihiro Yashiro (2-2-1) in a wide decision win, the other ended in a split decision as Yutaka Uemura (3-2-1, 2) just out did Tomoki Takada (1-1-1). One bout that almost made it to the final bell saw Shunta Terai (1-2-1, 1) take a 4th round TKO against Ryusuke Arai (0-4-1). The other two bouts lasted less than a completed round. One of them saw Shu Muramatsu (1-1, 1) blow away Masahiko Abe (2-2-1, 2) in 74 seconds whilst the other saw Fire Terakado (1-1, 1) defeat Keisuke Imabuchi (0-1) in 98 seconds. (Image courtesy of boxingnews.jp) This past Monday was an incredibly busy day though unfortunately we were very slow to receive the results for the day, hence why we're only able to put them up now, almost 48 hours after the bouts. Thankfully in the interim we have managed to get together some video's from some of the bouts, so we guess it wasn't all bad. IMP Hall, Osaka, Japan One of two Osaka shows came from the IMP Hall and was probably the most notable of the 4 Asian cards. The show wasn't big by any means but did feature but some interesting bouts and a very notable pro-test bout. The first of the pro-tests saw Juiki Tatsuyoshi, the second son of the legendary Joichiuro Tatsuyoshi, qualify for the C license with the intention for him to make his debut next year in a rookie style match up. Unlike his father he's not got a deep amateur pedigree but is said to possess genuine power, something his father also had. The main event on this card saw saw former OPBF Flyweight title challenger Myung Ho Lee (17-4-1, 5) struggle past Takashi Omae (12-4-5, 1) with a very competitive unanimous decision. Omae put up a great fight but was narrowly beaten by the more experienced Lee. One of the chief support bouts saw the heavy handed and unbeaten Ryuto Kyoguchi (13-0-1, 9) take a 7th round technical decision against Shohei Fujimoto (9-4-3, 8). Prior to the finish Kyoguchi was comfortably in the lead on two cards whilst the third had the bout close, he had however scored a knockdown early in the bout and seemed to be able to cope with Fujimoto's determined effort to upset the unbeaten man. For us the most interesting bout on this card was the contest involving the much touted Sho Nakazawa (5-0, 4) who stepped up brilliantly to over-come former OPBF Super Bantamweight challenger Jhunriel Ramonal (14-8-4, 7). Ramonal lasted the 8 round distance with Nakazawa though failed to win a round in what was a genuinely impressive performance by the Japanese youngster who we suspect will move into the title mix in 2015. Prior to this bout Nakazawa looked like he was very flawed though this performance was a much more mature and complete one that we had expected and we now suspect that he is as talented as the hype suggests. This card consisted of 3 undercard as well as the main trio of bouts. The first of those saw the unbeaten Kyosuke Tsutsumimoto (2-0, 2) stopping Tetsuya Kudo (3-4, 2) in the third round. Another of the under-card contests saw Kei Fujita (3-2, 1) take a very close decision over Kenji Khisa (2-2, 1) in a bout that was really close on all 3 cards which read 39-38, all in favour of Fujita. The third under-card bout was an all debutant clash that saw Ryo Inagaki (1-0, 1) stopping Yoshihisa Tanabe (0-1) at the very end of the first round, despite both of these guys being debutants were impressed by both. Sumiyoshi Ward Center, Osaka, Japan The other show in Osaka came from the Sumiyoshi Ward Center and also featured a notable pro-test bout as well as 4 interesting main bouts. The pro-test fighter here was 17 year old Hinata Maruta, a man who some in Japan are tipping as a future world champion despite his age and his pre-debut status. Maruta was very impressive in his test bout and has received a B class license and it seems that his intention is to have a US based training camp next year before debuting in the fall against a world ranked foe. Yes Maruta want's to debut against an opponent with a world ranking, it's fair to say he's ambitious, young, talented and going to be very fun to follow. As for the actual bouts on this show the most notable was a Middleweight bout between #6 ranked Japanese Middleweight Koki Tyson Maebara (7-1-1, 7) and WBC Youth Light Middleweight champion Petchsuriya Singwancha (12-9, 6). Petchsuriya, a talented Thai who has been in great form recently, was no match for Maebara who was far too big and too strong for the Thai who was dwarfed in comparison to the Japanese fighter who announced that he will be targeting a Japanese title fight in 2015. As well as the Maebara bout there were 3 other notable contests. The most interesting of those saw the heavy handed Jumbo Oda Nobunaga Shoten Petagine (9-2, 7) avenge his most recent loss as he out pointed Shohei Kanemoto (9-9-1, 3) and even the score for a loss in April to Kanemoto. A second bout that went the distance saw Cyborg Nawatedani (8-2-2, 3) take a hard fought and well earned decision over Shunji Nagata (10-12-2, 3). The most exciting of the main bouts to watch saw Yuta Uetani (16-5-1, 7) pull himself off the canvas to stop the usually tough Marjohn Yap (19-12, 10) in the 5th round of a back and forth bout. Uetani was down earlier though recovered well to drop Yap who looked unsteady when he recovered his feet and it forced the referee to stop the bout. On the lower part of the card fans saw two draws from the 5 undercard bouts. One of those draws saw the unbeaten Kaminoko Okamura Kentokid (3-0-3, 2) fight to a split draw with Takuya Sugiyama (3-3-1) whilst the other saw Hiroaki Iwakura (2-1-1, 2) fight to a draw with Ryota Shimizu (3-6-1, 1), both the draw were split decision draws. As well as the draws there 3 other undercard results. One of those went the distance and saw Tadao Iwaya (1-2) record his first win as he out-pointed the still win-less Shinchi Yokozato (0-4). The other two both ended in stoppages with Daiki Miyayama (3-2-1, 2) scoring an opening round victory over Yosuke Taniguchi (2-3) whilst it took 3 rounds for Takuya Olivia Hase (2-0-1, 1) to defeat the debuting Shigi Hosokawa (0-1). Industrial Hall, Gifu, Japan A third show in Japan was held in Gifu where the promising Genki Hanai (3-0, 2) battled against Filipino foe Crison Omayao (16-9-2, 4). Omayao, a man familiar to Japanese following losses to super prospects Naoya Inoue and Kosei Tanaka, surprisingly managed to see out the 8 rounds with Hanai and actually took a few points from Hanai who in some ways showed he was a full level behind his much touted compatriots. The main event here was the only standout bout on the show and was supported by 7 relatively uninspiring undercard bouts including a trio of 6 rounders. One of those saw Yujiro Nakamura (5-8-1, 2) taking a fifth round technical decision over Takayuki Morimoto (5-10, 3). The other 6 rounders both went the distance as Reiko Sugiyama (4-4-3, 2) out pointed Masami Moriizumi (5-5-1, 4) and Shota Okuda (5-2, 2) over-came Hajima Ikeda (4-5). In the 4 rounders on this card Kazuyoshi Toguri (4-6) out pointed Keita Sakai (1-1, 1) in a competitive contest, Yoshiaki Inoue (1-4-1) claimed his first win with a very close decision over Kenta Yokoe (3-9-1, 1), the previously win-less Kazunori Takai (1-0-1, 1) claimed a second round stoppage against Genki Inoue (1-4-1, 1) and the previously win-less Yusuke Kubota (1-2, 1) took a second round KO win over the debuting Takumi Koroki (0-1). Bukidnon, Philippines In the Philippines we got the results for one bout as Anthony Sabalde (9-4, 4) defeated Bonnie Makiling (5-8, 4) with a 10 round decision victory. (Image, of Maebara looking over a fallen Petchsuriya, courtesy of boxingnews.jp) |
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