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May 25th 2019-Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Florida, USA Koki Eto (24-4-1, 19) vs Jeyvier Cintron (10-0, 5) I Just a few hours ago, as we post this, former WBA Flyweight champion Koki Eto [江藤光喜] announced his retirement from boxing. With that in mind we thought it was a perfect time to share this bout, his penultimate professional contest. This was the first of two bouts with Puerto Rican Jeyvier Cintron, and was a WBA world title eliminator.
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February 2nd 2019-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Koki Eto (23-4-1, 18) Vs Romel Oliveros (9-4-1, 4) Earlier today fight fans at the Korakuen Hall saw former WBA "interim" Flyweight champion Koki Eto [江藤光喜] battle against Filipino foe Romel Oliveros. August 16th 2018-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Koki Eto (222-4-1, 17) vs Delfin de Asis (9-5, 6) Earlier today former WBA interim Flyweight champion Koki Eto [江藤光喜] battled against Filipino Delfin de Asis. March 3rd 2018-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Koki Eto (21-4-1, 16) vs Marzon Cabilla (16-15-1, 5) Earlier today fight fans at the Korakuen Hall saw former WBA interim Flyweight champion Koki Eto [江藤光喜] battle against Filipino visitor Marzon Cabilla. November 5th 2016-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Koki Eto (18-4-1, 13) vs Jun Blazo (5-1-3, 5) In November 2016 Japan's former world title challenger Koki Eto [江藤光喜] took on big punching Filipino Jun Blazo. November 5th 2016-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Koki Eto (18-4-1, 13) vs Jun Blazo (5-1-3, 5) This past weekend Japan's Koki Eto [江藤光喜] battled against big punching Filipino Jun Blazo. June 8th 2015-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Koki Eto (16-3-1, 12) vs Yuki Fukumoto (17-9, 5) In 2015 the then OPBF Flyweight champion Koki Eto [江藤 光喜] defended his title against fellow Japanese fighter Yuki Fukumoto [福本雄基]. November 28th-Xebio Arena, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan Koki Eto (17-3-1, 13) Vs Carlos Cuadras (33-0-1, 26) Japan's Koki Eto is boxing's version of the 1-man highlight reel. Although relatively limited he's rarely in a poor fight, and has actually been in a number of FOTY contenders. His most recent bout may not have been one of his must fun to watch but did see him challenger WBC Super Flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras. Over the last few years Koki Eto has thoroughly impressed us and we've found it almost impossible not to become a fan of his. His wars with the likes of Kompayak Porpramook, last year for the WBA interim Flyweight title, and this year's thriller with Ardin Diale, for the OPBF title, have been genuine treats and two of the best fights we've seen in recent memory. The same can't be said about his first defense of the OPBF title as he chased Cris Paulino for several rounds of what amounted to a disappointing contest from one of boxing's most exciting fighters. We won't the bout too much though we need to suggest you go into this one as someone a fight, not someone expecting a Koki Eto signature war. If you can watch the fight ignoring it's Koki Eto you may find yourself enjoying it a lot more than thinking of the men involved in it. (Video courtesy of Shirai Gushiken Sports) We often talk about our adoration of the all action Koki Eto who appears to be in great fights every time he steps in the ring. We're happy to admit his ridiculous flaws but that's part of what makes him so much fun. His lack of defence combined with his insane will to win will always make us excited to see Koki Eto's name in any fight.
The first fight to bring Eto to our attention was his short but fun bout with Thailand's Denchailek Kratingdaenggym. With in a round of the fight Eto's lack of defence was evident though so to were the traits that slowly made us fall in love with him including his willingness to give up his height and reach. That was despite the opening round being a tame one. In the second round however the pace of the bout picked up and both guys started to unload on each other. The unloading wasn't the most technically sound or accurate but it was great to see with Eto throwing wildly and Denchailek trying to answer back in kind. It was whilst throwing some ludicrous shots that Eto was countered and dropped though in an instant he was up and replying in kind and he dropped the Thai visitor. Just a few moments after the men had traded knockdowns Eto managed to land one of the best shots of his career to send Denchailek down face first. Amazingly the Thai recovered from the hard knockdown but Eto's killer instinct kicked in with the Thai going down for a third time as Eto announced himself as a must watch action fighter. Within a year of winning this bout Eto had won the WBA interim Flyweight title, winning a war with Kompayak Porpramook in another must watch bout. Since then he has been involved in an enthralling contest with Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep and an insanely exciting bout with Ardin Diale, a contest that we have down as a 2014 FOTY contender. |
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