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August 31st 2016-Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Ryoichi Taguchi (24-2-1, 11) vs Ryo Miyazaki (24-1-3, 15) Earlier today Japanese fight fans got an all-Japanese bout for the WBA Light Flyweight title as Ryoichi Taguchi [田口良一] faced mandatory challenger Ryo Miyazaki [宮崎 亮] in a highly anticipated match up.
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December 31st 2013-Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Ryoichi Taguchi (18-2-1, 8)vs Ryan Bito (22-12-3, 8) At the end of 2013 Japanese fight fans had the chance to see current WBA Light Flyweight champion Ryoichi Taguchi [田口良一] battle against Filipino veteran Ryan Bito. Sadly the full fight has never been released but here are the TV Tokyo released highlights form the bout. April 27th 2016-Ota-City General Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan Ryoichi Taguchi (23-2-1, 10) vs Juan Jose Landaeta (27-8-1, 21) Yesterday Japanese fans had a world title triple header at the Ota City General Gymnasium. One of those fights saw WBA Light Flyweight champion Ryoichi Taguchi [田口良一] battle veteran fighter Juan Jose Landaeta. December 31st 2015-Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Ryoichi Taguchi (22-2-1, 9) Vs Luis de la Rosa (24-5-1, 14) One of the lower profile title bouts this past New Year's Eve saw Ryoichi Taguchi defending his WBA Light Flyweight title against Luis de la Rosa. For those who missed this one we have the bout here. October 1st 2010-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Ryoichi Taguchi (12-1, 4) Vs Toshimasa Ouchi (13-5-1, 3) In recent years Ryoichi Taguchi has made a name for himself with a tough loss to Naoya Inoue and the fact he has risen to the top of the sport and claimed himself a world title, with a clear win over Alberto Rossel. Back 2010 however he was just another fresh faced young fighter rising through the ranks. Here we see him taking on Toshimasa Ouchi in what was a significant 8 round bout for the then 23 year Watanabe gym hopeful. (Video courtesy of MrJAPANBOX) May 6th 2015- Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Ryoichi Taguchi (22-2-1, 8) Vs Kwanthai Sithmorseng (49-3-1, 26) Last year we saw Ryoichi Taguchi claim his biggest win as he out pointed Peruvian Alberto Rossel and claimed the WBA Light Flyweight title. In his first defense of that title the "Baby Faced Assassin" took on Thai veteran Kwanthai Sithmorseng, a former WBA Minimumweight champion. (Video courtesy of tko.in.th) December 31st 2014- Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Ryoichi Taguchi (20-2-1, 8) Vs Alberto Rossel (32-8-0-1, 13) Prior to December 2014 hardcore boxing fans may have heard of Ryoichi Taguchi for two reasons. Firstly he had a short reign as a Japanese national champion at Light Flyweight and secondly he was also the first, and so far only, fighter to survive the distance with Naoya Inoue. In late 2014 however that changed as he got his first world title bout and got a shot at WBA Light Flyweight champion Alberto Rossel of Peru. February 7th 2009- Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Ryoichi Taguchi (8-0, 2) Vs Sansakda Portasanapon (8-5, 2)* The talented Ryoichi Taguchi is known by many international fans as one of the fighters beaten by the sensational Naoya Inoue. What those fans forget is that Taguchi is a credible fighter himself and at the end of this year he will be attempting to become a world champion himself. Sadly aside from the bout with Inoue footage of Taguchi is somewhat scare. One of the few full fights of his was this one with Thailand's Sansadka Portsanapon, fighting as Sangsakda Por.Tasanapol. *Records taken as per the TV broadcast A loss in Japan genuinely means a lot less than a loss in the US or in the UK. In fact many of Japan's current top fighters, such as Takashi Miura and Kohei Kono have a number of losses on their record. Two of the many fighters who have shown that a loss isn't the end are Ryoichi Taguchi and Yu Kimura. The two fighters faced each other back in October 2011 in the Strongest Korakuen, the competition to decide the mandatory challenger to Japanese champion. In these case of these two men the winner was going to fight for the Japanese Light Flyweight title then held by Masayuki Kuroda. The fight saw both men entering with a loss on their record but their desire to earn a title fight was all they needed to risk a second. Whilst we won't ruin the result of this bout it's worth noting two things. Firstly both men have gone on to win the Japanese national title since this bout and as we all know Taguchi has suffered a loss to Naoya Inoue, actually giving Inoue his toughest bout to date. And secondly this bout was on the same show as Shinya Iwabuchi's contest with Shamgar Koichi. (Footage courtesy of lisencetolove) Every wonder kid prospect needs to be given a serious test at some point to see if they are the real deal or just smoke and mirrors. If a prospect isn't questioned whilst running up a nice looking record he leaves himself up to criticism and people will ask why he wasn't being developed. The first really serious test for Naoya Inoue came in his 4th fight when he took on the then Japanese Light Flyweight champion Ryoichi Taguchi and was forced to work incredibly hard to claim the first title of his professional career. The bout, which took place on August 25th 2013, was Taguchi's 21st as a professional, he entered as the Japanese champion and as a world ranked fighter but for Inoue he was a stepping stone, an opponent in his way on his journey to greatness. What we saw was a bout with both men looking to make a point. Taguchi was trying to say that he was one of the best in Japan and that he deserved a world title fight. Inoue on the other hand was tryign to prove that he deserved the hype and that he really was destined for great things. What we ended up getting was a very good bout that saw Inoue getting pushed very hard and having several flaws exposed though having the strength and ability to adapt and defeat Taguchi who proved his toughness despite the loss. If you've not managed to see this fight before it's really worth a watch just to see a fighter giving Inoue problems and just to see an opponent who could take Inoue's power and fight back. |
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