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A lot can happen in the boxing world in the space of a few years. One great example is just looking at the fights from the Kokugikan on October 24th 2010. Although less than 4 years ago that card really was a notable one. The main event saw the now retired Toshiaki Nishioka defeating Britain's Rendall Munroe in a WBC Super Bantamweight title fight. The co-feature on the same saw Roman Gonzalez wipe out Francisco Rosas in a battle for the interim WBA World Light Flyweight title, Jorge Linares defeat Jesus Chavez on the same show and the then little known Shinsuke Yamanaka defeated Jose Silveria in a bout that was sandwiched between Yamanaka winning the Japanese Bantamweight title and making his first defence of the belt. On the same show there was also a contest between the heavy handed, though relatively untested, Yoshihiro Kamegai and former world title holder Jose Alfaro. Alfaro was a former Lightweight champion who had serious power, questionable toughess and the ability to hurt opponents when he landed clean. Likewise Kamegai, who was untested at this point, was also a banger with 14 stoppages in 16 fights. The fight wasn't expected to go the distance and despite some very fun back and forth early on the bout slowly became a case of Kamegai taking over with his power eventually forcing Alfaro to take a knee in round 6. Although he was back to his feet before the referee finished his 10 count it did seem a little like Alfaro had had enough, though had the bout been allowed to continue we doubt anyone would have complained and we also doubt Alfaro would have survived much longer. At the time it was obvious that Kamegai was going to be fun to watch, though we'll admit we weren't sure just how much fun. Of course from those other fighters on the same show, that Shinsuke Yamanaka has done surprisingly well, hasn't he? (Video courtesy of BoxeoProdesa)
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