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December 31st 2017-Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Shingo Wake (22-5-2, 14) vs Adundet Saithonggym (0-2) To end 2017 Japanese fight fans at the Ota-City gym saw Shingo Wake [和氣 慎吾] take on Adundet Saithonggym.
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September 13th 2017-EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Osaka, Japan Shingo Wake (21-5-2, 13) Vs Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym (50-2, 31) Earlier this week Japanese fans at the EDION Arena Osaka saw former world title challengers collide, as Japan's Shingo Wake [和氣 慎吾] took on Thai veteran Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym [พนมรุ้งเล็ก]. July 19th 2017-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Shingo Wake (20-5-2, 12) vs Mikihito Seto (34-13-3, 18) In 2016 we saw Japan's Shingo Wake [和氣 慎吾] suffer a loss in a world title bout, against the hard hitting Jonathan Guzman. Last week he returned to the ring, to begin rebuilding his career, and took on former Japanese interim Super Bantamweight champion Mikihito Seto [瀬藤 幹人]. July 20th 2016-EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Osaka, Japan Shingo Wake (20-4-2, 12) Vs Jonathan Guzman (21-0-0-1, 21) Earlier today Japan's Shingo Wake [和氣 慎吾] faced off against monster punching Dominican Jonathan Guzman in a bout for the vacant IBF Super Bantamweight title. February 17th 2016-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Shingo Wake (19-4-2, 11) Vs Waldo Sabu (7-2, 2) Last week Japanese fans saw IBF #1 ranked Super Bantamweight Shingo Wake [和氣慎吾] take on Indonesian champion Waldo Sabu in a bout supposed to be a world title prelude for Wake. June 10th 2015- Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Shingo Wake (18-4-2, 11) Vs Mike Tawatchai (35-7-1, 21) The Super Bantamweight division has been one of the most frustrating, with champions picking weak challengers and the contenders refusing to face off. Today however we got one rare bout between contenders as Mike Tawatchai traveled to Japan to face Shingo Wake in an IBF eliminator. For once we had contenders facing off for the right to fight a champion. Note-At the time of writing this fight hasn't been aired in Japan, however fans in Thailand got the chance to see it live. This is from that Thai broadcast. (Video courtesy of KOM THAIREC) February 27th 2015-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Shingo Wake (17-4-2, 10) Vs Jimmy Paypa (16-2-1, 6) Japanese fighter Shingo Wake was known to have been targeting a world title fight in 2014. Unfortunately for the fighter he was unable to land such a bout last year and instead he continued his chase into the new year. His first challenge for 2015 was getting by Jimmy Paypa who was on a 14-0-1 (6) run having not lost since he was narrowly out pointed by John Paul Bautista way back in 2010. This was to be Wake's 5th defence of the OPBF Super Bantamweight title and Paypa's first challenge for a title. (Video thanks to gentidori) Japan's Shingo Wake will never be described as a heavy handed fighter but the OPBF Super Bantamweight champion is a very sharp puncher and sometimes it's the sharp crisp shots that do more damage than the heavier and more thudding shots. Last year we saw the effects of sharp punching as Wake repealed the challenge of Filipino Jhunriel Ramonal in double quick fashion as a result of the sharp shots that the Japanese fighter is getting a reputation for. It's just a shame in some ways that he had such an easy time rather than getting a real fight out of Ramonal who looked like he came to the ring with the intention of beheading the Japanese fighter. They say that boxing is about levels and it's fair to say that that was shown to be true on July 21st 2014 when South Korea's very good Jaesung Lee found out he was a good level behind Japan's Shingo Wake. Wake went into this bout as the defending OPBF Super Bantamweight champion, a man on the verge of a world title fight and as a man who was proving to be a very talented, slippery and somewhat under-rated boxer with more power than his record indicated. Lee on the other hand was the #1 contender to Wake's throne and a man who had a good record against Japanese fighters, in fact Lee had beaten Takuya Watanabe just a few months earlier in a genuine bloodbath. The fight saw the champion proving his trickery early in and in the opening round Lee had clear problems laying a glove on Wake. In fact Lee's most notable connect was with his head late in the round. In the second round another clash of heads occurred though by then Wake was getting into his groove landing sharp combinations and making Lee miss, often wildly. Again Lee's most notable success was a headclash very late in the round which appeared to bother Wake, from then on Wake seemed intent on punishing Lee. As the fight went on Wake became more and more spiteful with his shots whilst Lee was tiring notable thou continued to show his Korean spirit by coming forward and often being forced to eat hard shots including a flurry in round 9 that sent the Korean through the ropes. To Lee's credit he continued though not for long and he was stopped the following round. After the fight Wake indicated he would be chasing a world title in his very next contest, though those comments don't appear on this video, sadly. (The footage is courtesy of aka0113) When we talk about fighters "breaking out" we tend to assume that that involves winning a world title, or at least showing they belong in world title bouts. One man who bucked that mould in 2013 was Japan's talented Super Bantamweight Shingo Wake who "broke out" by winning the OPBF Super Bantamweight title in an impressive upset victory over the previously unbeaten Yukinori Oguni. Going in to the bout Oguni was 10-0, the reigning OPBF champion and a man seen as someone on the fast track to the top. At the end of the bout however he was a man beaten both mentally and physically with a gaping cut above one eye. It was obvious that exhaustion setting in, frustration was growing at being unable to hurt or slow Wake and worst of all he was being force fed series of hard shots as punishment for missing. Thankfully for the youngster his corner saw he was being broken down and took the classy decision to pull their fighter out rather than let him get hurt by Wake who was starting to turn the screw as we were about to enter the championship rounds. It wasn't quite a "master class" by Wake but it was a thoroughly impressive performance by a man who used this win to turn his career around. Prior to the bout Wake was a paltry 12-4-2 but since this victory he has bloomed into a genuine world ranked fighter who seems likely to fight for a major world title sooner rather than later. For Oguni it was a major set back but one that the youngster has managed to rebuild from and he is now also world ranked by the WBC. (Video courtesy QuadrupleEndBag) |
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