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April 20th 2008-Prefectural Gymnasium, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan Tadashi Yuba (32-4-2, 23) Vs Koji Numata (13-2-1, 8) On April 20th 2007 Tadashi Yuba [湯場忠志] exactly a year later he entered the ring attempting to record his third defense, and took on the dangerous Koji Numata [沼田康司].
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November 29th 2013-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Japan Tadashi Yuba (44-8-2, 32) Vs Yoshihisa Tonimura (16-8-4, 4) II Japan's exciting Tadashi Yuba [場忠志] isn't well known outside of his homeland, but in Japan was a central figure to domestic boxing for more than a decade, winning 5 divisional domestic titles. One of his final titles bouts saw him face Yoshihisa Tonimura [十二村喜久] in late 2013, in what was the second meeting between the two men. December 6th 2007- Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Tadashi Yuba (31-4-2, 22) Vs Akinori Watanabe (16-0, 15) When punchers collide anything can happen and that was seen when the then Japanese Welterweight champion Tadashi Yuba defended his belt against fellow puncher Akinori Watanabe. Don't blink as you will likely miss something in this short and sweet encounter between heavy handed but stoppable fighters. The latest fighter to be added to the Japanese Boxing Commission's "banned fighter" list is Filipino fighter Dondon Lapuz who was banned after his frankly pathetic effort against former 5-weight Japanese national champion Tadashi Yuba. Yuba seemed to hurt Lapuz with his first solid connected and from then on Lapuz did little more than throw some token Hayemakers in the hope of landing a lucky punch. Within 3 minutes Lapuz was toast and Yuba, who had recently lost his Japanese national title at 154lbs, had taken the win with Lapuz going down twice in succession and looking like he had had enough. Yuba, who had hardly broken sweat, seemed somewhat apprehensive of even celebrating his win, as if to suggest "that was too easy". (Video is courtesy of 45412380 and we apologise for the sound quality in advance) When we talk about "domestic legends" every country has it's own. One of the Japanese domestic legends, at least one of the few active ones, is Tadashi Yuba who has won titles from Lightweight to Middleweight, becoming the first, and so far only, Japanese fighter to claim 5 divisional titles. Prior to winning the Light Middleweight title in 2013 Yuba had a couple of bouts to help him prepare for the 154lb division. One of them saw him battled against the limited but tough and heavy handed Kengo Nagashima. On paper it was a mismatch to help Yuba get used to the weight. In reality it turned out to be a fairly tough bout for Yuba. In the opening round Yuba dropped Nagashima who was up before 2. From then on it never really looked like Yuba's power troubled the tough Nagashima who had Yuba on the back foot continually. Unfortunately for Nagashima he lacked the skills to really make the taller, faster and more talented Yuba pay for his negativity. Just a fight later Yuba claimed the Japanese title at 154lbs with an opening blow out against Yosuke Kirima to claim a 5th divisional title. Nagashima however recorded a pair of wins and will be in his first ever title fight on August 10th as he battles Yuki Nonaka, incidentally that bout will be for the now vacant Japanese Light Middleweight title. (We are very sorry for the poor quality of this video though need to thank 5412380 for uploading it) People with heavy hands are exciting to watch, especially when those heavy hands have seen a fighter have success through a number of divisions. In the case of Tadashi Yuba his power has certainly bailed him out of some difficult situations and helped him win Japanese national titles from Lightweight all the way up to Middleweight. Despite having numerous flaws defensively that really should have limited his success. As Middleweight champion Yuba made just a solitary successful defence, this one against Fukutaro Ujiie. It was, on paper, a solid defence against a former national and OPBF title challenger though it turned out to be a bit of a mismatch in the actual ring as Ujiie, who had been stopped in his 2 previous title bouts, was simply unable to cope with the power of the dangerous Yuba who dropped him hard and then closed the show soon afterwards. This was Yuba's third successive stoppage victory following his title winning effort against Carlos Linares, in what was a thriller, and his very good win over the heavy handed Tomohiro Ebisu in his bout before the Linares fight. Sadly for Yuba he would lose his next fight to Sanosuke Sasaki. Interestingly for Ujiie he would lose his final 2 contests, an opening round KO loss to Koji Numata and a 3rd round TKO to Hikaru Nishida, before effectively calling quites on his career. Note-for those wanting to skip the TV build up the fight starts at around 13:30 It seems that in the west we question fighters who take their power up through the weight divisions and seem happy to accuse them of illegal activity. If Tadashi Yuba was fighting in the west we dare say he would come under scrutiny for his rise through the divisions. Yuba claimed his first national title at 135lbs and later became a national champion at Middleweight following his win over Carlos Linares in a thriller. Prior to getting his hands on Linares however Yuba had to earn the opportunity to compete for the Japanese Middleweight crown, he did this by defeating Tomohiro Ebisu, one of the true heavy hitters on the Japanese domestic scene. Going in to the fight Ebisu had a record of 8-1 (8) and at 23 years old he was seen a rising young force in the Middleweight division. Yuba was 34, an old man with 47 bouts under his record including 7 losses, in fact Yuba had lost 2 of his previous 3. Those stats didn't help Ebisu who in many ways over-looked Yuba and was made to pay for his mistakes by eating hard southpaw left hands. Early in round 3 the warning scene were on show as Ebisu was rocked. The youngster fought back hard but was dropped soon afterwards from a very sharp left hook. He got to his feet but a follow attack saw off the dangerous youngster who had the referee save him before he ended up going down again. In 2012 Makoto Fuchigami vacated the Japanese Middleweight title to challenge WBA world champion Gennady Golovkin. The move was a brave one for Fuchigami though one that did get him some international infamy despite showing great heart against "GGG". Between Fuchigami vacating the title and his fight with Golovkin, Japanese fans had seen a new domestic champion crowned as Tadashi Yuba and Carlos Linares battled for the belt in a thrilling slugfest. It lacked the technical brilliance and accuracy of Golovkin but it gave us great action, great back and forth and really violent exchanges before one man eventually folded. Whilst the bout was exciting we tend to feel the more interesting part of the bout is actually the fighters involved. Yuba is a bit of a domestic legend in Japan for having won titles in 5 division, starting at Lightweight and going all the way up to Middleweight. He has gotten so far based around his tremendous heart and thunderous power and even now, with more than 50 bouts under his belt, he fights in a crude slugging manner with the intention often being to stop his opponent in a war. Linares on the other hand was a Japanese based Venezuelan and the younger brother of former 2-weight world champion Jorge Linares. Carlos, unlike Jorge, lacked somewhat in the sweet science but was a warrior, as seen here. Sadly however his career appears to have been cut short We want to thank Linax777 for the video here. |
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