The Japanese Boxing Thread - Inoue wins; Olympic gold medallist Murata in action!

Japanese punchers went 3-0 today on the WBC triple-header in Tokyo.

Akira Yaegashi hammered out a gory UD over Toshiyuki Igarashi, flooring him repeatedly but also getting his own face torn up.

Takashi Miura ended the brief reign of Mexican journeyman turned Cinderella man Gamaliel Diaz (and got revenge for Takahiro Aoh) with a 9th round knockout following several knockdowns.

Shinsuke Yamanaka withstood & repelled the best efforts of Malcolm Tunacao, stopping the game but utterly depleted Filipino with a brutal combination in the final minute while up on the cards (known due to WBC open scoring) and with nasty cuts all over the challenger's face which themselves could have warranted discontinuation.

 

Inoue would beat Zou Shiming if they fought next :yep

 

Inoue impressed me last night, he looks the goods big time.

 

Just have some lovely touches for a kid. I would honestly put him with Ioka at the beginning of 2014 if he keeps bowling over domestic oppo'.

 

Interestingly, if Inoue had not lost to Birzhan Zhakipov of Kazakhstan...in Kazakhstan (which I don't trust the legitimacy of in the absence of any footage - especially where it was still a relatively close 16-11 for Zhakipov...) in a qualifier, Inoue and Shiming would've been seeded to likely meet in the London Olympics last year. Zhakipov lost narrowly to Shiming in the Quarterfinals... :think

 

Shiming would've beaten Inoue at the Olympics. If he could win the final against the Thai (horrific robbery) then he would've beat Inoue.

Anyway, now, as pro's; Inoue wins. Will likely never happen, not as soon as I'd like it to anyway. Zou is gonna' be protected.

Also, the Kazakh decision; Kazahkstan have some fantastic fighters, I wouldn't be surprised if it was legit'. I can't recall Zou's bout with Zhakipov although I remember watching it (made sure I watched all of Shiming's fights at the Olympics, have watched him for years now)

Probably another dodgy decision for Zou, his form was pretty poor. Did he beat Barnes again? IIRC that might've been his only strong showing of the Games.

 

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