**** the upcoming days. A Japanese boxing overview (April 8, 2013) :deal Katsunari Takayama became the (I think) first ever Japanese IBF champion by defeating strawweight titlist Mario Rodriguez Ryo Miyazaki became the WBA SW champ defeating Pornsawan Porpramook on New Year's Eve, fights Carlos Velarde on May 8 Kazuto Ioka vacated his 2 SW belts and moved up to capture the WBA LFW title knocking out Jose Alfredo Rodriguez, fights Wisanu Kokietgym on May 8 Akira Yaegashi jumped two divisions to dethrone WBC FlyW champ Toshiyuki Igarashi by wide UD Yota Sato defended the WBC SFlyW belt outpointing Ryo Akaho, fights Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on May 3 Kohei Kono captured the WBA SFlyW title stopping Tepparith Kokietgym, fights Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on May 6 Shinsuke Yamanaka continued his impressive run as WBC BW champion by stopping Malcolm Tunacao in the 12th Koki Kameda defended the WBA BW title vs. Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym, but just barely, needs to put up vs. Yamanaka Takashi Uchiyama continued his KO reign stopping Bryan Vasquez to retain the WBA SFW belt Takasi Miura captured the WBC SFW belt by stopping Gamaliel Diaz who upset Takahiro Ao last year That makes Japan hold 10 ABC world titles, which is very impressive.
Oh, and: http://boxrec.com/schedule.php?country=JP&division=&title=&tv=&SUBMIT=Go Nothing big until next month. A couple of WBA doubleheaders within days of each other (on a Monday & Wednesday).
Now now... Kurosawa-san had the more consistent quality, but Scorsese is the best American director in decades with plenty of substance. DeNiro is also great. Mifune is a ****ing legend tho, I'll go with High and Low. You seen Hell in the Pacific? Mifune and Marvin This content is protected
Tuñacao's only previous ever losses: [yt]NmLdI3G_4Rw[/yt] Overwhelmed by a prime Wonjongkam in a blitz while still a green 12-bout novice (although world champion already having dethroned & deflowered Singsurat). Forgivable, to say the least. [yt]BeISAmGWXpM[/yt] (incomplete video, only showing a mishmash of half the rounds) Technical decision brought on by a cut on Tuñacao from a non-intentional headbutt. Controversial scoring. Matsuhita shamelessly ducked the rematch Tuñacao and his team pursued, turning down the higher purse to instead defend the Pacific title he took from Tuñacao against much lesser foes. Yamanaka is the first to ever clearly best him in a meaningful contest lasting at least three minutes.
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Actually the second. Satoshi Shingaki won the IBF bantamweight belt back in 1984, although Takayama's title win is much more meaningful.
Had a question that I didn't feel warranted a new thread, so I bumped this great one... Does anyone know why Hasegawa is trying to get down to 122? Obviously,FW wasn't as successful as his BW run, but why didn't he go to 122 straightaway? Did he not want to share a division with Nishioka?
I stumbled upon this and found it very helpful. Much like the drama in the US involving major promoters siding with major networks and forming exclusive alliances that result in some boxers' total absence from one network for as long as they're contracted with the network's rival's allied promoter, the same drama exists in Japan. NTV: Shinsuke Yamanaka and Takashi Miura (Teiken Promotions) TBS: Koki Kameda (Kameda Promotions), Kazuto Ioka and Ryo Miyazaki (Ioka Promotions) TV Tokyo: Takashi Uchiyama (Watanabe Promotions) Akira Yaegashi fights (Ohashi Promotions) are case-by-case and have been aired live on TV Tokyo, TBS and NTV. So just as Floyd Mayweather can be found on Showtime alone until August of 2015, you know that until further notice you know where to find Uchiyama assuming nothing changed in his promotional contract or Watanabe's deal with TV Tokyo. Often fans are scrambling (before even having a sip of coffee!) on those early mornings to find what channel so-and-so is boxing on. While not comprehensive, the above list does take out the guesswork if any of those major stars are main eventing the card...and really, in 90% of cases they will be. That is pretty much their p4p elite.
Shinsuke Yamanaka, Daiki & Tomoki Kameda, Katsunari Takayama, Akira Yaegashi, Takashi Miura & Takashi Uchiyama all have world title defenses lined up before the end of the year. :toney Also in action this winter: Yoshihiro Kamegai, Takahiro Aoh, Ryoto Murata, Kyotaro Fujimoto & Naoya Inoue.
