ESPN+ / Lemino Boxing: Naoya Inoue vs. Ye Joon Kim & Jin Sasaki vs. Shoki Sakai RBR

Round 1 Sakai 10-9, close
Round 2 Sasaki 10-9
Round 3 Sasaki 10-9
Round 4 Sasaki 10-9
Round 5 Sasaki 10-9

Sakai coming forward, snapping Jin's head back with jabs. Then forearms him across the ring, he almost goes down. Sakai's right eyelid is cut. Jin seemingly taking the first half of the round off. At the halfway mark he comes alive. Unloading some heavy hooks to the body, then eases off. Jin picking his shots well off the backfoot, then explodes late with a barrage of hooks to the head and body.

 

Round 1 Sakai 10-9, close
Round 2 Sasaki 10-9
Round 3 Sasaki 10-9
Round 4 Sasaki 10-9
Round 5 Sasaki 10-9
Round 6 Sasaki 10-9

Jin looking revitalized after his quasi rest. Pushing Sakai back, Keeping him pinned along the ropes, slaughtering the body like it's a pinata full of sweets. Sakai still catching him with counters, mostly uppercuts, but few and far between. Sakai's high guard getting tighter and tighter.

 

Round 1 Sakai 10-9, close
Round 2 Sasaki 10-9
Round 3 Sasaki 10-9
Round 4 Sasaki 10-9
Round 5 Sasaki 10-9
Round 6 Sasaki 10-9
Round 7 Sasaki 10-9

Jin staying on the body, Sakai still mixing in uppercuts when he gets a chance. Jin starting to arch his right hook to come over the top of the high guard. Still frequently mixing in body work every chance he gets. Every time his glove drops, like a mousetrap Jin clips him in the right eye. Sakai with a few hooks up top, Sasaki with several. pace slows, neither man going all out in the last minute.

 

Round 1 Sakai 10-9, close
Round 2 Sasaki 10-9
Round 3 Sasaki 10-9
Round 4 Sasaki 10-9
Round 5 Sasaki 10-9
Round 6 Sasaki 10-9
Round 7 Sasaki 10-9
Round 8 Sasaki 10-9

Sakai out with a very active jab, Jin with very active hooks to the head and body. The pressure from Sasaki is relentless. I know Sakai is tough as nails, but I might upgrade that to adamantium. Sakai's output is dropping, just soaking up punishment now. Sakai with a weak flurry. hen some one twos and short uppercuts on a Sasaki who was seemingly baiting him in. Overhands and hooks galore from Jin.