Great card! April 8th in Tokyo. Toshiyuki Igarashi vs. Akira Yaegashi for Igarashi's 112 WBC/RING belt Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Malcolm Tunacao for Yamanaka's 118 WBC belt Gamaliel Diaz vs. Takashi Miura for Diaz's 130 WBC belt
Yaegashi vs Igarashi could be another FOTY candidate, but given that Akira will be coming up two weight divisions, I have to wonder if he can apply the same type of pressure that allowed him to trouble Ioka. Tunacao's a good test for Yamanaka...provided he doesn't get blitzed early. Don't know much about Miura, but Diaz is a solid operator.
Glad that Tunacao has finally gotten his overdue shot after more than a decade since losing his title. It's going to be a tough fight, and although he might lose at the end, it's always nice to think how he worked his way back up to being a title contender.
Yeah, strange of Yaegashi to jump up from 105 to 112. I agree about his possible ineffectiveness to pressure Igarashi, but I must be honest I've only seen very very little of Toshiyuki. Yamanaka should have fun getting Tunacao out of there. Yamanaka's KO of Rojas was simply beautiful. And don't care what people say, dominating Vic is impressive. Big things in the future for this guy. Miura is good. Gamaliel is solid, but sort of hit and miss, depends if a motivated one ala vs. Ao shows up.