Do You Think Boxing Could Be HUGE In Japan Like It Was In The U.S.?

We'll one of the best prospects in boxing is the Japanese middleweight ryoto murata

 

Boxing is the number 1 combat sport in Japan.

 

Would it not be judo or karate?

 

His got a very good chin mate

 

What are you people on about boxing is big in Japan, look how many champions they have, the Kameda brothers for example are big stars, it is a big sport in Japan. bigger then most countries actually.

 

Boxing is big as **** in Japan...


The Kameda brothers fights do in HUGE numbers. I'm talking about in the millions.



They have the most champions in boxing before U.S, and have among the best prospects in boxing.

 

Boxing is on free TV and does insane numbers in Japan. It is huge

 

Boxing is huge in Japan. The Kameda brothers pull tens of millions to watch their fights. They don't produce heavyweights and middleweights but they own a sizeable chunk of the real estate south of welterweight.

8/10/11 Kazuto Ioka's vs Juan Hernandez TBS a 16.6 percent viewer rating.
12/4/12 Koki Kameda vs Hugo Ruiz 20% 10-13 million viewers
11/29/09 Koki Kameda vs Daisuke Naito 43.1% Tokyo Broadcasting System
Koki Kameda vs Juan Jose Landaeta 42%
All Kameda bros card 33%
8/31/11 Koki Kameda vs David 16.7%
01/31/2011 Boxing Miura , Shimoda, Uchiyama Lee 7.6%
I0/11/11 Sho Ioka Ioka, Oredon Boxing 10.9%
08/10/11 a Sho fan Hernandez's first world title defense against Sho-Ioka Ioka a boxing 16.6%
12/07/11 World Title Match Takeshi Kamedao × Teparitto 14.7% 3 times that day 10.2%, 9.8%
11/06/11 Esquivel Yamanaka × × Bosukiero-Ao The REAL • World Championship Boxing Nippon Television 8.4
04/08/11 Ao Sen war Nishioka × Gonzalez & Hozumi Hasegawa World Championship Boxing 10.5%
11/06/11 Yamanaka x Ao Real World Championship Boxing 8.4%
2006 Koki Kameda vs Juan Landaeta 30+%

 

From Fightnews 2009:

The day has come. WBC flyweight champ Daisuke Naito (36-2-3, 22 KOs), Japan, will risk his prestigious belt against unbeaten compatriot Koki Kameda (21-0, 14 KOs) today (Sunday) in Saitama (the adjacent prefecture to Tokyo), Japan. Some 20,000 people are expected to be in attendance at the Saitama Super Arena.
http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/naito-kameda-encounter-31003

 

https://japanboxingtvratings.wordpress.com/


2014
2014-02-22 – Ryota Murata vs. Carlos Nascimento – 7.2% – 19:57-20:54
2014-03-26 – Kohei Kono vs. Denkaosan Kaovichit – 3.8% – 19:32-20:54
2014-04-06 – Naoya Inoue vs. Adrian Hernandez,Akira Yaegashi vs. Odilon Zaleta – 7.4% – 22:00-23:50
2014-04-23 – Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Stephane Jamoye,Kiko Martinez vs. Hozumi Hasegawa – 8.1% – 19:00-20:54
2014-05-07 – Kazuto Ioka vs. Amnat Ruenroeng,Katsunari Takayama vs. Shin Ono – 9.5% – 19:59-22:09
2014-05-22 – Ryota Murata vs. Jesus Angel Nerio – 6.7% – 23:00-23:45


2013
2013-04-07 – Koki Kameda vs. Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym,Daiki Kameda vs. Faustino Cupul – 9.0% – 19:00-20:54
2013-04-08 – Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Malcolm Tunacao – 7.2% – 21:00-22:48
2013-04-16 – Naoya Inoue vs. Yuki Sano,Ryota Murata Pro Test – 6.9% – 19:00-20:54
2013-05-06 – Takashi Uchiyama vs. Jaider Parra,Liborio Solis vs. Kohei Kono – 9.3% – 19:54-21:54
2013-05-08 – Kazuto Ioka vs. Wisanu Kokietgym,Ryo Miyazaki vs. Carlos Velarde – 10.1% – 19:00-21:09
2013-07-23 – Koki Kameda vs. John Mark Apolinario – 10.4% – 21:20-22:39
2013-08-01 – Tomoki Kameda vs. Paulus Ambunda – 11.9% – 20:00-21:20
2013-08-12 – Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Jose Nieves,Akira Yaegashi vs. Oscar Blanquet – 7.6% – 19:00-20:54
2013-08-25 – Ryota Murata vs. Akio Shibata,Naoya Inoue vs. Ryoichi Taguchi – 6.6% – 19:00-20:54
2013-09-03 – Daiki Kameda vs. Rodrigo Guerrero – 9.7% – 19:56-21:15
2013-09-11 – Kazuto Ioka vs. Kwanthai Sithmorseng,Ryo Miyazaki vs. Jesus Silvestre – 11.7% – 21:00-22:54
2013-11-19 – Koki Kameda vs. Jung-Oh Son – 9.9% – 22:00-23:09
2013-12-03 – Liborio Solis vs. Daiki Kameda,Tomoki Kameda vs. Immanuel Naidjala – 10.7% – 19:00-22:19
2013-12-06 – Ryota Murata vs. Dave Peterson,Akira Yaegashi vs. Edgar Sosa – 9.1% – 21:00-23:42
2013-12-31 – Takashi Uchiyama vs. Daiki Kaneko,Takashi Miura vs. Dante Jardon – 5.1% – 21:30-23:30


2012
2012-04-04 – Koki Kameda vs. Nouldy Manakane,Tepparith Kokietgym vs. Tomonobu Shimizu – 11.8% – 19:00-20:49
2012-04-06 – Takahiro Ao vs. Terdsak Kokietgym,Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Vic Darchinyan – 8.9% – 19:00-20:54
2012-06-20 – Kazuto Ioka vs. Akira Yaegashi – 12.9% – 19:00-21:14
2012-07-08 – Yota Sato vs. Silvester Lopez – 3.6% – 14:30-15:25
2012-07-16 – Takashi Uchiyama vs. Michael Farenas,Toshiyuki Igarashi vs. Sonny Boy Jaro – 8.9% – 20:00-21:54
2012-10-27 – Takahiro Ao vs. Gamaliel Diaz – 4.3% – 16:00-17:00
2012-12-04 – Koki Kameda vs. Hugo Ruiz,Daiki Kameda vs. James Mokoginta – 14.9% – 19:00-21:14
2012-12-31 – Takashi Uchiyama vs. Bryan Vasquez,Kohei Kono vs. Tepparith Kokietgym – 5.1% – 21:30-23:30


2011
2011-01-31 – Takashi Uchiyama vs. Takashi Miura,Akifumi Shimoda vs. Ryol Li Lee – 7.6% – 20:00-21:54
2011-02-11 – Kazuto Ioka vs. Oleydong Sithsamerchai – 10.9% – 19:00-19:56
2011-04-08 – Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Jhonny Gonzalez,Toshiaki Nishioka vs. Mauricio Javier Munoz – 10.5% – 19:00-20:54
2011-05-07 – Koki Kameda vs. Daniel Diaz,Tomoki Kameda vs. Nathan Bolcio – 11.5% – 19:00-20:54
2011-08-10 – Kazuto Ioka vs. Juan Hernandez – 16.6% – 21:44-22:48
2011-08-31 – Koki Kameda vs. David De La Mora,Tomonobu Shimizu vs. Hugo Fidel Cazares – 12.8% – 19:00-21:00
2011-10-24 – Akira Yaegashi vs. Pornsawan Porpramook – 4.8% – 20:00-21:00
2011-12-07 – Daiki Kameda vs. Tepparith Kokietgym,Koki Kameda vs. Mario Macias – 11.8% – 19:00-21:24
2011-12-31 – Kazuto Ioka vs Yodngoen Tor Chalermchai – 6.4% – 19:40-21:30
2011-12-31 – Takashi Uchiyama vs. Jorge Solis,Celestino Caballero vs. Satoshi Hosono – 4.2% – 21:30-23:30

 

It is huge in Japan, there just traditionally havent been that many big Japanese guys.
Japan is a powerhouse in the lower divisions

Would you say boxing wasn't populat in Mexico because there hasnt been many guys over 160?

 

That's how you build a sport. In Australia there is no free TV boxing coverage and boxing is suffering big time as a consequence.