For whatever reason YouTube and Boxing seem to be going together well in Japan at the moment and over the next few months we've had 5 events announced for free, live, legal YouTube streams. They aren't monster cards but they all have something to get excited about. For fans wanting to watch the relevant channels are linked to: NOTE TO MODS THESE ARE LEGAL STREAMS SET UP BY EITHER AN AUTHORISED THIRD PARTY, PROMTER, TV CHANNEL OR FIGHTER THEMSELVES. THESE ARE NOT PIRATE OR ILLEGAL FEEDS September 26th Kobe Central Gym, Japan (Boxing Real) Mika Iwakawa (9-5-1, 3) Vs Nanae Suzuki (10-3-1, 1) - WBO Atomweight title bout Shun Kubo (13-2, 9) Vs Takashi Igarashi (13-4, 5) - Kubo is a former world champion Kohei Oba (36-3-1, 14) Vs Yoshiki Minato (8-3, 3) September 27th Fujisan Messe, Japan (Suruga Boys) Tsubasa Murachi (4-1, 3) Vs Ryotaro Kawabata (12-3-2, 6) Rentaro Kimura (1-0, 1) Vs Takafumi Iwaya (4-3) - Kimura is one of the most highly regarded prospects in Japan Koichi Aso (23-9-1, 15) Vs Shogo Yamaguchi (12-5-3, 7) - Aso's fight tend to be a lot of fun! October 13th Korakuen Hall, Japan (A Sign) Reiya Abe (19-3-1, 9) Vs Ren Sasaki (10-0, 6) - Brilliant match up! Absolutely fantastic Kai Chiba (12-1, 8) Vs Haruki Ishikawa (8-2, 6) - Both guys are fun, heavy handed and have questionable chins Kai Ishizawa (6-1, 6) Vs Masashi Tada (13-7-3, 8) - Ishizawa is an all action buzz saw November 3rd INTEX, Osaka, Japan (Hiroto Kyoguchi YouTube Channel) Hiroto Kyoguchi (14-0, 9) Vs Thanongsak Simsri (14-0, 12) - WBA Light Flywweight Super title bout November 23rd Bunka Center, Sanda, Japan (TV Osaka) Riku Kano (16-4-1, 8) Vs Ryoki Hirai (13-6-1, 4) - WBO Asia Pacific Light Flyweight title bout Sho Ishida (28-2, 15) Vs Toshiya Ishii (3-0, 2) - Ishii taking a huge step up against a former world title challenger Katsunari Takayama (31-8-0-1, 12) Vs Reiya Konishi (17-1, 7) - Katsunari Takayama. Nuff said. I can't make any of you watch, but if you are wanting to avoid some of the PPV BS and want to just enjoy boxing, you could do a lot worse than tuning in to some of these BOXING REAL and A-Sign have a track record of great streams, Suruga Boys are a small local Shizuoka based promoter who deserve attention, Hiroto Kyoguchi is streaming his own bout! And TV Osaka are...well a TV company so should know how to deal with this!
If you're not familiar with some of the fighters: This is Haruki Ishikawa (who faces Kai Chiba) Vs Toshiya Ishii (who faces Sho Ishida) This content is protected
