G+: Shingo Wake vs. Takafumi Nakajima II & Daisuke Sugita vs. Reiya Abe RBR

1-Shuhei appears to have his name on his shorts to help those of us with bad memories...Hattori looks like a very poor southpaw who has clearly lost the round

Just checked, looks like Boxmob have changed Hattori's record to the right guy's!

Boxrec have Hattori's name as "Tatsuhito Hattori" and have literally added the bout now...

 

2-Hattori was rocked early in the round but now fighting back, Hattori is doing what he can but looks out of his depth and Yamanaka is landing lean right hands on a pretty consistent basis, Hattori was wobbled, he's backed on to the ropes, eating shots from both hands, he gets off the ropes as Yamanaka's lack of experience shows,

Hattori's first bout since 2008! This is at Super Bantamweight, he debuted in 2003 at just over the Light Flyweight limit

 

3-Hattori showing more ambition this round but he has no power, at all, and Yamanaka just bullying him, sadly Yamanaka lacks the skills to set up a finish, and...holy **** Hattori is showing ambition, he puts Yamanaka on his ass and is now looking for the finish! Yamanaka looking tired, and mentally crumbling! BIG Hattori round!

This is a massive step down following the last bout....

Was a cracking counter left hand to drop Yamanaka

 

4-Very important round on my card, 28-28 coming into this
Yamanaka on the front foot, Hattori looking to counter again, he's dialing that left hand in, Hattori rocked, and rocked again, good Hattori left, Yamanaka putting a lot into the first minute, Hattori lands a clean left hand, clean head shots from Yamanaka, Hattori responds, Hattori fighting well off the ropes, looks like both are trying to fight to a standstill! This is really fun now, and it's a real back and forth
...could have that 10-10, would LEAN to Yamanaka

 

Yup! A draw 38-37, 37-38, 38-38

 

Indonesian visitor Mochamad Sholimin (4-7, 3) v Mirai Imagawa (8-5, 2) - Imagawa was the 2017 Super Flyweight Rookie of the Year, but suffered 2 losses last year. Sjolimin was stopped in a round last year by Taku Kuwahara and was schooled by Daiki Tomita in 2017

Sholimin was shown as having a different record on screen - 8-7-1 (4)

 

1-Imagawa on the front foot and Sholimin trying to fight as the counter puncher...ooolay! What a swing and a miss from the visitor, Imagawa looks the bigger stronger fella and given Sholimin has fought Daiki Tomita it shouldn't be a wonder that he looks undersized.

All the first round shows us is how good Taku Kuwahara is ...

 

2-Imagawa using his size and he managed to hurt the Indonesian in round 2, Sholimin taking some solid shots in the final minute after frustrating earlier on in the round

 

3-Sholimin shows ambition early in the round before going into sparring partner mentality and makes Imagawa come to him, can't help but think is 1 good body shot away from taking a count, there's a 1/2 decent body shot from Imagawa, body shots from Imagawa and Sholimin is hurt! Another one, now head shots from Imagawa, referee jumps in with 1 second of the round left

In the UK a bout that goes like this would be considered a "good learning fight against an awkward opponent", reality Imagawa looked limited against a smaller opponent...Not one to write home about

 

Shohei Kanemoto (12-13-1, 4) v Riku Nagahama (8-2-1, 4)
Not much to say ahead of this, Nagahama was stopped by Takeshi Inoue in summer 2017, Kanemoto is limited but experienced guy from the Green Tsuda gym

 

1-Nagahama showing the more technical skills, Nagahama showing his experience and picking holes in Nagahama's defense. Would like to see Nagahama put his foot on the gas a bit more, he's the bigger fighter and the younger guy

 

2-Nagahama listening and move up the gears slightly, before dropping Kanemoto late in the round. This should be a bit of a breeze for Nagahama unless he's looking to get rounds and try new things. Was a good right hand on the chin to drop his man, but no real weight behind it

 

3-Yeah I've totally tuned out, Nagahama has this effect on, he's winning, but not injecting any excitement...zzzz....

 

4-Nagahama wins the round, inspires no one to watch him in the future, but will get his next bout televised because...SGS gym have too many working relationships with other promoters who work with G+