Gerry Penalosa vs Hozumi Hasegawa

Hasegawa UD12.. penalosa usually has problems with tall lanky boxers who are mobile.. and for sure this fight will happen in japan, wherein very close decisions usually favor their resident boxers

 

Hasegawa. The dude seems to be legit.

 

Gerry by KO

 

I have seen Gerry fight all these years, and he's a really good boxer, counterpuncher, and has good power, but because of his physical build, (small, short arms, stocky) he's had a lot of trouble knocking down tall, lanky, pure boxers who dont want to engage.

He fought for the WBC superflyweight title 4 times, back in the 1990's.
Twice against In joo cho, and twice against Tokuyama. He lost all 4 fights by 12 round decision in Korea and Japan.

Gerry's got good defense, and a good chin. He's never been knocked down in his career. But when he faces a tall, lanky boxer who hits and runs, hits and clinches, and fights very, very conservatively, (just 1-2's all night, while backpedalling) he's got problems beating them.

By the middle to late rounds, his opponents have racked up enough rounds to win the fight as long as they dont get KTFO. They then fight very cautiously. Gerry has enough power to knock people out, but if you choose to hit and run, dont engage and backpedal away for the remainder of the fight, you'll win the fight.

He's got a hard time rallying back for a KO, unless you make a mistake and get too close to him.

 

Hasegawa would win by decision.

 

I'm always rooting for Gerry, and I think if he was only blessed with a bigger body structure, he would have been the most successful boxer to come out of the Philippines.

I remember watching the Tokuyama fights. That dude was kinda dirty. Sneaky headbutts, clinching a lot. Gerry was rocking him with good shots from time to time, but Tokuyama just wasnt the type to mindlessly fight back when hit. He just stuck with the gameplan.

Stick and move, stick and move, Clinch. Push away, jab, jab. Headbutt.

I was watching the fight in a shopping mall, outside an appliance store, (back in the late 90's) and I was willing Gerry to just go all out and go for a KO. He was often just inches short of landing his haymaker. He was just a bit too small to be able to connect on a backpedalling, super defensive opponent.

I was so frustrated with Tokuyama's style of boxing that I almost threw my hat on the shop window.

I knew Gerry needed a KO, or multiple KDs for him to win the crown.

He just couldnt reach far enough.

 

Yeah, I knew that Gerry did well, but the fight was in Japan.

I knew that he wouldnt win a close decision there. He needed a TKO, or multiple KDs in the final rounds to make sure.

As far as Filipino boxers are concerned, the worst asian countries judges decisions are from..

1.Thailand
2.Japan
3.Korea

 

They dont show enough oz based Filipino boxers here on Philippine TV.

I've seen a couple of Dondon Sultan fights, and a couple of Ranee Ganoy fights. Not a lot. Fans seem to like them there.

Anyway, I hope Gerry makes a couple more bigtime fights, because I heard him say that he's ready to retire soon.

I think he wants a DPDL rematch or a Juanma fight.

 

gerry is better off fighting mexicans and thais. he does not do very well with oriental fighters such as choo and tokuyama.