Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Juan Carlos Burgos & Vitali Tajbert vs. Takahiro Aoh

Interestingly enough Johnny Gonzalez is Hasegawa's mandatory.

 

Before this fight I was wondering who Hozumi should fight next and, honestly, Gonzalez' was the name that came to mind. It's probably too soon for him to fight JuanMa/Gamboa/John, so who better than a popular, entertaining and vulnerable guy like Jhonny?

I love this fight. Seems the sanctioning bodies have accidentaly done something right.

 

have watched the fight in tv here and it was a brutal fight where hasegawa was cut badly in the right eye (i think it was from the clash of heads) and face swollen and so was his tall and lanky opponent. hasegawa does not look as good but have done enough to win. he is eating a lot of shots and was hit one time by a beautiful uppercut that almost floored him but regained his balance. he was fighting with a huge heart, support of the crowd and in memory of his mother i think who's picture was held by one of the person in the crowd.

 

Koizumi must be getting old. He said Burgos got some championship rounds.

I saw nothing in the last three rounds that would have made me give Burgos a point. Hasegawa was at his most active in the final three even.

 

That uppercut Hozumi took in Round 7, my god that almost lifted him off the floor. It looked like something from Street Fighter, amazing that he took it and managed to recover. Great stuff.

 

I thought Burgos won the 11th, but it was close. Hozumi almost stole it at the end.

 

i was amazed with hozumi's balance. one of the best recoveries from being almost knock-downed to standin-up once again.

 

Scored rounds 1, 7 and 11 for Burgos cleanly. Round 12 you can make a case for both fighters. The decision was about right, Hozumi was just more effective but got caught with some meaty uppercuts and clean hooks throughout.

 

sounds about right. got some good body shots and big fighting heart. punches wide to often that was easily evaded by burgos. probably his power was not as evident at the new weight and imo, would lose to the other 126 champions.