Hozumi Hasegawa

Ive been a fan of him for awhile now but i just wish he would fight in the states cuz he's wasting his talent over there. He's the real deal IMO and he should fight Agbeko and Mabuza to clear things up. If he can carry his power to 122 and adjust, maybe he can outbox marquez, depending on how much marquez has left in the tank.. Who knows...

He would beat darchinyan.

 

He is a very good fighter hopefully he gets some bigger fights.

 

Hasegawa TKO 1 Malinga. Wanna see this fight...

 

Well, Hasegawa has just improved as a puncher lately. His (now 10) K.O % is deceiving....a quick view of any of his fights will show you how well he can punch, he's precise, snappy, and his right hook is deadly.

 

Hasegawa beat a formidable Sahaprom. Their first fight was the best bantamweight fight I've seen in many years. Sahaprm was experienced but hadn't bene in many hard fights and was fresh in the 1st bout. Hasegawa stopped him brutally in the rematch & that was the end of Sahaprom as a top level operator. These were 2 really high quality wins for Hasegawa.

His opponents have been decent since then, including an easy W over the European champ Maludrottu, a couple of good South Africans like Vetyeka and Maligna. He also beat a Mexican had stopped a young Rafael Marquez.

Quality champ. A bit jerky, and yes a veyr wide stance. But awkwardly effective you'd have to say.

The best fighter out of Japan in recent years was the Korean WBC super flyweight champ Masamori Tokuyama. Hasegawa hasn't got there yet, but is doing well.

 

I think the Sahaprom fights alone should have had him no1 at bantam based on resume, add to that around the time Marquez was around(or just leaving) Hozumi beat his conqueror in Garcia..though for a couple of years I thought Gerry was the slightly better guy in a H2H sense.

 

How can you be the best fighter to come out of Japan if you're Korean??? Like saying the best Dutch fighter of the last few years, the famous German Klaus you know what I'm sayin?

 

He was Japanese born, and learnt his craft there but he chose to fly the NK flag because he was an ethnic Korean.

There was a bit controversy surrounding it and it sounds like it killed his popularity there..rumour24tiger is spot on he was an excellent fighter and very underrated in that 2000-2005 period where he was at his best.

 

Have you seen their spar on youtube rumour?...Tokuyama and Hasagawa I mean.

Tokuyama schools him. Hozumi barely lands a glove on him and looks proper frustrated. It was just a spar but I think it gives an indication of the gulf between them in ability and talent.

 

I just watched the fight right now in Japan. Hasegawa showed incredibly superb performance tonight.
With this win, he had knocked out 3 challengers in a row within two rounds, making 8th defense in WBC bantamweight.
He needs to fight in the US soon!
I respect all fighters in such weight devisions as flyweight, super flyweight and bantamweight, super bantamweight, but Hasegawa could possibly break into the top fighters in those divisions and provide exciting showcases.
It is hard to compare due to weight issue, but I think Hasegawa could probably be better than Nonito Donaire, considering the similarity of their fight style.
Keep an eye on Hasegawa!

 

:good:good

 

I've been keeping my eye on this kid for a while now. The Japanese Calzaghe!

 

Who is this asian guy?