Insular pound for pound rankings: Land of the Rising Sun

I'd not have Mori anywhere close personally, he'd have to be behind Maruta for me

Kyoguchi should be above Junto Nakatani IMO

No argument with the top 4, would shift 5,6,7

I'm not sure Nakatani si the best in Japan 135 (Yoshino anyone?) Higa would be moved up a place
Takuma I'm not sure has any wins that are better than Maruta's over Segawa, or Shigeoka's over Loreto or Mishiro's win over Ito... Ogawa also needs to not be ignored

I'll have a proper think a bit later though.

 

I think a win over Sagawa trumps anything Mori has (though I rate Pumicpic as a good win felt Mori was luck in the.... I want to say first one). Sagawa, Ohashi and the robbery (least I felt it was a robbery) Vs Mananquil see him edge Mori (though Mori beating Shimizu would make it a very tight battle).

Teshigawara some how slipped my mind, as did Tomoki Kameda!

Struggle with including Wake right now, though him and Abe would be there, there about the top 20-25
Iwasa prior to the recent loss would indeed have been a lock for me, though he's always blown so hot and cold

 

FFS, it's M-U-R-A-T-A.

 

Where my boy Koki at?

 

Different guy
Maruta is the Japanese Featherweight champion, from the Morioka Gym, not the Middleweight from the Teiken gym

Right
1-Inoue (N)
2-Ioka
3-Kenshiro
4-Tanaka
5-Kyoguchi
6-Nakatani (J)
7-Murata
8-Higa
9-Teshigawara
10-Kameda

Thinking about it Higa actually isn't a definitive yes for me... I'm thinking Nishida gives him hell next week end, Tsutsumi did the same. Bantamweight Higa... Hmmm we'll see. I've included him but there's a lot on the bubble:
Ogawa
Maruta
Shigeoka (G)
Mori
Yoshino
Mishiro
Yabuki
Taniguchi
Inoue (Takuma)
Takayama (if he beats Soto next month he goes in around #8)
Abe (in terms of pure skill he's up there in the top 10...Sadly skills don't it all)

Think we might be seeing Shimomachi knocking on the door in 2022 along with Kuwahara, Kimura (R), Shigeoka (Y), Fujita (I think they'll strap a rocket to him) and Nakagaki (rocket will be attached shortly)

 

Thought y'all was talking about the lads on the list.

 

1. Inoue.
2. Ioka.
3. Tanaka.
4. Kenshiro.
5. Murata.
6. Kyoguchi.
7. J.Nakatani.
8. T.Inoue.
9. Teshigawara.
10. Higa.

 

No. Not for me tbh. Can't have either of those guys above Obara TBH.

Likewise wouldn't consider triple crown champion Fukunaga (115), or OPBF/JBC Middleweight champion Takesako (or the winner of Takesako Vs Kunimoto). They might hold titles but they aren't as good as some of those without belts.

 

Pacman still 2 or three.