Kazuto Ioka vs. Akira Yaegashi RBR

Kyotaro Fujimoto stopped Clarence Tillman on the undercard too! Waaaar Kyotaro!

 

Damn this stuff is on too early, Gonna have to find a video of it, Good fights in Japan just living in the USA the time difference is terrible.

 

I seen Cuello KTFO that Mexican kid in 2 rounds but was not impressed with his skills. He is too wild misses his punches. If Ioka boxes him Marquez style. I can definitely see a stoppage or wide UD in favor if IOKA. Cuello has to KO ioka in Japan. I don't see it.

 

I knew this was going to be awesome, and it was, from the sound of it. :happy

Will definitely have to check this out on YT when it's uploaded. Be interesting to see if Ioka targets Gonzalez if/when he moves up. That would make for an interesting fight, to say the least. :good

As for Yaegashi, I don't think this result really hurts him too badly. I can see him easily being in a position to claim one of the two belts should Ioka move

 

It was perfect for me. :happy

 

The winner must drop one of the belts in a week.

 

Full fight here:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xrnhth_kazuto-ioka-vs-akira-yaegashi_sport

 

thanks dawg

 

Thank you sir.

R - Ioka/Yaegashi

1 - 9/10
2 - 9/10
3 - 10/9
4 - 9/10
5 - 9/10
6 - 10/9
7 - 10/9
8 - 9/10
9 - 10/9
10 - 9/10
11 - 10/9
12 - 10/9

Total - 114-114 Draw

Very impressed by both guys, showing their skills and class. Yaegashi's pressure was effective more often than not and he was good at countering over and/or through Ioka's guard. Yaegashi landed better shots in the exchanges. Ioka's jab was at times pawing, but at other times beautiful, especially in the second half of the fight. Ioka landed the best stand alone shots of the fight, notable uppercuts, as well as great body work.

Despite my score of a draw, I do believe that Ioka "wins" this fight on the grounds of the judges scores, obviously, and that I thought the three closest rounds of the fight were 1, 8, and 10, all of which I scored for Yaegashi but would have probably scored even if I wasn't trying to get away from doing that. Also, despite this RBR indicating that Yaegashi was a somewhat clear winner, I've looked into it quite a bit and all of the Japanese media agree it was a razor close fight which Ioka seemed to deserve.