Kyotaro Fujimoto's upcoming WBO Asia Pacific & OPBF title challenger: Suthat Kalalek

Yeah, no, I didn't mean whatever scraps of tape-delayed coverage they give the card on TV a week later, that's pretty much irrelevant, almost nobody bothers to watch boxing after knowing the outcome a week later. (could somebody please let Japanese channel execs know that?!?!?)

I meant, on the actual day of (so, in a few hours), at the venue, apparently Fujimoto vs. Kalalek (which as of the weekend still was Fujimoto vs. ) has top billing over Kyōguchi vs. Monabeda, which is bananas.

 

Nah, even Bulldog McCreary would demolish Kalalek (aka "Kajornsak Saikaew Boxing Camp"). The guy was battered pillar to post for ten rounds by a flabby, green, slow, pillow-fisted Indian cruiserweight:

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As for having a hard time finding solid opposition for Asian heavyweights:

a) while I'm not a fan or advocate of the practice, the sport of boxing has a lengthy tradition of guys competing for regional belts for which they shouldn't on paper qualified to vie...ie Nigerians going for a Caribbean title, or Argentinians for a Slavic title, stuff like that. We as fans are pretty desensitized to it and usually just shrug and chuckle along with it...just saying...they could fly in somebody from pretty much anywhere, still label it an OBPF and WBO Asia Pacific title match and nobody would bat an eyelash...
b) isn't that whole eastern half of the former USSR a fertile breeding ground for heavyweight boxers with plenty of high-level amateur experience? Isn't a lot of that considered technically part of Asia? (Kazakhs, etc)
c) why don't they just make Fujimoto vs. Zhang and get it over with? Cash 'em out before some journeyman doesn't get the memo he's supposed to lose and deals somebody the major setback of an ignominious, jig-is-up defeat.

 

Fair point. And look, for his next bout Singh is fearlessly rematching a guy that he KO3ed in the guy's debut (he's now 0-1). Talk about fast-tracking! Roll over, Lomachenko...

I bet Singh's mysterious abundance of virility and boxing prowess must derive from that carefully groomed triangular patch of chest hair, like Samson or something. It sure has the look of some kind of sacred talisman.

 

This bull**** will be going on in a few hours, sans TV (so don't bother looking for a stream anywhere); I'm off to bed ...WAR KALALEK!

 

Hey, what do you know..