Rex Tso vs. Kohei Kono, today.

Rd 6 10-9 Kono

10-9 Tso
10-9 Tso
N/A
10-9 Kono
10-9 Kono
10-9 Kono

 

Round 1: 10-9 Tso
Round 2: 10-9 Kono
Round 3: 10-9 Tso
Round 4: 10-9 Tso
Round 5: 10-9 Kono
Round 6: 10-9 Kono

Kono walking right into Tso’s chest, since Tso can’t keep him at bay with the jab. Tso has success when he punches in combination and keeps his feet moving. He just isn’t able to do it enough because of the relentless pressure from Kono.

 

Tso left eye is completely shut...
Fight is stopped and will go to the cards

 

Bout stopped...technical decision?

 

Technical decision coming up. Expect Tso will win - but a draw is the right score.

 

Kono looked like the winner, but it was close enough for a win by the hometown-fighter.

 

Should be a draw.

 

Well... That was expected.

 

Man... I would have been livid had I stuck with my initial instinct and gone with Kono. Sorry @PinoyProdigy You definitely shouldn't have taken an L here!

 

Out of the Top 10 again! *sigh*

 

Really unfortunate for Kono...not very sure Tso would have lasted the distance the way the fight was going regardless of the accidental headbutt

 

I think Tso is a true warrior(unlike a few of his countryman making waves now) and will almost certainly grant Kono a rematch. Shame that a head clash ruined a potential FOTY.

 

Look like he was trying wear Kono down with clinching and the occasional well placed shot to the liver. He almost certainly would have been stopped or outworked down the stretch - unless he landed his patented right hook to the liver... Which is far from a given. Although a rematch will have to decide who was the better man - given the circumstances.