Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Malcolm Tuñacao RBR

WBC open scoring through eight:

77-74 Yamanaka
77-74 Yamanaka
77-73 Yamanaka

 

Round 9

Yamanaka is scoring the left hand lead as he circles Tunacao with a shuffle bordering on a lateral run. Tunacao is getting closer, swinging his entire upper body from side to side and peeking out between his wrists as his guard remains fixed in place. Nice 1-2 by Tunacao, snapping the champion's head back. Tunacao is pressuring with the right jab, giving Yamanaka nowhere to hide.

10-9 Tunacao

88-81 Yamanaka

 

Round 10

Yamanaka is jogging counter-clockwise around Tunacao, lobbing in straight counter lefts. Tunacao's face is very bloody. Red from top to bottom, streaking everywhere. Pause to check the cuts. Borderline stoppage territory...but no. Game on. Yamanaka dances to his right, ambushing Tunacao with a big right upper-hook to the face. Yamanaka is targeting the cut with straight counters as he bounces on his toes in circles at mid-range around Tunacao. Wild lunging shots by Tunacao, whose vision may be deteriorating. Tunacao is missing uncharacteristically badly. Jabs and uppercuts thrown at random angles by Tunacao, easily dodged by Yamanaka.

10-9 Yamanaka

98-90 Yamanaka

 

Malcolm reacts to Yamanaka's uppercut.

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:shock:

That would kayo most bantamweights.

 

Nah, he is letting 'em go.

He isn't exactly fighting stupidly, IMO - it's just that Yamanaka's too smooth for him and he is trying all sorts of different approaches but none are working. It's very competitive, but Tunacao is simply outclassed.

He is still bringing the heat, though.

 

Round 11

Yamanaka circles right and counters with flurries, but doesn't set his feet or put any snap on his shots. Tunacao is riding him aggressively in a full circuit by the ropes, putting in full-power body shots and thrusting his 1-2 at Yamanaka's large cranium, a lighthouse beacon even through a turbulent red sea pouring down his eyes. Tunacao WILL NOT QUIT. Yamanaka is forced to hop around flashing his arms ineffectively and missing past Tunacao's head as he ducks in and weaves placing that hard right jab up and down.

10-9 Tunacao

107-100 Yamanaka

 

Round 12

Tunacao eats some right jabs and starts diving past them. HARD left hands by Yamanaka. Tunacao grins, thumping his chest. War. Yamanaka taps the surface with his jab and then drills in with the left. Jabs traded as Tunacao glides to his right. Combo by Tunacao. LEAPING HOOK BY TUNACAO! Jones style. That may have been Tunacao's last best shot. He is exhausted. Left hand by Yamanaka, rending the flesh of Tunacao's already flayed countenance. Tunacao holds, briefly. They split up. Yamanaka lands big, STRAIGHT LEFT, RIGHT HOOK, STRAIGHT LEFT - ALL ON THE GRILL. TUNACAO DOWN!!! Frozen on his knees in a corner, staring down at the canvas. The ref abandons the count.


TKO12!!

 

It's the heat of the moment, but I'm pretty confident in saying this is up there with Bradley vs. Provodnikov and Rios vs. Alvarado II. :deal

 

Punch 1 of 3 in the brutal finishing combo.

Poor Tunacao would've been KTFO by any of them by themselves, let alone the whole shebang.

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