Takashi Uchiyama vs. Michael Farenas & Sonny Boy Jaro vs. Toshiyuki Igarashi RBR

Henry, come back! It's lonely in here! I promise no spoilers!

 

He's definitely a classic banger.

 

Round 2

Igarashi mimes his jab high and low, stepping straight in to meet Jaro and then beginning to dial him around, circling close and jabbing. Jaro wings a big hook and misses. Igarashi throws a few feel-out rangefinders, a pawing jab and a light tapping hook, just touching Jaro atop the head without much snap. Jaro sneaks in a lead right. Igarashi keeps circling and touching him very softly, just measuring range. Suddenly Igarashi's left hand appears!! HARD LEFTS! Jaro is driven back across the ring as Igarashi amplifies the power by about 100x!! Jaro was fooled by those light taps, seems a bit surprised by the surge if not hurt. Igarashi is landing bombs with both hands. Jaro hangs tough, and starts to come forward with his own series of overhand rights, a few clubbing down on the side of Igarashi's head as he scoots back. Uppercut to the stomach by Jaro. Igarashi covers up as Jaro starts an overhand motion, then shows a left hook, but pulls both punches and throws a quick right uppercut into the gut instead. Huge body shots by Jaro, took some wind out of Igarashi.

20-18 Igarashi

 

Round 3

Jabs to the face by Igarashi. Jaro is rolling his shoulders inward, awkwardly making his way forward with his upper body leaned in past his feet. A few bombs lobbed in. Igarashi steps in close, jabbing Jaro in the face, then leans over and weaves through while countering and then darts out. Pretty slick stuff by Igarashi. AND A BIG RIGHT HAND LEAD from Jaro nips that in the bud. Igarashi is backed out of the pocket...but only for a moment. Back he comes with several scoring right jabs. Now he opens up, pushing into Jaro with his taller frame and backing him to the ropes while whipping him in the head with lefts. The crowd is going wild, but Jaro is keeping calm. He bides his time for one more overhand right but doesn't land one.

10-9 Igarashi

30-27 Igarashi

 

Round 4

"BUDI BUDI BUDI!!" is the call as Jaro thuds uppercuts into Igarashi's stomach. Now line drive rights to the jaw. Igarashi is in some trouble, getting backed up by big power shots. NOW IGARASHI RALLIES BACK! About ten fast straights to the face of Jaro, unanswered and causing him to recoil. Hard left hand delivered straight down to the chest of Jaro, and a slapping right hook to the side. Round up for grabs now, Jaro dominated for a minute and then Igarashi the next. They are getting into a tactical groove now, circling each other and reacting to every motion, twitching and faking in either direction. Big right hand by Jaro!! Exchange, both landing. Another right by Jaro.

10-9 Jaro

39-37 Igarashi

 

This is pretty damn good.

 

I like how they aren't even pretending this is live.

Between rounds 3 & 4 there was no minute break. Literally, bell sounded to end the 3rd and they cut instantly to the next bell to start the 4th.

Then after the 4th, a three minute commercial break. :!:

 

WBC Open Scoring:

39 37
37 39
38 38

to the red corner...whoever that is.

 

Round 5

Igarashi is holding Jaro at the end of that stick, using the jab very accurately. Igarashi is setting up some nasty left crosses to the chin, mostly on a level plane but some with a bit of descent on them, just turning Jaro and drilling him with the 1-2 over and over. Jaro wings in a looping right hand between the eyes as Igarashi backs up. Back to work, Igarashi scoring with the jab and setting up his crisp left crosses. Jaro is leering at him, willingly taking jabs and watching for openings. Big right hand over the top by Jaro, but Igarashi steps back out of the way. Jaro keeps taking monstrous swings, hoping to land a finisher. Missing badly, getting lit up.

10-9 Igarashi, his biggest round.

49-46 Igarashi

 

I'm not the only American. :yep