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

Round 10

Igarashi circles left, very wary of Jaro's power. A lot of distance between them. Jaro clumsily ambles forward but can't cut off the ring. Jaro falls in with a left jab to the body and Igarashi presses on the back of his neck to keep him bowed while stepping around him. Igarashi not taking any chances, darting in with pecking jabs and immediately back out with his guard up. Jaro walking into jabs, gloves down at his knees, mouth open and leering at Igarashi. Jaro feigns body shots, but doesn't get any off as Igarashi's in and out movement is too fast. Now Igarashi goes to the body. Lefts landing. Jaro tries to time him with a hard clubbing right but the timing's off. Igarashi backs out, flexing his jab. Igarashi in rhythm now, boxing on the outside. Jaro running out of time to steal this one. Just watching Igarashi. Thirty seconds left. Jaro waves a few high left jabs, knuckles point to the ceiling and maybe just trying to use his arm as a smokescreen to set up rights to the body. Not effective. Igarashi has him scouted, and is springing back whenever Jaro unsheathes the right.

10-9 Igarashi

97-93 Igarashi

 

Jaro wasn't really allowed to do much of anything in the 10th. Igarashi was almost Dirrell-like.

Might have been the champ's worst round offensively, oddly enough, coming off his absolute best (the 9th)

 

Round 11

Jaro isn't waiting around on Igarashi anymore!! Whipping right hands to the head and body, corkscrewing and windmilling them in!! BIG SHOTS LANDING!! Igarashi cut by the left eye! Jaro clocks him on the jaw! Igarashi is popping the jab, backing out, shimmying side to side, but can't get away!! Jaro nails him with another right hand over the top! Another!! Igarashi barely steps out of the way but finds himself circling now into the left hook. Jaro is grinning as he tags Igarashi with another missile of a right.

10-9 Jaro

106-103 Igarashi

 

Round 12

Igarashi steps halfway in with a light jab to the forehead but is chased out by a grazing right uppercut to the body. Igarashi is a bit tired, stretching his jab out and leaving it hanging against Jaro's shoulder. BODY SHOTS by Jaro!! He digs in and gets into a groove plugging away downstairs until the ref interrupts to warn him about leading with his head and causing clashes (which he did do, accidentally). Igarashi stands in and trades with Jaro, throwing the short 1-2 and tilting side to side to roll under Jaro's shots, imitating a prime James Toney but a bit too fatigued to make it work. Jaro is still catching him with shots, but only about a third. Igarashi is landing better than half of his. JARO DOWN! Ruled a slip. Crazy round. Igarashi is doing what Jaro did in a few rounds, rallying hard in the last 60-90 seconds as the opponent takes a rest. Big exchange at the bell.

116-112 Igarashi

 

I already know the result, but if I didn't...yeah, I would be a bit.

 

first judge scores it to Jaro
second to Igarashi.
third judge...to the winner by SD...

AND THE NEW WBC champion...Igarashi