Takayama Vs Odaira-Now for both the IBF and WBO vacant titles

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  1. Boxing Prospect

    Boxing Prospect Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    O_O interesting development, apparently Rodriguez has vacated the WBO belt as well as the IBF.

    If Takayama wins he becomes the first Japanese fighters to have one of all 4 titles

    If Odaira wins he'll have won 3 titles in a calendar year after having won nothing in the previous years of his career!
     
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  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    So is Rodriguez definitively moving up?
     
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  3. Boxing Prospect

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    According to the Japanese press "Rodriguez has vacated following problems making weight" so it seems like he's definitely heading to 108. The story is based from comments made by Mr Nakade, Takayama's trainer/mentor
     
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  4. McGrain

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    Hmmm. Will be interesting to see if anything concrete pops up regarding Rodriguez and a move.

    Tell me this, is there anything fishy about Now? Couple of weird decisions I heard, like he's being groomed for something?
     
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  5. Boxing Prospect

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    I assume something auto corrected in that message Matt. Something fishy about "Now"?
     
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  6. McGrain

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    Sorry wtf. Odaira. I copied the wrong bit from the message heading i guess :lol:

    Yeah, Odaira. Anything fishy about him? Any odd decisions?
     
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  7. Boxing Prospect

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    Not really, he's promoted by Susumu Hanagata and has just been on a bit of a role recently. Not sure how he's gotten such a high ranking considering his wins recently have come against Masashi Tada, Yuma Iwahashi and Hiroya Yamamoto. I suspect it's more about Takayama than Odaira.

    Takayama went to the WBO conference thing the other month and asked the WBO to consider him in the future so I guess they did just that.
     
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  8. PinoyProdigy

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    Bad news for some contenders who probably had the opportunity to vie for the vacant title...I don't like this decision at all.
     
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  9. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Man, Takayama has been at the top in great matchups for many years now...
     
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  10. takahiro-onaga

    takahiro-onaga Active Member Full Member

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    This one be all action too me think, no knockout just lot of action
     
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