Top Rank on ESPN: Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Esteban Nery Hernández & Masago Akui vs. Taku Kuwahara II RBR

Round 1 Kuwahara 10-9, close
Round 2 Akui 10-9
Round 3 Akui 10-9
Round 4 Akui 10-9
Round 5 Akui 10-9, close
Round 6 Akui 10-9
Round 7 Akui 10-9
Round 8 Akui 10-9

Akui walks into a left hook, doesn't faze him. Still marching forward, hammering Taku's face in with head snapping jabs. Akui lands a monster combo, Taku did well to not go down from that. Taku occasionally landing lefts, Akui responds with heinous rights.

 

Nah, not happening for Kuwahara - he just doesn't have the positional sense and although he's got fast feet they aren't quite fast enough to compensate. Akui is always on him. Horrible.

Kuwahara:1,5
Akui: 2,3,4,6,7,8,

 

Round 1 Kuwahara 10-9, close
Round 2 Akui 10-9
Round 3 Akui 10-9
Round 4 Akui 10-9
Round 5 Akui 10-9, close
Round 6 Akui 10-9
Round 7 Akui 10-9
Round 8 Akui 10-9
Round 9 Akui 10-9

Akui lands a jab that freezes Taku up, who rocks back on his heels. Aku then counters Taku's left hook with another jab, which is like a power shot. Taku is moving less and less, Akui taking advantage, planting his feet as well, and sitting down on body shots. Taku wings in a shot, throws himself off balance, Akui counters him with an uppercut. Akui pins him on the ropes, works the body. Taku fires back a furious flurry, landed a few, but Akui took them well.

 

Kuwahara:1,5
Akui: 2,3,4,6,7,8,9,

 

Wrong, isn't it? Flyweights though.

 

They robbed us of our chance to see Doheny take out another young punk in 4.

 

Round 1 Kuwahara 10-9, close
Round 2 Akui 10-9
Round 3 Akui 10-9
Round 4 Akui 10-9
Round 5 Akui 10-9, close
Round 6 Akui 10-9
Round 7 Akui 10-9
Round 8 Akui 10-9
Round 9 Akui 10-9
Round 10 Akui 10-9

Taku looking bewildered at this point, not reacting well to most of what Akui is landing. Akui nails him with a right that sends him off balance. Akui amps up the pressure, trying to follow up, but Taku is hauling ass.