Who's your favorite Japanese Bantamweight ?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Macedoine62, Mar 21, 2026.


Who's your favorite ??

  1. Seiya Tsutsumi

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%
  2. Takuma Inoue

    2 vote(s)
    18.2%
  3. Yoshiki Takei

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Daigo Higa

    3 vote(s)
    27.3%
  5. Kazuto Ioka

    4 vote(s)
    36.4%
  6. Tenshin Nasukawa

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Riku Masuda

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Yuta Sakai

    1 vote(s)
    9.1%
  9. Fumiya Fuse

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Others

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Currently who is your favorite Japanese Bantamweight boxer ?
     
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  4. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Daigo Higa is so impressive to watch, just like Seiya Tsutsumi; they're always giving wars.
     
  5. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Kazuto Ioka's career is by far the most impressive on this list; he is one of the boxers of the 21st century.
     
  6. PopPellegrino

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    I wish Daigo Higa went to super fly instead of bantamweight. Tsutsumi is #2 on my list.
     
  7. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Unfortunately, he couldn't; he was sanctioned by the JBC for failing to make weight in his last WBC defense. When you're licensed in Japan and sanctioned by the JBC for that, you generally move up two weight classes.


    And then at 115 lbs, he would have been even more blocked because the 4 kings shared the WBC belt, the IBF was taken by Jerwin Ancajas and he was not ranked, the WBO belt was in the hands of Ioka who was a stylistic nightmare for him.
     
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  8. PopPellegrino

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    I didn't know that; thanks for letting me know.
     
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