The 2-day boxing extravaganza, or if you happen to choose, pageant, obtained to a fantastic, dramatic begin earlier in the present day in Tokyo, Japan. Followers noticed a giant upset, as Takuma Inoue misplaced his WBA bantamweight title when his countryman Seiya Tsutsumi gained by way of 12 12-round unanimous choice. Whereas Kenshiro Teraji, AKA “The Superb Boy,” busted up and stopped Cristofer Rosales by way of eleventh spherical nook retirement to win the vacant WBC flyweight title, with Teraji now a two-weight champion.
Additionally on the cardboard, Shokichi Iwata stopped Jairo Noriega within the third spherical to win the vacant WBO gentle flyweight title, and Seigo Yuri Akui retained his WBA flyweight title with a 12-round cut up choice win over Thananchai Charanphak.
The most important story is, in fact, the shock loss suffered by “the opposite Inoue,” Takuma Inoue, brother of “The Monster,” Naoya Inoue. In an outstanding, if considerably surprisingly one-sided, motion battle, Tsutsumi, at simply 12-0-2 courtesy of his large win, overcame a powerful begin by Inoue. He went on to outfight and outwork the defending champion, with Tsutsumi being credited with a knockdown in spherical 11 and Inoue insisting he had slipped.
28-year-old Tsutsumi was taking a giant step up at school in the present day, and with the win, he ripped up some massive plans on the a part of Inoue, now 20-2(5). As followers could recall, Naoya Inoue laid down the problem to potential super-fight foe Junto Nakatanki to “undergo Takuma earlier than transferring up (in weight) to battle me.” Nakatani was up for a battle with each Inoue brothers; now, that battle with Takuma is off the desk.
The place Takuma Inoue goes now will show attention-grabbing, whereas new champ Tsutsumi has put himself smack, bang in the midst of the big-fight image (the parents at RingTV.com are calling in the present day’s successful battle by Tsutsumi a Struggle of the Yr contender). How good is Tsutsumi? Did Inoue merely have an off-night? Will there be a rematch?
“Superb Boy” Teraji broke Rosales’ nostril fairly painfully early within the battle, and ultimately, the co-challenger and former WBC champ at 112 kilos needed to be pulled out. The braveness proven by the Nicaraguan warrior matched the sheer class of Teraji, who is without doubt one of the finest lower-weight fighters within the sport in the present day.
Tomorrow in Tokyo, we are going to see Nakatani in motion in opposition to Tasana Salapat in a WBC bantamweight title battle. The always-exciting Kosei Tanaka will defend his WBO junior bantamweight strap in opposition to Phumelele Cafu, and WBO flyweight champ Anthony Olascuaga will defend in opposition to Jonathan Gonzalez.
It guarantees to be one other nice day of boxing from the game’s little giants.
