Japan beat China 3-1 at Korakuen Hall
On Saturday we had the latest Japan Vs China series of shows, with a 4 vs 4 competition being held at Korakuen Hall as part of the latest Dynamic Glove show. The result of the international bouts saw Japan take a 3-1 win on the show, as some of the brightest young prospects in the country picked up their latest wins and continued to advance their careers towards the high expectations set of them.
In the main event of the show the very highly touted Hiroki Horiike (3-0, 2) [堀池空希] got his stiffest test as a professional, as he was taken all 8 rounds by the tough LeQuan Wang (8-2, 5). Horiike, who had had just over 3 minutes of in ring time as a professional prior to this bout. This was hotly contested through out, and although Wang was dropped, he claimed he was tripped, he never looked particularly hurt as the two men put on a worthy main event to the show. Horiike had to answer real questions here, and whilst he was the clear winner, with scores of 78-73, twice, and 77-74, he got the sort of test he would have wanted, and got to prove that he is going places, and going there quickly. As for Wang this is a second straight loss, though like his first loss he didn’t do himself any disservice at all, having gone 10 rounds with Phoobadin Yoohanngoh last year in another bout where he gave a much fancied Thai a decent test. We’d love to see more of Wang, and hope the losses don’t see him pushed away from getting good opportunities in the future.
Another fighter who recorded more rounds on the show than they’d had career rounds was Sento Ito (2-0, 2) [伊藤千飛], who had less a minute of professional ring time prior to today. He was given some really good ring time here and was extended into the 8th round by the ultra rugged Guangheng Luan (3-8-2). Luan was hurt multiple times but refused to go down, as his toughness saw him take a real beating round after round, but do enough to show that he was there to win, though outclassed. In round 8 Ito cornered his man, let his shots fly and forced the referee to finally save Luan from extra punishment, with over 80 seconds of the round left. For Ito this was ideal, getting good rounds, being forced to realise he can’t blitz fighters, and eventually stopping someone who had never been stopped and had survived the distance with Phongsaphon Panyakum and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, though admittedly that was a 6 rounder.
Another Japanese fighter picking up a win was Yuichiro Taka (3-0) [高優一郎] who got given a test by Lite Dawuxi (7-1, 5) [达吾西利特], who had significant size advantage that Taka had to over-come. Despite the size difference Taka showed his class in racking up the rounds, out boxing Dawuxi, who showed a good account of himself against a smaller, aggressive fighter who really looked to put on a show and landed some fantastic body shots. Dawuxi, much like Wang, showed enough to prove he could be a really good test, and should be brought back to face other Japanese prospects in the future, but Taka looks like the real deal and well deserved the win, which he got with scores of 79-73, twice, and 78-74.
The one result that went China’s way saw saw the unbeaten Xinqiang Zhao (5-0, 2) score a technical decision win over Kenshin Kidoguchi (1-2-2) [木戸口謙辰] Zhao scored a knockdown in the first round with a really good 1-2 that set the Chinese team wild. The rounds and third rounds were close, with Zhao being cut from a clsh of heads in round 3, that could would worsen over time and was, in round 6, the cause of the early finish, with Zhao's cut forcing an ending after a third inspection from the ringside doctor. The cut, coming from a clash of heads, took us to the scorecards with scores of 58-55, twice, anxd 59-54 to Zhao. This was actually the first of the 4 China Vs Japan bouts and got China off to a good start, before the 3 successive wins for Japan saw them take the win 3-1.
In the main event of the show the very highly touted Hiroki Horiike (3-0, 2) [堀池空希] got his stiffest test as a professional, as he was taken all 8 rounds by the tough LeQuan Wang (8-2, 5). Horiike, who had had just over 3 minutes of in ring time as a professional prior to this bout. This was hotly contested through out, and although Wang was dropped, he claimed he was tripped, he never looked particularly hurt as the two men put on a worthy main event to the show. Horiike had to answer real questions here, and whilst he was the clear winner, with scores of 78-73, twice, and 77-74, he got the sort of test he would have wanted, and got to prove that he is going places, and going there quickly. As for Wang this is a second straight loss, though like his first loss he didn’t do himself any disservice at all, having gone 10 rounds with Phoobadin Yoohanngoh last year in another bout where he gave a much fancied Thai a decent test. We’d love to see more of Wang, and hope the losses don’t see him pushed away from getting good opportunities in the future.
Another fighter who recorded more rounds on the show than they’d had career rounds was Sento Ito (2-0, 2) [伊藤千飛], who had less a minute of professional ring time prior to today. He was given some really good ring time here and was extended into the 8th round by the ultra rugged Guangheng Luan (3-8-2). Luan was hurt multiple times but refused to go down, as his toughness saw him take a real beating round after round, but do enough to show that he was there to win, though outclassed. In round 8 Ito cornered his man, let his shots fly and forced the referee to finally save Luan from extra punishment, with over 80 seconds of the round left. For Ito this was ideal, getting good rounds, being forced to realise he can’t blitz fighters, and eventually stopping someone who had never been stopped and had survived the distance with Phongsaphon Panyakum and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, though admittedly that was a 6 rounder.
Another Japanese fighter picking up a win was Yuichiro Taka (3-0) [高優一郎] who got given a test by Lite Dawuxi (7-1, 5) [达吾西利特], who had significant size advantage that Taka had to over-come. Despite the size difference Taka showed his class in racking up the rounds, out boxing Dawuxi, who showed a good account of himself against a smaller, aggressive fighter who really looked to put on a show and landed some fantastic body shots. Dawuxi, much like Wang, showed enough to prove he could be a really good test, and should be brought back to face other Japanese prospects in the future, but Taka looks like the real deal and well deserved the win, which he got with scores of 79-73, twice, and 78-74.
The one result that went China’s way saw saw the unbeaten Xinqiang Zhao (5-0, 2) score a technical decision win over Kenshin Kidoguchi (1-2-2) [木戸口謙辰] Zhao scored a knockdown in the first round with a really good 1-2 that set the Chinese team wild. The rounds and third rounds were close, with Zhao being cut from a clsh of heads in round 3, that could would worsen over time and was, in round 6, the cause of the early finish, with Zhao's cut forcing an ending after a third inspection from the ringside doctor. The cut, coming from a clash of heads, took us to the scorecards with scores of 58-55, twice, anxd 59-54 to Zhao. This was actually the first of the 4 China Vs Japan bouts and got China off to a good start, before the 3 successive wins for Japan saw them take the win 3-1.