Thats friggin Japan boxing for you.............
I mean thats ludacris!!!!!!!!!!! This guy is ranked number 12 I believe. I mean Uchiyama aint all that good, but he is dangerous enough against lesser competition. It will make it look like Uchiyama is good enough to beat a non-Japanese national, which we all know is hog-wash!!!!! Uchiyama couldnt contend against the real dangerous thai fighters and Mexican fighters, they will give him a lousy string of fights. Watanabe Productions and Teiken productions.
I have trained with Uchiyama........
He has skills no doubt, but he 'dont' have a chin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He has never been tested because they are always throwing tomato cans his way.
Thats how they do it in Japan. Hasegawa is another prime example of living under a false sense of boxing security, they dont give him real fights, the Japanese are always trying to look strong. Uchiyama is a fine counter puncher and extremely fine body puncher, but he lacks movement, where is speed ends his power begins. Salgado has a real good chance of winning this if he connects to that jaw. He doesnt want to pin Uchiyama against the ropes, he wants to keep him in the middle of the ring and counter Uchiyama's counters. Uchiyama aint got no jaw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not taking anything away from Japanese boxers...
But Kameda is a very good example of when you put a Japanese fighter against a person who really knows how to fight. Fights in Japan are lack luster. The Japanese boxing comission knows that Japanese fighters cant handle real live competition, so they pick bums for their fighter, cheating them out of real losses and competition!!!
Yeah, Bando Hero almost KOd Uchiyama , but he was saved by the bell, plus Uchiyamas trainer , which was my trainer at the time jumped in the ring and save him from falling back to the ropes. Uchiyama aint got no chin!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, it was a lucky punch, but
it was a punch.
It was only a matter of time before this was going to happen. Hasegawa was taking on more than he can handle.
There is no way he would survive in the US. Plus after a shattered jaw, his confidence is going to be suspect. It will take him a while to take those big fights especially after something like this. This injury is no small cut.
He was talking about going over seas to fight, in Thailand, that would have ended in disaster. If he wants to step up, he has to get an American trainer/teacher. He has to leave Japan. But thats not going to happen and neither is he going to be champ again.