Murata is making his debut against the guy who KO'd Drian Francisco in one....Drian is the guy Rigondeaux is about to fight.
Hell of a debut
If Drian does the impossible and Maruta handles Canoy...would we then have to consider the teenager a top pound for pound fighter? Lol
You have forgotten 2 more fighters.
Naoya Inoue most importantly. And Roman Zhailauov.
They debuted BEFORE Lomachenko, think the point was that after Lomachenkos debut there have been some exciting fighters who are already mixing at a high level.
Both debuted back in 2012
Shame to think that if Maruta was an American debuting at the level he's starting his career...fans would be all over it...as he's Japanese its only a handful that have an interest and I suspect 90% only know about him due to that asian boxing site.
Has anyone seen this Amagasa guy fight?
A boxrec check shows that he's freakishly tall for the division and has a possibly deceptive record (three of his four losses and his two draws came early in his career). He's 1-1 with his only notable opponent (a former titlist) and undefeated since 2010.
But there's only so much to glean from records, so again, has anyone seen him in action?
Some footage of him on the Asianboxing video section. His KO of Nagata looks awesome the rest however is ugly, wild, looping stuff that Rigondeaux will punish big time.
Yeah, on the undercard of Kazuto Ioka. Ryo Miyazaki and Katsunari Takayama are supposed to be on the card as well. I.B.F. Light Flyweight champ Javier Mendoza is the possible opponent for Miyazaki.
From what I've read it will be in Osaka, where Ioka, Miyazaki and Takayama are all from, not Tokyo. The other card on the same day will be in Tokyo, the Uchiyama one
BWAA will never name this guy fighter of the year, no matter how hard people try to push him, Bwaa gives fighter of the year to guys who are well known in boxing or more popular.
More well known? Inoue was seen by more of his countrymen than Floyd Mayweather was seen by Americans...
I already watched the fight once, thanks for the link. Will watch again later.
First impressions, well it was expected to be a tough fight and it was. Tough opponent for a pro debut. Most other prospects don't even fight that type of opponent until 20 fights into their career.
I actually scored the fight a draw at first watch. Canoy took the last two rounds for me and he at least won one of the first four rounds. Round 6 was closer than round 5, but Canoy landed the more meaningful shots whereas Maruta just moved around and he definitely looked tired. If I had to give it someone it would have been to Canoy. I thought he was landing the cleaner shots. Can't be too tough on Maruta. Extremely difficult opponent for a debut and this should be a learning experience. He definitely shouldn't be rushed to a title. If I'm not mistaken, I remember his team, before this fight, said it was a 3-year plan to the title. Sounds about right. I think he's at least like 3 or 4 years away from a title. Like I said shouldn't be rushed.
I watched the fight hours ago so I may have forgotten a few things, so that's why I will watch again when I have time.
I want to see if I see anything different when I watch it a second time. Also, his second pro fight should be more telling on how fast they could move him. For now I would say not to rush him.
Thanks for the link once again.
Had it 58-55 to Maruta personally. Gave Canoy rounds 2 and 5, could see the 6th being given level. Then again if the bout was in the UK the ref would have stopped that in round 4 when Canoy was all over the place.
Appreciate the heads up on this kid.
What got people so hyped on him previous to his pro debut? Looks like he was 55-11 as an amateur. Good record obviously, but not THAT good & for a guy getting hyped prior to his debut its kinda ****ty tbh.
Suspect the amateur style didn't really suit him, he had received big attention in Japan and had been under the eye of Morioka gym since he was in Kindergarten. Recently he was in the US sparring, and holding his own, with guys like Felix Diaz.
From what I've read his team has basically been the same from when he was very young and he had been fighting older people looking for competition, hence some of his amateur losses. The team know how good he is and have allowed him to spar with very good guys as a result.
Although a skinny kid he's apparently really physically strong, fast, and instinctive.
Interesting I'll have another look at it in a few hours.
Do you agree that he shouldn't be rushed?
Personally I'd keep him on a fast track...give him an 8 rounder in March, 10 towards the summer and then a Japanese or OPBF title fight in November/December. I think there was probably a lot of nervous energy and stuff in there which will have taken it's toll on his stamina.
He can't really take a step back IMO so might as well continue swimming with sharks.
Nah it wasn't kameda, he was bigger than him.
And yeah they take there beatings like men, I honestly think someone needs to school there trainers on when it's appropriate to throw in a towel because Some of the beatings I've seen them take are definitely causing permanent damage and for no reason.
Keita Obara
More news from the same press conference...Inoue eyeing up a US debut in 2016!
Earlier today Hideyuki Ohashi announced the next big Ohashi Gym show, a show that will be headlined by prodigy Naoya Inoue (8-0, 7) defending his WBO Super Flyweight title title against Warlito Parrenas (24-6-1, 21) on December 29th.
Interestingly the announcement of Inoue's bout wasn't the only bit of "Naoya News", in fact it was the least interesting bit given that the bout had been rumoured for almost a month.
The more interesting news is that Inoue seems set to make his US debut next year with Ohashi stating that he was hoping to get Inoue in the US for his first bout of 2016, which is heavily rumoured to be a rematch with Omar Andres Narvaez (44-2-2, 23).
The idea of the bout seems to be to get Inoue on HBO to help build for the potential mega-clash between the "Monster" and new HBO golden boy Roman Gonzalez (44-0, 38). With that clash, potentially, coming later next year. It could well be that we see both men on a card that also features Gennady Golovkin in what would be a great show for the hardcore fight fan.
http://www.asianboxing.info/asian-news/naoya-inoue-to-make-us-debut-in-2016
These lower weights aren't going under the radar nearly as much now thanks to Gonzalez's last two performances and what Inoue and Estrada are doing. It's great.
13,000,000 watched Ioka vs Sosa, it's not been a case of "going under the radar" but instead being ignored by the west. Glad to see the US and Europe finally waking up to the guys at 112/115/118
This really could be a special bout, shame. People would rather talk about Mayweathers reading ability instead of a great bout between promising youngsters
Tanaka vs Hara fight on October 30. Very excited about that. If Tanaka wins I think well see him in with a world champion next time out.
Genki Hanai looks to be fighting Crison Omayao, someone dislikes the Filipino kid...
Screw you man! Dinamita 03 hacked me. :lol1:
I read that he struggled in that fight and the scores seem to suggest so?
I think most independent folk had Tomoki winning 4-2 prior to the stoppage. The judge who had Pungluang winning is VERY lucky that their card has been ignored due to the stoppage and the controversy of the main event.
Tomoki struggled in rounds 3 and 4 then found a new gear before scoring the stoppage.