Daisuke Naito To Face Shimizu, Sakata To Battle Hisataka

**warp1432** · 07-30-2008, 11:56 AM

Ummm....Naito and Sakata already won

Also pretty sure these were showcase bouts for unification. Not to mention Daisuke had fought Pong before that so he wanted a tune up. That tune up was beating him on all 3 cards though until Naito knocked him out in the 10th

**cool-jupiter** · 07-30-2008, 01:07 PM

Ronnie, will you please shut the h*ll up on this?

If you don't like a title bout between compatriots, then why don't you blame Marquez and Vasquez who have fought 3 times in a row and now trying to do it one more time?

You complain about Hisataka, but was Glenn Donaire a fair contender when he fought Vic Darchinyan?

Why was AJ Banal qualified to fight for the WBA interim super flyweight title when there was no regular champion, and also when there were Kohei Kono and former world WBA champ Nobuo Nashiro who were rated higher than Banal? It's ironic now that Banal tasted an upset knockout defeat and Kono and Nashiro are fighting for the regular title.

Just learn to get a freaking life already...

Oh well, this is kind of a spoiler. WBA flyweight titlist Takefumi Sakata retained the belt by unanimous decision over Hiroyuki Hisataka. As was usual with him, Sakata started out slow but paced up his offensive action as the bout went on. Hisataka tried desparately to turn things around by counterpunches and boxing circles, but Sakata was like a Terminator and all over him with his hands going throughout the entire fight.

WBC flyweight champion Naito successfully defended his title by KO victory. Shimizu was the man who took control of the bout till the 8th round, but Naito jumped in and landed a stunning left hook to the chin of Shimizu and hurt him at the start of the 10th round. Naito then connected a couple of blows on him to send him into the canvas. Shimizu manged to get up, but didn't recover from the damage. Naito relentlessly punched Shimizu's lights out and scored another knockdown and the referee reached the count of 10.

Both were good fights. Hisataka was not at the level of fighting for the world title in my opinion, but Shimizu showed his potential. I guess there are good chances that Shimizu can become a world champion.

**warp1432** · 07-30-2008, 04:00 PM

Thanks man. How badly was Shimizu winning? Was it like a blow out or were they competitive rounds?

**cool-jupiter** · 07-31-2008, 12:53 AM

Shimizu was clearly leading on points as the official judges had it 87－84, 86－85, and 87－85 in favor of Shimizu. Till the 9th round, I saw it 87 - 84 with Shimizu ahead. Shimizu was fast and had his shots connected in middle range more often than Naito did. Naito, who did not throw lots of jabs last night, was also perplexed by counterpunches from Shimizu. Those were minutely timed and accurately connected when Naito tried to jump in range, but did not hurt him much. He can take shots. The only knockdown he has ever suffered was at the hands of Wongjongkam in Thai. The challenger had wings on his feet, quickly stepping side by side and forward and backward whenever he felt he needed to. He also clinched often when Naito was in close range. He knew it was not his distance. Naito is distinguished in throwing punches at unpredictable angles within close range. Overall, Shimizu was taking control of the fight most of the time, and at the start of the 9th round when the official scores were announced, he thought he was about to win the fight. In the post-fight interview he told the press that he didn't let up. He commented; "it didn't matter whether I was leading or behind on points. Either way, I would have been knocked out." I personally didn't see anything bad about Shimizu's moves, but there might be a constant pressure from Naito that only Shimizu could feel. It might be that he knew he would have to succumb to it at some point of the fight. My impression was that he was an opposition and a pretty competitve contender for Naito. Kudos to both fighters for putting up a nice championship bout.

**mr. bojangles** · 07-31-2008, 01:31 AM

whatever.

亀田興毅 - the osaka pitbull is more entertaining.

**El Jesus** · 07-31-2008, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by cool-jupiter

Shimizu was clearly leading on points as the official judges had it 87－84, 86－85, and 87－85 in favor of Shimizu. Till the 9th round, I saw it 87 - 84 with Shimizu ahead. Shimizu was fast and had his shots connected in middle range more often than Naito did. Naito, who did not throw lots of jabs last night, was also perplexed by counterpunches from Shimizu. Those were minutely timed and accurately connected when Naito tried to jump in range, but did not hurt him much. He can take shots. The only knockdown he has ever suffered was at the hands of Wongjongkam in Thai. The challenger had wings on his feet, quickly stepping side by side and forward and backward whenever he felt he needed to. He also clinched often when Naito was in close range. He knew it was not his distance. Naito is distinguished in throwing punches at unpredictable angles within close range. Overall, Shimizu was taking control of the fight most of the time, and at the start of the 9th round when the official scores were announced, he thought he was about to win the fight. In the post-fight interview he told the press that he didn't let up. He commented; "it didn't matter whether I was leading or behind on points. Either way, I would have been knocked out." I personally didn't see anything bad about Shimizu's moves, but there might be a constant pressure from Naito that only Shimizu could feel. It might be that he knew he would have to succumb to it at some point of the fight. My impression was that he was an opposition and a pretty competitve contender for Naito. Kudos to both fighters for putting up a nice championship bout.

i swear thats what happened to margarito this saturday

**warp1432** · 07-31-2008, 10:14 AM

I'd say Naito is more like Ricardo Mayorga though. He has a weird ass style.

**cool-jupiter** · 07-31-2008, 10:26 AM

Never thought Japanese font was available here on the boards of this forum... Be that as it may, 亀田興毅 has lots of problems to iron out before challenging either Sakata or Naito, let alone fighting either one of them. Last night he interferred with Naito's post fight interview abruptly, which provoked so many people attending and TV viewers as he has done all along. I don't have much idea how 亀田興毅 is perceived and recognized outside of Japan. I heard a portion of rumors and impressions about him from a friend in Mexico via several PMs though. But I tell you what. There are so many Kameda naysayers - so called アンチ亀田 - here in Japan, most of who are comprised of dedicated boxing fans.

**El Jesus** · 07-31-2008, 10:27 AM

Originally posted by cool-jupiter

Never thought Japanese font was available here on the boards of this forum... Be that as it may, 亀田興毅 has lots of problems to iron out before challenging either Sakata or Naito, let alone fighting either one of them. Last night he interferred with Naito's post fight interview abruptly, which provoked so many people attending and TV viewers as he has done all along. I don't have much idea how 亀田興毅 is perceived and recognized outside of Japan. I heard a portion of rumors and impressions about him from a friend in Mexico via several PMs though. But I tell you what. There are so many Kameda naysayers - so called アンチ亀田 - here in Japan, most of who are comprised of dedicated boxing fans.

I have japanese font but honestly, about .1 percent of us are fluent kanji/katakana/hiragana etc readers

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Daisuke Naito To Face Shimizu, Sakata To Battle Hisataka