Oscar Larios Survives, Hasegawa Retains WBC Title

[deanrw]

I have watched Hozumi fight a couple times before. His straight left is Pacman like. It has real steam behind it. I am surprised he does not have a much larger knockout ratio.

Good fighter he is.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

whoa...this fight wasnt even on the radar...f'n chololo keeps goin..good to see him get another strap

[Miburo]

I have watched Hozumi fight a couple times before. His straight left is Pacman like. It has real steam behind it. I am surprised he does not have a much larger knockout ratio.

Good fighter he is.

He tends to sacrifice power on the inside for speed and punch output in his flurries, there's a fair amount of pitty-pat. From outside he sits down on his shots more.

[toluco]

They had to be WBC judges, and everyone knows the WBC protects Mexican fighters all over the world.

not true
what about casamayor vs santacruz? they were wbc judges
and are u implying larios got a gift without even watching the fight?

[toluco]

common on lucha... u know oscar is a lil bit ****ed up!! he has take 2 many shots!

but yeah he still got it to compete i guess.. but also he should start thinking about his health .

i know but larios is really proud maybe too much for his own good
he rejected a spot and a big payday on an american ppv so he could defend his title in front of his hometown fans, even sulaiman told him that was a mistake
now he goes to japan and defens his title and his unbeaten record in japan 6-0
he is the greatest fighter from jalisco of all time and he will continue to fight to prove it
according to sulaiman his next opponent is probably gonna be jhonny gonzalez

[cool-jupiter]

I watched both bouts on TV last night. Aoh- Larios was a competitive fight. What mattered was championship experience. Larios had his share of it, while Aoh did not. Through the first 4 rounds, Aoh perfectly controlled the tide of the fight with his slick defense and left counter punches. When he knocked Larios down in the 4th, I guess he got himself hyped up too much to pull out a knockout win. Larios barely got up on his feet, acknowledging that Aoh would come to finish with him. So he changed his plan and decided to use his feet and jabs to buy some time to recover and keep Aoh away. Aoh is not a knockout artist, which his record of 16-0-1 with 8 KOs at that point proves. Larios was hurt, but to my eyes Aoh seemed to be the guy who had taken the beating throught the fight in the late rounds. Aoh was really on the verge of getting knocked down, or even knocked out. I expected the result to be majority decision, but it turned out to be split. Either way, the judges were fair enough I guess.

Concerning Hasegawa, I figured he would win without any problem via decision by a wide margin. Never did I imagine he would be able to put an end to the fight in the 2nd just like his last title defense. Now that Nishioka is a new WBC super bantamweight titlist, Hasegawa will not go up in weight. Can't wait to see him in action against a fighter like Arce in the US.

[2501]

I watched both bouts on TV last night. Aoh- Larios was a competitive fight. What mattered was championship experience. Larios had his share of it, while Aoh did not. Through the first 4 rounds, Aoh perfectly controlled the tide of the fight with his slick defense and left counter punches. When he knocked Larios down in the 4th, I guess he got himself hyped up too much to pull out a knockout win. Larios barely got up on his feet, acknowledging that Aoh would come to finish with him. So he changed his plan and decided to use his feet and jabs to buy some time to recover and keep Aoh away. Aoh is not a knockout artist, which his record of 16-0-1 with 8 KOs at that point proves. Larios was hurt, but to my eyes Aoh seemed to be the guy who had taken the beating throught the fight in the late rounds. Aoh was really on the verge of getting knocked down, or even knocked out. I expected the result to be majority decision, but it turned out to be split. Either way, the judges were fair enough I guess.

Concerning Hasegawa, I figured he would win without any problem via decision by a wide margin. Never did I imagine he would be able to put an end to the fight in the 2nd just like his last title defense. Now that Nishioka is a new WBC super bantamweight titlist, Hasegawa will not go up in weight. Can't wait to see him in action against a fighter like Arce in the US.

great description. thanks.

[warp1432]

There's no way that Arce's handlers would put him anywhere near Hasegawa. I'd like to see Hasegawa vs Moreno next, but since that's pretty much not happening, Vuis Malgina (who KOd Saphrom in 4 rounds), would be a good fight.

[Scott9945]

I watched both bouts on TV last night. Aoh- Larios was a competitive fight. What mattered was championship experience. Larios had his share of it, while Aoh did not. Through the first 4 rounds, Aoh perfectly controlled the tide of the fight with his slick defense and left counter punches. When he knocked Larios down in the 4th, I guess he got himself hyped up too much to pull out a knockout win. Larios barely got up on his feet, acknowledging that Aoh would come to finish with him. So he changed his plan and decided to use his feet and jabs to buy some time to recover and keep Aoh away. Aoh is not a knockout artist, which his record of 16-0-1 with 8 KOs at that point proves. Larios was hurt, but to my eyes Aoh seemed to be the guy who had taken the beating throught the fight in the late rounds. Aoh was really on the verge of getting knocked down, or even knocked out. I expected the result to be majority decision, but it turned out to be split. Either way, the judges were fair enough I guess.

Concerning Hasegawa, I figured he would win without any problem via decision by a wide margin. Never did I imagine he would be able to put an end to the fight in the 2nd just like his last title defense. Now that Nishioka is a new WBC super bantamweight titlist, Hasegawa will not go up in weight. Can't wait to see him in action against a fighter like Arce in the US.

Thanks. I was looking for an objective opinion on this. Green k for you.

[alphaqfrankie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMOHNHnh1Dg

here is only the second round of the Valdez fight. I wish they put round 1 as well. Valdez was doing a good job leading to the knockdown... IMO I thought the fight was stop to early..

But I will let you guys decide for yourselves.