By Cliff Rold - Like most of its nearby weight classes, the Flyweights completed another year with some good fights but less of the high quality drama in larger realms. Unification has avoided 112 lbs for close to two generations even if the lineage of the World title; the trend continued. The regionalization of markets and titles in class doesn’t look to be changing soon and it’s too bad. Like Jr. Bantamweight three pounds higher, Flyweight features a deep top ten. It has been deep for most of the decade. The depth was on display up to the last day of the year as, in a rematch of a battling 2007 draw, Thailand’s Denkaosan Kaovichit upset Japan’s Takefumi Sakata in two rounds. It was Kaovichit’s third overall try at the WBA crown. [details]
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BoxingScene 2008 Year in Review: The Flyweights
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It wasn't a lucky hometown draw for Naito. The judges were all fair and firm to my eyes. My scorecard was 114-113 (10-10 for the 9th) in favor of Wongjongcam. So that split draw was within a margin of understanding. It deserves Fight of the Year, but I don't think Naito was the Fighter of the Year though. With Darchinyan and Donaire moving on up to superflyweight contention and Sakata being knocked out, Naito is the only flyweight to win the award. That is all there is to it.
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Originally posted by cool-jupiter View PostIt wasn't a lucky hometown draw for Naito. The judges were all fair and firm to my eyes. My scorecard was 114-113 (10-10 for the 9th) in favor of Wongjongcam. So that split draw was within a margin of understanding. It deserves Fight of the Year, but I don't think Naito was the Fighter of the Year though. With Darchinyan and Donaire moving on up to superflyweight contention and Sakata being knocked out, Naito is the only flyweight to win the award. That is all there is to it.
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