Comments Thread For: Longtime 108-lb titlist Teraji claims vacant flyweight belt with late stoppage over Canelo stablemate Rosales

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Following a lengthy reign across two title tenures at 108 pounds, Kenshiro Teraji could no longer make the weight at age 32 and moved up to flyweight Sunday in the co-feature to Takuma Inoue vs. Seiya Tsutsumi at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. "The Amazing Boy" was visibly undersized against veteran Cristofer Rosales in their meeting for the vacant WBC 112-pound belt, but he had every other possible advantage, and used his tremendous footwork, hand speed, sharp jab, and straighter punches to bloody Rosales' nose and prevail by stoppage after 10 lopsided rounds.
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Canelo was screaming the entire fight...
telling Rosales to go for the KO.

He stayed until the end.

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BTW

Teraji is 164cm tall, with a 164cm reach

Rosales is 168cm with 180cm reach

16cm reach difference!!


ridiculous size difference, but Teraji completely out jabbed, outworked this guy...
made it look pretty easy.

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Canelo was screaming the entire fight...
telling Rosales to go for the KO.

He stayed until the end.

I'm actually moderately surprised about that because I had assumed Canelo was there only for PR purposes. Thought he wouldn't really give a frack about lower weight division.

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I'm actually moderately surprised about that because I had assumed Canelo was there only for PR purposes. Thought he wouldn't really give a frack about lower weight division.

I’m still not clear on why he’s in japan…
obviously to support his stablemate Rosales

but the possibility of fighting in Tokyo
and/or shopping & vacation with the family

I don’t think he was happy after hearing Bivol lost.