Comments Thread For: Ricardo Sandoval stuns Kenshiro Teraji via split nod, claims WBA/WBC 112lbs crown

[famicommander]

Anthony Olascuaga vs Ricardo Sandoval is the fight to make in the states.

Olascuaga got his ass whooped by Kyoguchi last time out and they robbed Kyoguchi blind.

[Dorrian_Grey]

Kudos to Sandoval for his win, in Japan, no less.

Japan is famously generous to foreign fighters. They get neutral refs and judges for all their title fights, so it's fairly common for Japanese fighters to get robbed in their own hometowns.

[DFM]

Great fight. It was close. That 117-110 card was nonsense. I would like to see the rematch or Olascuaga unification.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

Very good fight , the right man got the nod though 117-110 might have been a little wide. The only really bad card was the one for Teraji.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

thought teraji won that, should have won that considering he is a long reigning champion

What's being a long reigning Champion got to do with it ? You don't get bonus points for anything. Boxing is scored on a round by round basis .

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

I forgot about this fight and it sounds like I missed out in watching a good live fight.

It's on DAZN. I just got done watching the whole card.

[Malvado]

Olascuaga got his ass whooped by Kyoguchi last time out and they robbed Kyoguchi blind.

I agree, Kyoguchi should had won pressing and winning 8-9 out 12 rounds, he got Olascuaga's number as Anthony had difficult time beating Hiroto to the punch, Hiroto who caught him first with aggressive timing either before or after Anthony threw a punch. There is also about the controversy of the 11th round KD by Olascuaga. Though I do see how Hiroto got buzzed by the shot, Olascuaga turned the tides to late in 11-12 rounds.

I don't hold it against Olascuaga, he didn't commit any fouls and wasn't in charge of what the judges somehow gave him the win in very wide scorecards. He was just glad that he won and sadly Kyoguchi retired quite young

Also, want to note Anthony takes tough quite challenges quite early in his career, Sandoval has 3 times the amount of fights, yet Anthony has as much championship experience. At 5-0, and at age 23, he fought Kenshiro Teraji with a two week notice, giving a pretty good fight rocking Teraji before getting overwhelmed, then went 3 wins with 3 KOs over top Flyweight contenders, like Giemel Magramo, Riku Kano and Jonathan Gonzalez, before facing Kyoguchi. Though to be fair, I think Gonzalez should had a been a No Contest, as he had suffered a cut from a head clash and the fight was stopped to early because his heart is just not on it.

33 is ancient at flyweight. Everybody is little, only some grow to heavyweight. The competition is feirce, hunger driven. Good for Japan, they make the best little men, even if they are not Japanese.

For Flyweight is it the time where the fighters go in the downslide, but I wouldn't say ancient if you look at examples like Chocolatito. The fighters are very active, have better conditioning and rely more on skill in these weight classes. These things take a toll on the fighters if they keep fighting consistently at the top level for years and normally they do.

[sensfulviolence]

I had it 114-113 Kenshiro, but practically every round (except 5 & 6, which I gave to Kenshiro) was close. Sandoval winning is fine, but 117-110 either way seems crazy to me.

Im feeling what people are saying about Kenshiro being old at 33 - he's always in wars. Honestly, I didnt agree with the Ring ranking him p4p. P4P heart and action, but not a p4p boxer.

3 very good fights, maybe its recency bias, but that kid who beat up Rosas looks like he could be the next big thing. Guess we'll see.

[famicommander]

I had it 114-113 Kenshiro, but practically every round (except 5 & 6, which I gave to Kenshiro) was close. Sandoval winning is fine, but 117-110 either way seems crazy to me.

Im feeling what people are saying about Kenshiro being old at 33 - he's always in wars. Honestly, I didnt agree with the Ring ranking him p4p. P4P heart and action, but not a p4p boxer.

3 very good fights, maybe its recency bias, but that kid who beat up Rosas looks like he could be the next big thing. Guess we'll see.

Teraji has wins over Ganigan Lopez twice, Pedro Guevara, Milan Melindo, Masamichi Yabuki, Hiroto Kyoguchi, Anthony Olascuaga, Hekkie Budler, Carlos Canizares, Cristofer Rosales, and Seigo Yuri Akui. And prior to this fight his only loss was to Yabuki, which he avenged by 3rd round KO in an immediate rematch.

Teraji was absolutely deserving of his pound for pound ranking. WBC, then WBA/WBC/TBRB/Ring/lineal at light flyweight, WBA/WBC at flyweight, 13 total title defenses. He's going to the Hall of Fame off that resume.

[edpboxing]

I forgot about this fight and it sounds like I missed out in watching a good live fight.

Had no clue, but Matchroom streamed it on their YouTube channel if you want to watch them

https://www.youtube.com/live/66gAPoo...-bSuIOmFtbXxy8