Hit with a straight shot that sent him backwards and down.
He got up, but you can tell he was shaken.
He seemed coherent and looked to be showing the ref that he wanted to continue pretty clearly, but the ref didn't give him a chance to defend and survive the round.
I'm not sure if it's a Japanese thing to stop fights with the slightest bit of danger, but looking from what happened in the Montiel/Donaire fight there was definitely a difference. I would've preferred the ref give Hozumi a few more seconds to defend himself before finally stopping it.
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