Comments Thread For: Photos: Yaegashi Turns Back Edgar Sosa, Murata Wins

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JAPAN'S Akira Yaegashi defended his WBC flyweight title for a second time after beating Mexico's Edgar Sosa with a unanimous decision in Tokyo on Friday. Neither fighter managed a knockdown over 12 rounds at sumo mecca Ryogoku Kokugikan, but 30-year-old Yaegashi took the decision 116-112, 117-111, 117-111 to improve his record to 19 wins and three defeats with nine knockouts.

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Is that eye swollen on Murata?


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[Tyler_Durden]

This looked like it was an action packed fight, couldnt find anywhere to stream it but hopefully it will get uploaded on Youtube.

[giacomino]

Nice win for Yaegashi. Strike two for Sosa at 112. At his age, wonder if he will fight on for another shot.

[MBE]

Is that eye swollen on Murata?


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He seemed a bit marked up. I wouldn't say it was a completely dominant victory. This peterson fellow asked a lot of questions of him. He landed a lot of punches from different angles, used movement to box on the back-foot and looked quite good, but didn't have the power or strength in the end.

Murata was clearly landing the more accurate and powerful punches though.

[US Dirk Killer]

Murata will be the best evar

[Hougigo]

I want to cut him some slack since it's only his second pro fight and he had two tough/experienced opponents to start off.
We'll see down the line if he learns or levels off

[bigcursedawg]

Good win for Yaegashi. I can't help but think that the open scoring made him stick to boxing. He knew he built a lead after the 4th and had was still winning after the 8th. I think that was a big factor in Yaegashi not taking anymore risks than he really needed to. Either way it's still one if the best wins of his career and will most likely lead to a Ikoa rematch next year.

As for Murata. He showed he has some decent power but his defense is porous and he needs to work on that. Going 8 rounds in your 2nd pro fight is impressive in itself, but getting the stoppage in the last round is a good sign of his conditioning. As he gets more rounds in against better opposition he'll hopefully show improvement. He definitely not a threat at 160 yet.

[ladiesman217]

Rank the current active Japanese fighters P4P.

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