Describe the Japanese Boxing Style

[WesternChamp]

i dont think they really have a style that you can pick out from the rest. some of them fight defensive while some come at you with no defense.

[Zaroku]

Zaroku get yo a-sss in there and say something.

I go to kanagawa high school boxing tournaments when I can. The winners in each weight class have a big tournament to pick a champ.

One thing I do want to point it is that many of the best were trouble makers in school and were sent to special schools, where many learned boxing at an early age.

I used to go a few nights a week to the Taiken guy in Tokyo and hit the bag etc. but only did a little sparing. I'm too old now. But, I'm on friendly terms with a few of the trainers.

Also, a lot of great fighters come from Kobe, local guys, like the kameda brothers.

Many guys are or were chimpira, jr wanna be yakuza. Torpedoes you send on missions.

[Zaroku]

Last year’s heroes won gold medals in the Japanese High School Championships

The Japanese High School Championships was held in the city of ***ushima which was a new venue in the country’s boxing life. The competition was scheduled for the youth athletes and it was a selection event for the ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships which will be held in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan in May.
Women boxers could fight in three weight classes in ***ushima where the best female performance was delivered by 18-year-old Tsukimi Namiki who won the gold medal at the Balkan Women’s Youth Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria last November. Japan’s biggest woman talent stopped Honoka Seo in the semi-finals and he was able to beat Mei Miyamoto in the gold medal bout of the Women’s Flyweight class (51 kg).

Winners in the Japanese High School Championships

Women’s 46 kg: Koura Nanami
Women’s 51 kg: Tsukimi Namiki
Women’s 60 kg: Seira Hamaguchi
Men’s 46 kg: Ginjiro Shigeoka
Men’s 49 kg: Keisuke Matsumoto
Men’s 52 kg: Hayato Tsutsumi
Men’s 56 kg: Taiga Imanaga
Men’s 60 kg: Reo Saito
Men’s 64 kg: Issei Aramoto
Men’s 69 kg: Zen Kuroyanagi
Men’s 75 kg: Natsu Shinjo

http://www.boxingasia.org/japanese-h...championships/

[KillaCamNZ]

Never-leave-countryish

In discussions I've had with Asian-based boxing fans, there seems to be a feeling exactly the other way.

The US likes to think they are the boxing mecca.

The UK likes to think they are the boxing mecca.

I'm paraphrasing Eastern fans a little bit here, but..

"Where the **** is, and why the **** should I give a ****, about Birmingham, Alabama?"