Comments Thread For: Taguchi Out-Points Melindo in Light Flyweight Unification Fight

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Japan's Ryoichi Taguchi out-pointed the Philippines' Milan Melindo in their 12-round, 108-pound title unification fight Sunday night in Tokyo.

Taguchi (27-2-2, 12 KOs) won a unanimous decision over Melindo (37-2, 13 KOs) in their fight for Taguchi's WBA light flyweight championship and Melindo's IBF title at Ota-City General Gymnasium.
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[greenarcher89]

I knew it would happen.. Milan doesn't have the skills to be an elite fighter so when he said he wanted to unify all the belts in the division all i can say is "wake up Milan... "

[1hourRun]

Real boxing, no clinching or running other than the accidental headclashes it was a clean proper fight. Both guys gave and received punishment never cowering away from the action.

[asgarth]

Real boxing, no clinching or running other than the accidental headclashes it was a clean proper fight. Both guys gave and received punishment never cowering away from the action.

Melindo was clinching pretty much until the late rounds. Dont know what you were seeing.

He was throwing a combination and clinched afterwards very often.

Whenever taguchi was about to get in close range, melindo was going for a clinch.

Some clinches were due to the height difference, which made it more difficult to get a fluid inside fight going on, but melindo didnt want to participate in a firefight during the first 7 rounds.

[1hourRun]

Melindo was clinching pretty much until the late rounds. Dont know what you were seeing.

He was throwing a combination and clinched afterwards very often.

Whenever taguchi was about to get in close range, melindo was going for a clinch.

Some clinches were due to the height difference, which made it more difficult to get a fluid inside fight going on, but melindo didnt want to participate in a firefight during the first 7 rounds.

I wasnt bothered by it, I didnt feel the ref had to constantly separate them, or that one was holding on for dear life...maybe its just me but I enjoyed it very much.

[asgarth]

I wasnt bothered by it, I didnt feel the ref had to constantly separate them, or that one was holding on for dear life...maybe its just me but I enjoyed it very much.

Round 9-12 were pretty good, both were exchanging good punches and taguchi was pressing the action.

But round 1-8 were not too exciting. I thought Taguchi would have brought the heat much sooner. He was in first gear in the beginning, pumping out his jab, occasionally throwing a lead right. Rather untypical approach for him and Melindo didnt want to have a high paced fight, so he often clinched.

Not excessively like usyk was doing against perez, but it was clear that he didnt want to fight taguchis fight. (which is understandable, taguchi has a very good engine and Melindo was also fading late against budler)

Props to taguchi. It doesnt seem like it, but he has actually pretty good defense. Uses head movement when he gets in, guard is up when necessary and he rolls the punches to lessen the impact. Thats why he even went 10 with inoue without getting hurt.

[Stynpine]

The last couple rounds were really fun to watch. Great fight to end 2017 with. Watching this fight closely, I just noticed how technically sound Taguchi is. Great punch anticipation (rolling under expected left hooks after throwing a right hand), good wrestling fundamentals (positioning his head and forearms during clinches to disrupt Melindo's balance and leverage on punches), and good combinations. Shame about the headbutts though, the referee stepped in too much for this fight. He was breaking their clinches up literally every 3 seconds at one point. Let them fight out of the clinch. As much as people dislike it, wrestling is a key component of boxing and Taguchi knew how to use his height and power to prevent Melindo's inside game. Not to take anything away from Melindo though, who had a lot of heart and threw everything but the kitchen sink at Taguchi when he knew he had to go for broke. He also had a lot of really good moments in the beginning stages of the fight.

[GStalker]

Not excessively like usyk was doing against perez, but it was clear that he didnt want to fight taguchis fight. (which is understandable, taguchi has a very good engine and Melindo was also fading late against budler)

Usyk has never fought Perez. Briedis did.

[drablj]

you can watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=47OsukEz5d4
kimura's fight from the undercard is here youtube.com/watch?v=biQPvOrpieE .
(i can't post links because i don't have 15 posts)

[SceneBoxer]

you can watch it here youtube.com/watch?v=47OsukEz5d4
kimura's fight from the undercard is here youtube.com/watch?v=biQPvOrpieE .
(i can't post links because i don't have 15 posts)