Comments Thread For: Kosei Tanaka Beats Sho Kimura in Absolute War For WBO Title

[Willy Wanker]

What a great fight!

Kimura started slow, but really finished strong in the late rounds.

Not sure who won this one, real close.

[asgarth]

tanaka now a 3-division champ. Enters the same group with the likes of Broner!

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Comments Thread For: Kosei Tanaka Beats Sho Kimura in Absolute War For WBO Title

Takeda Teva Ocean Arena, Nagoya - In what became an absolute war from start to finish, Kosei Tanaka (12-0, 7 KOs) became a three division world champion with a twelve round majority decision over Sho Kimura (17-2-2, 10 KOs) to capture the WBO flyweight world title. The scores were 116-112, 115-113 and 114-114.
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[A.K]

Lil guys went hard

[1hourRun]

What a great fight!

Kimura started slow, but really finished strong in the late rounds.

Not sure who won this one, real close.

It was close. I figured Sho Kimura was going big in the final rounds ; I thought Kosei was about to get stopped in the 12th. Sho should be back for another crack.

With this win over Sho Kimura, Tanaka should be bumped to #2. at flyweight. A good addition for the Flyweights.

[Willy Wanker]

It was close. I figured Sho Kimura was going big in the final rounds ; I thought Kosei was about to get stopped in the 12th. Sho should be back for another crack.

With this win over Sho Kimura, Tanaka should be bumped to #2. at flyweight. A good addition for the Flyweights.

For sure. Tanaka was real busy in the early and mid rounds. His body punches and combinations won the fight for him.

Tanaka faded a bit in the championship rounds. And Sho showed his worth even though he came up a little short.

[sammybee]

Two Japanese warriors in an exciting bout

[_Rexy_]

dammit. Got up at 3:30, should have got up at 2:45. (EST)

Guess I'll watch this one this afternoon after work if it's on youtube or dailymotion

[RuleOfTheSpear]

Have you ever seen two roosters fight? It's like this.

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[1hourRun]

For sure. Tanaka was real busy in the early and mid rounds. His body punches and combinations won the fight for him.

Tanaka faded a bit in the championship rounds. And Sho showed his worth even though he came up a little short.

I did notice Kosei Tanaka's fluidity and precision with the body-head combos, I was impressed with his punch-selection throughout the contest. Kosei does drop his guard often which created some concern for me; good thing for Tanaka that Sho Kimura is not as fast or accurate to get off in combination as frequently.

dammit. Got up at 3:30, should have got up at 2:45. (EST)

Guess I'll watch this one this afternoon after work if it's on youtube or dailymotion

I think the official YT link that SceneBoxer provided in the first page might still be functional.

Have you ever seen two roosters fight? It's like this.

[IMG]https://media.*****.com/media/jwSmk81Ng5398VFWDU/*****.gif[/IMG]

Haha! What a moment in the final round, very entertaining how the momentum dramatically shifted from one another. It ended like it began in the early rounds -- A Gif of some the action in round 2 below.