Watched most of this before.
Brilliant fight. The footage I found was staggering so I'm definitely going to rewatch when a better version is available.
FairPlay to Hekkie Budler, that was a gruelling fight and he put it all on the line to become unified and lineal champion. He also held a belt at Minimumweight previously.
Budler is fighter I had heard of but not seen previously, he deserves a lot of respect for beating a Ring & unified champion in his home country.
Budler v Ken Shiro (boxrec no1 and WBC champion) would be a perfect fight for the Japanese NYE schedule.
Taguchi v Budler IBF,WBA, Ring,Lineal Light Flyweight titles
Re: Taguchi v Budler IBF,WBA, Ring,Lineal Light Flyweight titles

light flyweight
Hekkie Budler 31 3 0
vs
Ryoichi Taguchi 27 2 2
International Boxing Federation World Light Flyweight Title
World Boxing Association Super World Light Flyweight Title
Budler won by UD
114-113 on all 3 cards
Budler down in round 12
The KD was ruled a slip by the ref but scored right by the judges
MORE CARD HIGHLIGHTS HERE:
http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... 5&t=127412
ENJOY!!