Naoya Inoue vs. Marlon Tapales | Sky Sports - 26 December 2023

[Cholo_cws]

this is the 3rd fight they've shown, first 2 were takei-mexican and hiraoka-mexican. those lasted a total of 7 rounds or so

[margaret thatcher]

tsutsumi with a nasty cut on his left eye, this surely wont last much longer

[Delta Jay]

the japanese title looks pretty cool

They have fukken wars yno. Could be any two divs and it’s always a belter fight.

Two Jap Southpaws is mad tho, can’t remember ever seeing that beige but I like this fight. Thought that was a legit Kd, did you?

[margaret thatcher]

wow! tsutsumi taking a battering, floors anaguchi!

[Ruthless-RKO]

Date: Tuesday December 26, 2023
Location: Ariake Arena - Koto City, Tokyo, Japan
TV/Stream: ESPN+ | Sky Sports

Start Times
ESPN+: 3 am ET | 12 am PT (Main Card)
Sky Sports: 10 am GMT (Main Card)

Promoted by: Top Rank

Fight Card

Undisputed World Super Bantamweight Championship
Naoya Inoue vs. Marlon Tapales

10 Round Bantamweight Bout
Seiya Tsutsumi vs. Kazuki Anaguchi

8 Round Flyweight Bout
Kanamu Sakama vs. John Paul Gabunilas

8 Round Super Bantamweight Bout
Yoshiki Takei vs. Mario Diaz Maldonado

8 Round Lightweight Bout
Andy Hiraoka vs. Sebastian Diaz Maldonado

[margaret thatcher]

oh ya that was legit for sure, he was hurt

[coneye]

When i get to see japanese cRds granted not often . But they always seem good commentary is good has well sensible . No screaming fan boy stuff

[margaret thatcher]

wow! greeat 5th! they are going toe to toe now. tsutsum's face is messed up but he's not backing down at all

[handsofstone]

That bodyshot KO from Takai was sensational, feinted the jab then cam under, doesn't get much better

[margaret thatcher]

anaguchi straightens himself out and returns to more boxing in the 6th

not sure if tsut's cut was from punches or foul. anaguchi has been using the elbow often

[margaret thatcher]

ana down again!

[Delta Jay]

Great fight loads of action

[margaret thatcher]

what a war

[margaret thatcher]

good rebound round for anaguchi, tsutsumi slowed up a bit

[jwfg]

what a war

Great stuff.

[margaret thatcher]

crazy!! anaguchi down again! looks to be going, but then fights back and stuns tstusumi at the bell!

despite being down 3x, it's possible anaguchi could still win this on points.. he has an argument for every round he hasnt been down in.

last round now ....10th

[margaret thatcher]

wow! anaguchi goes down agan at the final bell

with kds in 4 rounds against him surely he'll lose on points now

[margaret thatcher]

ill be very interested in the scores.....wonder if anaguchi still couldve won that if he took the 10th

tsutumi only won 4 rounds for me, but with kds in each one of them he's surely got it

[margaret thatcher]

as talented as anaguchi looked at times, i fear just not tough enough. he didnt look particularly hurt on any of the kds, just like it was getting too hot for him so he kinda crumpled to get some recovery.

[jwfg]

Wild fight Mags. Thoroughly enjoyable start to the day.

[margaret thatcher]

[margaret thatcher]

tsutsumi being given a check for about 50k pounds, seems like special occassion - maybe for 5 japanesse title wins?

[Cholo_cws]

Great fight. Taken a lot out of both by the looks of it.

[coneye]

Hope he .s alright did.nt look to good there atthe end

[margaret thatcher]

two scores of 94-92.............if anaguchi had stayed up and won the final round he woulda won the fight even being down 3x.

awesome stuff, congrats to the very cut up winner