Yoko Gushiken.
Yoko Gushiken.
Some opponents charged they were poisoned. Were these charges ever substantiated? If not, he's another light fly who belongs in the HOF.
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His hair belong in the HOF for sure.
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something up on Tokashiki wiki:
Yoko Gushiken had lost the WBA title to Kim, after defending it 13 times, and Tokashiki set out to avenge his gymmate's loss. Tokashiki won the world title with by unanimous decision, but a scandal involving the Kyoei gym's management was revealed the same day, and Tokashiki's victory was marred by controversy, since he and the previous champion, Gushiken, both trained with the gym.
Yoko Gushiken had lost the WBA title to Kim, after defending it 13 times, and Tokashiki set out to avenge his gymmate's loss. Tokashiki won the world title with by unanimous decision, but a scandal involving the Kyoei gym's management was revealed the same day, and Tokashiki's victory was marred by controversy, since he and the previous champion, Gushiken, both trained with the gym.
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boxbible commented on these alleged poisonnings before, think the thread was deleted.
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Not to be confused with:
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Gushiken was and is a hall of fame type fighter. Roughly speaking half his fights were title fights and he retired with only one loss.
He suffered from what many asian fighters suffer from. They often got title fights before their 15th pro fight and that doesn't speak much for record building. Asian fighters were often "cross fighters" meaning they starting their careers with some other martial art and by the time they got to boxing they weren't the best they could be.
Samaart Payakaroon is the perfect example of this phenomenon. He is arguably the best muay thai fighter of all time but only had less than twenty pro boxing matches (and he was really good at that as well until he ran into a buzzsaw named Jeff Fenech.)
My opinion is that great fighters are great at fighting whatever the rules they happen to be fighting under.
Gushiken is as Hall of Famer.
He suffered from what many asian fighters suffer from. They often got title fights before their 15th pro fight and that doesn't speak much for record building. Asian fighters were often "cross fighters" meaning they starting their careers with some other martial art and by the time they got to boxing they weren't the best they could be.
Samaart Payakaroon is the perfect example of this phenomenon. He is arguably the best muay thai fighter of all time but only had less than twenty pro boxing matches (and he was really good at that as well until he ran into a buzzsaw named Jeff Fenech.)
My opinion is that great fighters are great at fighting whatever the rules they happen to be fighting under.
Gushiken is as Hall of Famer.