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WBC flyweight champ Daigo Higa (15-0, 15 KOs) forfeited his belt as he couldn’t make the class limit of 112 pounds since he failed in his first trip to the scale, weighing at 51.7 kg (114 pounds).

After ninety minutes Higa gave up reducing his weight because his body was too dry to reduce any more.

His challenger Cristofer Rosales, Nicaragua, tipped the beam at 50.5 kg (111.5 pounds) and successfully made the weight.

http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id ... er-rosales

The Murata-Blandamura bout will air live in an international edition of Top Rank Boxing on ESPN at 8 a.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes with an 11 p.m. ET replay on ESPN2.

if only there were more streams of japan cards, i wonder how the weight will impact this

omg higa lost

Murata next up

jamamb wrote: ↑15 Apr 2018, 07:55 omg higa lost

I'm stunned. WTF happened?!?

https://fightnews.com/rosales-halts-hig ... belt/19190


Elongated Nicaraguan #2 Cristofer Rosales (27-3, 18 KOs), 111.5, impressively acquired the WBC flyweight belt as he aggressively battered former titlist Daigo Higa (15-1, 15 KOs), 114, with sickle-like uppercuts and Higa’s corner finally signaled a surrender at 1:14 of the ninth round on Sunday in Yokohama, Japan. From the outset, the taller Nicaraguan took the leadoff with solid left uppercuts following left-right combos and hurt the ex-champ who had forfeited his belt on the scale—from all angles. Higa exclusively fought back with body shots, but Rosales looked more effective in the close quarters. After the fourth, the open scoring system indicated 39-37 twice for Rosales, 39-37 for Higa.

The fifth and sixth saw Cristofer, a year his senior at 23, connect with left and right uppercuts to the face and midsection to weaken the still game but fading ex-champ. Higa, however, furiously attempted to retaliate with two-fisted attacks to the breadbasket in rounds seven and eight, while Rosales fought back hard without retreating in the center of the ring. After the eighth, the interim tallies were as follows: 77-75, 79-73 for Rosales, 76-76.

In the ninth and fatal session, Rosales had him at bay with solid and effective combinations that had Higa retreating. Then Higa’s corner finally made up its mind and asked the third man to halt the proceedings. The Nicaraguan new titlist looked like a Flaco Explosivo (explosive thin man) such as the late Alexis Arguello, his country’s great idol.

Higa had looked dreadful since Thursday god knows why his team didn't cancel the bout.

Apparently Cristofer Rosales has a wingspan of 71", which is longer than a majority of the fighters who are 8 weight divisions above him. He might actually just be a damned formidable opponent.

Sunday 15, April 2018
Arena, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Cristofer Rosales 26 3 0
vs
Daigo Higa 15 0 0
vacant World Boxing Council World Flyweight Title



Rosales won by 9th round TKO

kind of a strange stoppage? was higa getting pounded bad or something before the final moments shown there? cuz it just looked like he was getting outboxed, not taking a bad beating