Oba, Nojima and Maruki pick up wins in Aichi!
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Earlier today in Aichi we had the latest show that was streamed live on the internet by the wonderful sakana 1976. Whilst it certainly wasn't a big show, by any stretch of the imagine, it was a notable show with several interesting bouts taking place on it.
One of those notable bouts was the final professional bout from 36 year old Kohei Oba (37-4-1, 14) [大場 浩平], who narrowly defeated 20 year old Ryumei Nakamura (3-2-2, 1) [中村 龍明] in a 6 rounder. The bout was confirmed before hand at the final bout for Oba, who was retiring regardless of the result, and he only just managed to scrape a split decision against Nakamura, who was fighting in his first 6 rounder.
The talented Oba, once dubbed the "Mayweather of Nagoya," is a former Japanese Bantamweight champion, but he looked a shadow, of a shadow of himself here as he struggled to land clean and was caught by plenty of shots from Nakamura. In fact it's fair to say that Oba was lucky here to get the win.
Following the win Oba took part in a retirement ceremony and his career now looks like it is over for good, after a bit of a comeback last year following a previous retirement.
Another notable bout was a quick win for recent All Japan Rookie of the Year winner Hiroya Nojima (7-1, 3) [能嶋 宏弥], who made light work of Shoma Okada (4-4, 2) [岡田 翔真]. In fact Nojima needed just over a minute to take out his man thanks to a series of huge right hands that dropped Okada hard. Okada got back to his feet, quickly, but his legs were all over the place, forcing the referee to stop the contest.
The third bout of note saw former Japanese title challenger Ryosuke Maruki (18-7-1, 13) [丸木 凌介] score a brilliant 4th round KO win against the game and aggressive Masateru Hatagami (6-3-1, 2) [畑上 昌輝].
Hatagami came out with an ultra aggressive, come forward gameplan and regularly pressed Maruki on to the back foot, pushing him on to the ropes. It was a thrilling game plan from Hatagami, but one that left him open to counters and right at the end of round 4 a left hook from Maruki caught his man clean, dropping Hatagami on to his back. To his credit Hatagami, who should have been out cold from the shoot, tried to battle to his feet but his legs were gone and he was stumbling over himself as the referee called a halt to the fight.
One of those notable bouts was the final professional bout from 36 year old Kohei Oba (37-4-1, 14) [大場 浩平], who narrowly defeated 20 year old Ryumei Nakamura (3-2-2, 1) [中村 龍明] in a 6 rounder. The bout was confirmed before hand at the final bout for Oba, who was retiring regardless of the result, and he only just managed to scrape a split decision against Nakamura, who was fighting in his first 6 rounder.
The talented Oba, once dubbed the "Mayweather of Nagoya," is a former Japanese Bantamweight champion, but he looked a shadow, of a shadow of himself here as he struggled to land clean and was caught by plenty of shots from Nakamura. In fact it's fair to say that Oba was lucky here to get the win.
Following the win Oba took part in a retirement ceremony and his career now looks like it is over for good, after a bit of a comeback last year following a previous retirement.
Another notable bout was a quick win for recent All Japan Rookie of the Year winner Hiroya Nojima (7-1, 3) [能嶋 宏弥], who made light work of Shoma Okada (4-4, 2) [岡田 翔真]. In fact Nojima needed just over a minute to take out his man thanks to a series of huge right hands that dropped Okada hard. Okada got back to his feet, quickly, but his legs were all over the place, forcing the referee to stop the contest.
The third bout of note saw former Japanese title challenger Ryosuke Maruki (18-7-1, 13) [丸木 凌介] score a brilliant 4th round KO win against the game and aggressive Masateru Hatagami (6-3-1, 2) [畑上 昌輝].
Hatagami came out with an ultra aggressive, come forward gameplan and regularly pressed Maruki on to the back foot, pushing him on to the ropes. It was a thrilling game plan from Hatagami, but one that left him open to counters and right at the end of round 4 a left hook from Maruki caught his man clean, dropping Hatagami on to his back. To his credit Hatagami, who should have been out cold from the shoot, tried to battle to his feet but his legs were gone and he was stumbling over himself as the referee called a halt to the fight.