iamasadlittleboy Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 For whatever reason YouTube and Boxing seem to be going together well in Japan at the moment and over the next few months we've had 5 events announced for free, live, legal YouTube streams. They aren't monster cards but they all have something to get excited about. For fans wanting to watch the relevant channels are linked to: September 26th Kobe Central Gym, Japan (Boxing Real) Mika Iwakawa (9-5-1, 3) Vs Nanae Suzuki (10-3-1, 1) - WBO Atomweight title bout Shun Kubo (13-2, 9) Vs Takashi Igarashi (13-4, 5) - Kubo is a former world champion Kohei Oba (36-3-1, 14) Vs Yoshiki Minato (8-3, 3) September 27th Fujisan Messe, Japan (Suruga Boys) Tsubasa Murachi (4-1, 3) Vs Ryotaro Kawabata (12-3-2, 6) Rentaro Kimura (1-0, 1) Vs Takafumi Iwaya (4-3) - Kimura is one of the most highly regarded prospects in Japan Koichi Aso (23-9-1, 15) Vs Shogo Yamaguchi (12-5-3, 7) - Aso's fight tend to be a lot of fun! October 13th Korakuen Hall, Japan (A Sign) Reiya Abe (19-3-1, 9) Vs Ren Sasaki (10-0, 6) - Brilliant match up! Absolutely fantastic Kai Chiba (12-1, 8) Vs Haruki Ishikawa (8-2, 6) - Both guys are fun, heavy handed and have questionable chins Kai Ishizawa (6-1, 6) Vs Masashi Tada (13-7-3, 8) - Ishizawa is an all action buzz saw November 3rd INTEX, Osaka, Japan (Hiroto Kyoguchi YouTube Channel) Hiroto Kyoguchi (14-0, 9) Vs Thanongsak Simsri (14-0, 12) - WBA Light Flywweight Super title bout November 23rd Bunka Center, Sanda, Japan (TV Osaka) Riku Kano (16-4-1, 8) Vs Ryoki Hirai (13-6-1, 4) - WBO Asia Pacific Light Flyweight title bout Sho Ishida (28-2, 15) Vs Toshiya Ishii (3-0, 2) - Ishii taking a huge step up against a former world title challenger Katsunari Takayama (31-8-0-1, 12) Vs Reiya Konishi (17-1, 7) - Katsunari Takayama. Nuff said. I can't make any of you watch, but if you are wanting to avoid some of the PPV BS and want to just enjoy boxing, you could do a lot worse than tuning in to some of these BOXING REAL and A-Sign have a track record of great streams, Suruga Boys are a small local Shizuoka based promoter who deserve attention, Hiroto Kyoguchi is streaming his own bout! And TV Osaka are...well a TV company so should know how to deal with this! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selij Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks for the info scott. Do you know if any will be left up as VODs ? Youtube have now switched to dash from hls and if you miss the start of a live stream you cant jump it back like you used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 A Sign will do VOD, though it might take a week before they end up VOD'd, BOXING REAL have had all theres VOD'd (within a day or two) TV Osaka have put their last few up Suruga Boys and Kyoguchi I have no idea about at all, but I'd guess Suruga will as they have next to no income for this show and would likely love the longer term pennies from advertising 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Great news. YouTube seems to be the way to go during this time. Might help small hall Uk promoters to put regional cards together if they add a PPV fee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 If you have a chance here's the Suruga Boys show in full My man Rentaro Kimura fights at about 2:05:00 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kite1345 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 If you have a chance here's the Suruga Boys show in full My man Rentaro Kimura fights at about 2:05:00 Thanks! The third bout on that card is my favorite. I can't remember the name of the fighters off the top of my head, but they went at it. They pretty much pounded on each other all eight rounds. Don't agree with the decision, but I can see how they might have reached it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Third fight was Koichi Aso Vs Shogo Yamaguchi Was a majority decision (won't say which way for those wanting to watch), but scores were 77-75 twice and 76-76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kite1345 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Third fight was Koichi Aso Vs Shogo Yamaguchi Was a majority decision (won't say which way for those wanting to watch), but scores were 77-75 twice and 76-76 Thank you for the info. Yeah, I tried to keep it as vague as possible in case people want to watch it. (And I hope they do. Japanese boxing's pretty great) It was a very close contest. I scored it a draw, but, like I said, I could see how the judges might look at it differently and be looking for different things. I would not have wanted to be in their shoes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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