Pumped for this fight

[Alpha]

Not many others here will be but that does not matter, this is a quality fight.

Hiroto Kyoguchi 8-0 6KOs (IBF Minimumweight Champion) vs Carlos Buitrago 30-2-1 17KOs on Dec-31.

Kyoguchi won the title in his 8th bout, Buitrago's only 2 loses have come to the unbeaten Knockout CP Freshmart (Niyomtrong). Both by decision in Thailand. The 1st was very close and could have gone either way.

Kyoguchi took the title from Jose Argumedo 20-3-1 12KOs coming in with a unanimous decision, Argumedo had won the title from minimumweight warrior Katsunari Takayama.


The card also features a 108 pound unification (IBF/WBA) bout between Milan Melindo and Ryoichi Taguchi. It's great these guys are keen to make these fights. This unification came about after Kosei Tanaka had to withdraw from the Taguchi unification talks because of injuries in his last bout. Tanaka against the winner would be great.

I don't expect many replies but wanted to put something down about this card.

[Master]

Thank you for sharing because did not know any of that!

Takes me back to the days when mainstream boxing channels showed these fights because they were cheap to get but provided good quality boxing. They would go into great detail about the fighters who were legends in their country. I would never have known about the Galaxy brothers, Sun Kil Moon, Sit Chitlada, Yuri Arbachakov, who beat Kittikasem who lost to Michael Carbajal.

If it was not for the channel I would have not known these great boxers.

[Fenster]

Funny that New Years Eve is an actual big boxing date for Japan, so bizarre to imagine that ever happening in the west, boxers hate training through the Christmas period (so they always say) let alone selling shows and competing with peoples holiday spending (pissup) time.

I've seen ancient looking Melindo a few times. Rey Loreto is a strawweight that always catches my eye (just lost to CP). Makes me laugh when people state they don't like the little men because they can't punch yet these funkers are littered with highlight reel sparko records.

[Alpha]

Melindo won his IBF title from Akira Yaegashi. Who if I recall correctly was in the last 108 pound unification bout with Kazuto Ioka in 2012. His only loses are to Estrada and an technical decision in 6 to Javier Mendoza after the Dr stopped the fight due to a cut on Mendoza. Was ruled from a accidental head clash but looked to be from a punch. Has fought and beat some very good fighters. His last fight was a very close decision over former 105 titlist Hekkie Budler.

[Alpha]

Kyoguchi just keeps impressing me.

[Alpha]