N'Jikam/ Murata, Lopez/ Shiro, Navarette/ Higa World Title Triple Header May 20th

This card deserves a mention. 3 Japanese prospects all in title fights.

Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (35-2, 21) vs Ryota Murata (12-0, 9) for the vacant WBA Middleweight title.

WBC Light Flyweight champion Ganigan Lopez (28-6, 17) vs Ken Shiro (9-0, 5).

WBC Flyweight champion Juan Hernandez Navarrete (34-2, 25) vs Daigo Higa (12-0, 12).

The Navarrette/ Higa fight should be awesome. Brilliant card!

Terrific card.

Higa looks an awesome prospect. A relentless two fisted clumping machine with sparko power to body and head. He doesn't move or put his combo's together as gracefully as Chocolatito but he reminds me of him in patches - the high guard, swaying from the hips lightening combos.

No easy record padders or "easy" title shots/defences for top Japanese prospects. Great for the fans.

That is cool, I was hoping murata would take a step up in class as he is not a young guy anymore(well 31) and didn't seem to be making a lot of progress with the fights he was taking on, hassan n'dam is certainly a pretty good step up and has a good chance of victory too, I like murata but I don't think he is super talented, it will make for a good match up for sure.

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Terrific card.

Higa looks an awesome prospect. A relentless two fisted clumping machine with sparko power to body and head. He doesn't move or put his combo's together as gracefully as Chocolatito but he reminds me of him in patches - the high guard, swaying from the hips lightening combos.

No easy record padders or "easy" title shots/defences for top Japanese prospects. Great for the fans.

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Navarette is up there with Crawford in terms of being effective with switch stances. One of the best. He is quick with a lot of skill. Higa is not as graceful but very destructive. They match up well.

Navarrete missed weight. Title on the line for Higa only.

Is there a stream?

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Is there a stream?

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The fight is just about to start. I'll post in the other board.

Ken Shiro squeaked by Ganigan Lopez with a razor thin majroty decision. 115-113 x2, 114-114.

Daigo Higa destroyed Juan Navarette in the 6th. Dropping him 3 times in the last round. Higa is a bad little man!

Hassan won the 1st round. Moving nicely and boxing well. Murata barely threw anything and just followed him around.

N'Jikam looks really good. Loose and using his jab to set up his shoots. Murata just not active enough. They both trade with 30 seconds to go in the round with N'Jikam getting the better of it.

The 3rd was closer with Murata starting to open up more. Trying to find a home for his right. He is just getting outworked tho. 3-0.

Both guys landing some hurtful bodyshots in the 4th. N'Jikam landed a solid uppercut. Murata land a straight right that drops N'Jikam with about 20 seconds to go. He gets back up. Another right hurts him. He goes down again but the ref rules it a slip. N'Jikam makes it out of the round.

Excellent 5th. Murata comes out looking for the finish. N'Jikam ain't having none of it. Both guys trading big shots throughout. A right sends N'Jkam off balance into the ropes with 20 seconds to go again. Not sure if he was hurt. Even round.

Another good round. Murata knows he can hurt him now but N'Jikam ain't backing off. Murata landing with more frequency now. A right seems to hurt N'Jikam at the 2 minute mark but he fights back. Murata round.

N'Jikam basically took the round off. Just moving and only using the jab to keep Murata at bay. Another right seems to hurt N'Jkam but he fights back again. N'Jkam opens up in the last 30 seconds but I don't think it's enough to steal the round.