Koki Kameda, are the officials in his back pocket?

Orzubek Nazarov (Russian, sure, but based in Japan) who lost when he first fought against a well-known fighter: Jean Mendy and retired right after that loss.

Same thing with Yuri Arbachakov (based in Japan) who only fought a few times outside Japan.

But ok, let's name a few Japanese big names out there...Joichiro Tatsuyoshi. He fought outside Japan like 3 times and in Las Vegas, sounds good, right? But those 2 or 3 times he fought in Las Vegas were against hand-picked opponents who had 80% to 90% of losses in their record. Then comes Daniel Zaragoza and gives him a lesson twice.

How about Yasuei Yakushiji? He never fought outside Japan. Then comes a guy like Wayne McCullough and beats him. He retires after that.

At least it was a good fight when Yakushiji and Tatsuyoshi met in the ring.