Kosei Tanaka

[Ron Swanson]

He's just flawed enough to be really exciting.

Just, at times he shows some amazing abilities. Like in the above fight in the 12th he feints and hops off to the side just like Loma with the brilliant balance.

Just thought such a fan friendly fighter deserves a thread

[Alpha]

He's just flawed enough to be really exciting.

Just, at times he shows some amazing abilities. Like in the above fight in the 12th he feints and hops off to the side just like Loma with the brilliant balance.

Just thought such a fan friendly fighter deserves a thread

Couldn't agree more. Some of these little guys deserve more love.

[Dark Lord Al]

We are talking about him in this thread so what's your point ?

[Master]

If I was HBO or Showtime I would buy up all the smaller weights and have a competition. They will be a lot cheaper than the heavier weights, they have less ego and will try harder. The fights would be great and they would become household names.

[Ron Swanson]

If I was HBO or Showtime I would buy up all the smaller weights and have a competition. They will be a lot cheaper than the heavier weights, they have less ego and will try harder. The fights would be great and they would become household names.

HBO definitely needs to try something new. Their model the last few years of putting name fighters vs cheap no hope opponents has gotten them crushed. They are currently nearly irrelevant in boxing, when not so long ago HBO was king.

[Kirkland Laing]

HBO slashed their boxing budget dramatically which is why they're not really at the races anymore. But you've got to question what they're doing with the budget they do have left. They're showing Kovalev's next fight against a TBA, they're showing and have recently showed a bunch of similar fights. The superflyweight show a couple of weeks ago was a nice exception. They should go for more bang for the buck cards like that with the money they have to spend.

I don't understand why they didn't show this cruiser/supermiddle/whatever it is world boxing series thing. It's on Saturdays and they could have bought it for cheap.

[Alpha]

Seems like Tanaka is set to vacate and heading to 112.