Sho Kimura Vs Kosei Tanaka -

[boxing prospect]

Bollocks, I'll be in bed, is it like an official YouTube stream? Hope they let it be replayed, I think there is a market for jap boxing for someone to buy the rights to. I emailed dazn to suggest it to them :S..... Maybe someone already has the rights and I don't know... Anyway none official streams are cool but I like to lend my support to the organizers :S

It's an official stream agreed between Asianboxing (who basically nagged) and CBC (the broadcaster). It's run through the CBC youtube with Asianboxing having a license to host it (apparently contracts and shizz had to be signed)

No one has the rights because there's about 5 different channels showing the sport in Japan. It's not like the UFC

You have CBC (who are showing this, and are affiliated with TBS), TBS (who have Watanabe and Ioka signed up) NTV (who have links to Teiken, but haven't shown much this year), G+ (who are an NTV affiliate), Fuji (who do Inoue, Murata, Ken Shiro), then you have things like Boxingraise (subscription service from Dangan/reason), a-sign (which put their fights on youtube on delay)

[Alpha]

That was an excellent fight. Non stop action every round.

I've got it 116-112.

[Alpha]

Tanaka beat a very tough, very determined champion tonight. Great fight.

[Alpha]

116-112, 115-113, 114-114

MD Tanaka.

[boxing prospect]

FOTY contender right thar!

[Fenster]

How did Kimura finish the fight with his eyes in that state? Blimey. In the UK the fight would have been stopped, he couldn't see out his left eye at all for the last few rounds.

I only saw half-a-dozen rounds but always had Tanaka one-step ahead.

[boxing prospect]

For those who missed it, the stream video has the fight to watch at any point, it begins at 6:19 in

[Kirkland Laing]

How did Kimura finish the fight with his eyes in that state? Blimey. In the UK the fight would have been stopped, he couldn't see out his left eye at all for the last few rounds.

I only saw half-a-dozen rounds but always had Tanaka one-step ahead.

It's an even more impressive performance from Tanaka when you consider he's the starting pitcher for the Yankees every five days.