[ Hasegawa vs. Valdez & Larios vs. Aoh ]

[XaduBoxer]

WBC feather champ Oscar Larios (64-6-1, 40 KOs), 126, barely kept his belt as he came off the canvas from a very bad knockdown in the fourth, and withstood shaky moments to be awarded a highly controversial split decision (114-112, 115-111 and 112-114) over previously unbeaten Japanese southpaw Takahiro Aoh (16-1-1, 8 KOs), 126, over twelve heats on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. Aoh looked a winner rather than Larios, so the spectators were stunned by the debatable verdict.

Also, WBC bantam ruler Hozumi Hasegawa (25-2, 9 KOs), 118, impressively scored his seventh successful defense by a quick demolition of WBC#2 Mexican Alejandro Valdez (21-3-1, 15 KOs), 117.5, at 2:41 of the second round. It was an encounter of southpaw contestants.

[Fenster]

Larios was a good bet after all

Didn't expect Hasegawa to win that easy.. he hits harder than his record suggests.

[killersheep]

WBC feather champ Oscar Larios (64-6-1, 40 KOs), 126, barely kept his belt as he came off the canvas from a very bad knockdown in the fourth, and withstood shaky moments to be awarded a highly controversial split decision (114-112, 115-111 and 112-114) over previously unbeaten Japanese southpaw Takahiro Aoh (16-1-1, 8 KOs), 126, over twelve heats on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. Aoh looked a winner rather than Larios, so the spectators were stunned by the debatable verdict.

Also, WBC bantam ruler Hozumi Hasegawa (25-2, 9 KOs), 118, impressively scored his seventh successful defense by a quick demolition of WBC#2 Mexican Alejandro Valdez (21-3-1, 15 KOs), 117.5, at 2:41 of the second round. It was an encounter of southpaw contestants.

Son of a............ I'm sure it was close.

[mike_tha_man]

Damn it
ohh well

[Spicoli]

Anyone see this fight ? Sounds like Larios was true to form and took some shot's.Hope they evaluate him closely......we do not need any more statistics & tragedies.

[CutMeMick]

Wow! sounds like Aoh fought well...
Haven't seen this yet...

Can't wait to see Hasegawa...

[CutMeMick]

For those who haven't seen it here it is...

VERY questionable stoppage IMO, I think the ref. jumped the gun there..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMOHNHnh1Dg

[killersheep]

For those who haven't seen it here it is...

VERY questionable stoppage IMO, I think the ref. jumped the gun there..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMOHNHnh1Dg

Valdez was using the jab very well for the first half of the round, the only thing that got around it was Hasegawa's speed. I think the stoppage was a little premature, but definately not the worst stoppage I've seen. Valdez got knocked down clean, and looked a little shaky when he got up, and then got staggered again. I probably would've let the fight go to the end of the round, but maybe the ref saw something we didn't.