Hasegawa appreciation thread

[JazMerkin]

A shocking omission from the P4P list.

Unfortunately - for us - he doesn't NEED to leave Japan. They only recognise the WBC and WBA titles, so unification matches against the other champs don't mean much. Although he did say recently he would love to fight in America or Europe, but his priority is to be regarded as a great Japanese fighter.

I can tell you that in our rankings he came in at 21st, which is not bad when you consider the quality of fighters above him, although the fact Kelly Pavlik who didn't even make the top 10 got over 200pts more than him says a lot. That's part of the reason why I wanted Top 20s because it neutralizes 'fan votes' a bit more and gives some credit to guys like Hasegawa who don't get the recognition they deserve.

[OumaFan]

I'd go P4P top ten

He's not coming here though.

Granted I would have said the same thing about Chris John a year or two ago.

[Mar]

Glad you brought this kid up......now i know to look out for him

[Violent Demise]

Very underrated fighter. I got him just out the top 10. At around 11th or 12th