Takei picks up second professional win, Adachi overcomes Kondo
Earlier today at Korakuen Hall fight fans got the latest show from the Ohashi Gym. Sadly this was a weak card overall, one of the weakest from Ohashi in recent memory, but there was certainly a couple of bouts worthy of some attention.
One of those was the chief support bouts, which saw Rikuto Adachi (15-3, 11) [安達 陸虎] take a razor thin win against Tetsuya Kondo (6-4, 4) [近藤 哲哉] in an 8 rounder fought between Welterweight and Light Middleweight.
From the off Adachi looked to use his reach and size to fight at range, but Kondo didn't really let him get away with that, and instead looked to press behind his 1-2, getting close to Adachi and neutralising the height and reach difference. To his credit Adachi kept trying to create space, having success in rounds 3, but as the rounds went on Kondo had more and more success, making Adachi fight his fight at times.
After 8 rounds this was incredibly close, though two of the judges did side with Adachi, who took the split decision with scores of 78-74, 77-75 and 76-76.
The other major bout on this card was the second professional boxing bout of former K-1 champion Yoshiki Takei (2-0, 2) [武居由樹] who headlined the show as he took on the hard hitting Azusa Takeda (5-1, 5) [竹田梓]. Sadly this one did not last long.
Takei started the bout looking to measure the distance and landed a good southpaw left hand. Takeda tried to get close, tightening up his guard to close the distance, and the two men were then involved in a short back and forth. The excitement was tense, but short lived with a huge right hook from Takei being followed by a left hand to the body which dropped Takeda. To his credit Takeda got to his feet but was ruled as not being in a fit condition to continue, as his legs looked like they were still betraying him.
After the bout Takei revealed the combination he finished the bout with was something he had been taught by trainer Akira Yaegashi, and explained that he wanted to be fighting for his first title before the end of 2022.
One of those was the chief support bouts, which saw Rikuto Adachi (15-3, 11) [安達 陸虎] take a razor thin win against Tetsuya Kondo (6-4, 4) [近藤 哲哉] in an 8 rounder fought between Welterweight and Light Middleweight.
From the off Adachi looked to use his reach and size to fight at range, but Kondo didn't really let him get away with that, and instead looked to press behind his 1-2, getting close to Adachi and neutralising the height and reach difference. To his credit Adachi kept trying to create space, having success in rounds 3, but as the rounds went on Kondo had more and more success, making Adachi fight his fight at times.
After 8 rounds this was incredibly close, though two of the judges did side with Adachi, who took the split decision with scores of 78-74, 77-75 and 76-76.
The other major bout on this card was the second professional boxing bout of former K-1 champion Yoshiki Takei (2-0, 2) [武居由樹] who headlined the show as he took on the hard hitting Azusa Takeda (5-1, 5) [竹田梓]. Sadly this one did not last long.
Takei started the bout looking to measure the distance and landed a good southpaw left hand. Takeda tried to get close, tightening up his guard to close the distance, and the two men were then involved in a short back and forth. The excitement was tense, but short lived with a huge right hook from Takei being followed by a left hand to the body which dropped Takeda. To his credit Takeda got to his feet but was ruled as not being in a fit condition to continue, as his legs looked like they were still betraying him.
After the bout Takei revealed the combination he finished the bout with was something he had been taught by trainer Akira Yaegashi, and explained that he wanted to be fighting for his first title before the end of 2022.