Sagawa stops Kubo, Hiruta scores second pro win, Watari scores impressive debut win!
Earlier today fight fans at Korakuen Hall got the latest show in the Diamond Glove series. The card wasn't the deepest, due in part to losing the planned main event at short notice, but it was still a pretty notable one, with a solid looking 8 rounder in the main event, alongside the debut of a former amateur standout, and the second professional bout of a very, very highly regarded female hopeful.
The first of the three notable bouts on this card saw the amazingly promising Mikyo Watarai (1-0, 1) [渡来美響] make his debut as he stopped Takafumi Shibata (2-1) [柴田尊文]. As an amateur Watari went 77-15, and he used that amateur experience here to over-come Shibata, who was a solid amateur him. Shibata came to win, but was dropped from a counter left hook in the first round as Watari announced himself as one to watch. From there on Shibata attempted to turn things around, but struggled to have sustained success whilst Watari worked the body well. In round 4 Watari ended up hurting Shibata and going to work until the referee stepped in and save Shibata who was under a lot of pressure at the time.
The second bout of note saw Mizuki Hiruta (2-0) [晝田瑞希] announce herself as a super prospect, as she took a wide and clear win over OPBF female Super Flyweight champion Terumi Nuki (12-5, 8) [貫輝美], in what was Hiruta's second professional. From the off the pink haired Hiruta dominated the action with straight punches as she looked to control the range and tempo of the bout. Nuki on the other hand was determined to try and close the distance, but that just left her walking into shots from the extremely talented Hiruta who was in a comfortable lead as we entered the second half of the fight. In round 7 Nuki had a massive break through as she finally connected with some of her heavy leather and dropped Hiruta, but couldn't finish her off. Instead Hiruta recovered to her feet and and despite being under pressure in round 8 did enough to take a comfortable and clear decision win. After 8 rounds Hiruta took the win with scores of 77-73, twice, and 76-74.
The final bout on the card saw former Japanese Featherweight champion Ryo Sagawa (12-2, 7) [佐川遼] score one of the most wins of his career so far, as he took out former WBA Super Bantamweight world champion Shun Kubo (15-3, 10) [久保隼] inside 3 rounds. Sagawa was aggressive from the off, landing clean right hands to the body in the opening round. Kubo tried to fire back, looking to land long left hands, at range. From there on Sagawa began to pick up the pace, and in round 3 he managed to drop his man. To his credit Kubo attempted to beat the count, but the referee reached 10 as Kubo was trying to get to his feet, giving Sagawa the KO win.
The first of the three notable bouts on this card saw the amazingly promising Mikyo Watarai (1-0, 1) [渡来美響] make his debut as he stopped Takafumi Shibata (2-1) [柴田尊文]. As an amateur Watari went 77-15, and he used that amateur experience here to over-come Shibata, who was a solid amateur him. Shibata came to win, but was dropped from a counter left hook in the first round as Watari announced himself as one to watch. From there on Shibata attempted to turn things around, but struggled to have sustained success whilst Watari worked the body well. In round 4 Watari ended up hurting Shibata and going to work until the referee stepped in and save Shibata who was under a lot of pressure at the time.
The second bout of note saw Mizuki Hiruta (2-0) [晝田瑞希] announce herself as a super prospect, as she took a wide and clear win over OPBF female Super Flyweight champion Terumi Nuki (12-5, 8) [貫輝美], in what was Hiruta's second professional. From the off the pink haired Hiruta dominated the action with straight punches as she looked to control the range and tempo of the bout. Nuki on the other hand was determined to try and close the distance, but that just left her walking into shots from the extremely talented Hiruta who was in a comfortable lead as we entered the second half of the fight. In round 7 Nuki had a massive break through as she finally connected with some of her heavy leather and dropped Hiruta, but couldn't finish her off. Instead Hiruta recovered to her feet and and despite being under pressure in round 8 did enough to take a comfortable and clear decision win. After 8 rounds Hiruta took the win with scores of 77-73, twice, and 76-74.
The final bout on the card saw former Japanese Featherweight champion Ryo Sagawa (12-2, 7) [佐川遼] score one of the most wins of his career so far, as he took out former WBA Super Bantamweight world champion Shun Kubo (15-3, 10) [久保隼] inside 3 rounds. Sagawa was aggressive from the off, landing clean right hands to the body in the opening round. Kubo tried to fire back, looking to land long left hands, at range. From there on Sagawa began to pick up the pace, and in round 3 he managed to drop his man. To his credit Kubo attempted to beat the count, but the referee reached 10 as Kubo was trying to get to his feet, giving Sagawa the KO win.