Undercard for Takesako Vs Kunimoto announced!
We've known for a while that Japanese Middleweight champion Kazuto Takesako (11-0-1, 11) [竹迫司登] will be defending is title against mandatory challenger Riku Kunimoto (4-0, 2) [国本陸] on November 7th as part of the Champion Carnival.
Today we were informed that the show has now had it's under-card set.
The chief support bout will see former world title challenger Takeshi Inoue (16-1-1, 10) [井上 岳志] take on unbeaten fighter Nath Nwachukwu (6-0-2, 3) [ワチュク・ナァツ], in what will be an 8 round bout at 70KG's, which is 154.3lbs. This will mean that Inoue will not be defending his WBO Asia Pacific title, but will be fighting in what is seen as more of a tick over fight.
For Inoue this will be his first bout since stopping Cheng Su back in January, to defend his regional title, and will very much be a case of getting some ring time after a lengthy lay off. His opponent however, won't there to just roll over and NwachukwuNwachukwu will be looking to build on his unbeaten record, and his big win in February over Junpei Tsujimoto. Although he's not regarded as being on the same level as Inoue he's very much a live under-dog and a hungry fighter with ambitions himself.
One of the other bouts worthy of interest on this card will see the unbeaten Takuma Takahashi (5-0, 5) [高橋拓磨] take on Kodai Kiyota (9-6-2, 9) [清田 広大], who returns to the ring more than 11 years after his last bout! Takahashi has certainly been an interesting prospect to following, but he didn't look great last time and it seems like they are matching softly here given his previous performance. This is scheduled for 6 rounds and is a must win for Yakahashi.
Other bouts on this card will include a match up between Koki Koshikawa (9-2, 6) [越川孝紀] and Yuichi Ideta (13-15-1, 7) [出田裕一] and a clash between Shinnosuke Hasegawa (12-2-1, 8) [長谷川慎之介] and Ikemen Atsushi (7-6-2, 2) [イケメン淳]. Both of these are scheduled for 8 rounds.
For fans wanting to watch this show it's expected to be shown on G+ as part of their Dynamic Glove series.
Today we were informed that the show has now had it's under-card set.
The chief support bout will see former world title challenger Takeshi Inoue (16-1-1, 10) [井上 岳志] take on unbeaten fighter Nath Nwachukwu (6-0-2, 3) [ワチュク・ナァツ], in what will be an 8 round bout at 70KG's, which is 154.3lbs. This will mean that Inoue will not be defending his WBO Asia Pacific title, but will be fighting in what is seen as more of a tick over fight.
For Inoue this will be his first bout since stopping Cheng Su back in January, to defend his regional title, and will very much be a case of getting some ring time after a lengthy lay off. His opponent however, won't there to just roll over and NwachukwuNwachukwu will be looking to build on his unbeaten record, and his big win in February over Junpei Tsujimoto. Although he's not regarded as being on the same level as Inoue he's very much a live under-dog and a hungry fighter with ambitions himself.
One of the other bouts worthy of interest on this card will see the unbeaten Takuma Takahashi (5-0, 5) [高橋拓磨] take on Kodai Kiyota (9-6-2, 9) [清田 広大], who returns to the ring more than 11 years after his last bout! Takahashi has certainly been an interesting prospect to following, but he didn't look great last time and it seems like they are matching softly here given his previous performance. This is scheduled for 6 rounds and is a must win for Yakahashi.
Other bouts on this card will include a match up between Koki Koshikawa (9-2, 6) [越川孝紀] and Yuichi Ideta (13-15-1, 7) [出田裕一] and a clash between Shinnosuke Hasegawa (12-2-1, 8) [長谷川慎之介] and Ikemen Atsushi (7-6-2, 2) [イケメン淳]. Both of these are scheduled for 8 rounds.
For fans wanting to watch this show it's expected to be shown on G+ as part of their Dynamic Glove series.