Kameda stops Narai for Japanese Youth title
Earlier today at the EDION Arena Osaka, in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, fight fans saw a Japanese Youth Featherweight title bout between Kyonosuke Kameda (7-2-1, 6) [亀田 京之介] and Tsubasa Narai (7-1, 6) [奈良井 翼]. On paper this was a mouth watering match up to end an Harada promoted card, as it featured two hungry youngsters each looking to claim the first title belt of their careers.
The bout started slowly, with Kameda pressuring an using his reach and height well, whilst making Narai miss, fall short and struggle to really pin him down. It wasn't a dominant round for Kameda, but he clearly did enough to win it, whilst getting a good read on Narai.
In round 2 we saw both men being more aggressive, though sadly for Narai that came at a cost, and despite having some success in the middle of the round he ended up tasting the power of Kameda, who detonated a number of right hands on him as the round went on. Narai tried to respond to fire with fire of his own but as they exchanged he took the worst of it, with a left hook rocking Narai who was down just moments later from a left hook an right hand.
Narai tried to beat the count, and was up before the 10 count, but was all over the place leaving the referee with no option but to stop him.
For Kameda this is a huge win for his career netting him his first professional title and putting him only a few fights away from a potential Japanese title fight, which could happen in 2022 or 2023. As for Narai, he'll feel angry with himself for taking so many risks so early, and he really should have held back a little bit, but it was certainly a learning experience for him, and one he can bounce back from.
For fans who missed this one it is now available, on demand, on Boxing Raise.
The bout started slowly, with Kameda pressuring an using his reach and height well, whilst making Narai miss, fall short and struggle to really pin him down. It wasn't a dominant round for Kameda, but he clearly did enough to win it, whilst getting a good read on Narai.
In round 2 we saw both men being more aggressive, though sadly for Narai that came at a cost, and despite having some success in the middle of the round he ended up tasting the power of Kameda, who detonated a number of right hands on him as the round went on. Narai tried to respond to fire with fire of his own but as they exchanged he took the worst of it, with a left hook rocking Narai who was down just moments later from a left hook an right hand.
Narai tried to beat the count, and was up before the 10 count, but was all over the place leaving the referee with no option but to stop him.
For Kameda this is a huge win for his career netting him his first professional title and putting him only a few fights away from a potential Japanese title fight, which could happen in 2022 or 2023. As for Narai, he'll feel angry with himself for taking so many risks so early, and he really should have held back a little bit, but it was certainly a learning experience for him, and one he can bounce back from.
For fans who missed this one it is now available, on demand, on Boxing Raise.