Under-card for Tajima Vs Lee announced
Earlier today Koki Kameda and the fighters from the KWORLD3 Gym, which Kameda runs, held a press conference to announce the next show in the 3150 Fight series of events, which Kameda promotes. The card was already, partially, known about with the main event taking place at the EDION Arena Osaka on August 14th with a main event between Brandon Mitsuro Tajima (1-0, 1) [但馬ブランドン ミツロ] and Sung Min Lee (7-2-1, 2) [이 [...]
Earlier today Koki Kameda and the fighters from the KWORLD3 Gym, which Kameda runs, held a press conference to announce the next show in the 3150 Fight series of events, which Kameda promotes.
The card was already, partially, known about with the main event taking place at the EDION Arena Osaka on August 14th with a main event between Brandon Mitsuro Tajima (1-0, 1) [但馬ブランドン ミツロ] and Sung Min Lee (7-2-1, 2) [이성민], who clash for the Japanese Heavyweight title. Outside of that bout however there was no other information on the show until today, when the full show was revealed. We won't go through the full card, but there was a number of notable supporting bouts announced for the card today.
We now know that the Tajima Vs Lee bout won't be the only title bout on the show, with Masanori Rikiishi (11-1, 6) [力石 政法] now confirmed to be making his first defense of the OPBF Super Featherweight, as the takes on Filipino challenger Tomjune Mangubat (15-3-1, 12), in a really solid looking fight, but one that Rikiishi should be favoured in, especially given Mangubat's recent loss to Charly Suarez.
In a major supporting bout former world champion Ryo Miyazaki (26-2-3, 16) [宮崎亮] will be up against world ranked Panamanian Azael Villar (18-1-3, 14), who has won his last 4 including a notable win over Leroy Estrada in 2019. For Miyazaki the bout is a good step towards another potential world title fight, whilst Villar will be fighting outside of Panama for the first time, and that is always a worry for Panamanian fighters who don't regularly have much success on the road.
In another major supporting bout we'll see two former world title challengers battle as 37 year old Japanese fighter Hiroshige Osawa (37-5-4, 21) [大沢宏晋] takes on 26 year old Filipino Jeo Santisima (21-4, 18). For Osawa the end of his career isn't far off, and a loss here would likely end his days as a professional fighter. As for Santisima he has not looked good recently, and has been stopped in 2 of his last 4, and is now essentially fighting for his career.
Another notable bout on the card will see the unbeaten Sora Fukunaga (10-0, 5) [福永 宇宙] take on the exciting but flawed Kenya Yamashita (14-5, 11), in a bout that has been re-arranged from a date in May. This bout should be regarded as a good step up in class for Fukunaga, and although he should be too big and too strong for Yamashita, it does need to be noted that Yamashita is always fun to watch and always comes to fight, even when he is the clear under-dog.
The card was already, partially, known about with the main event taking place at the EDION Arena Osaka on August 14th with a main event between Brandon Mitsuro Tajima (1-0, 1) [但馬ブランドン ミツロ] and Sung Min Lee (7-2-1, 2) [이성민], who clash for the Japanese Heavyweight title. Outside of that bout however there was no other information on the show until today, when the full show was revealed. We won't go through the full card, but there was a number of notable supporting bouts announced for the card today.
We now know that the Tajima Vs Lee bout won't be the only title bout on the show, with Masanori Rikiishi (11-1, 6) [力石 政法] now confirmed to be making his first defense of the OPBF Super Featherweight, as the takes on Filipino challenger Tomjune Mangubat (15-3-1, 12), in a really solid looking fight, but one that Rikiishi should be favoured in, especially given Mangubat's recent loss to Charly Suarez.
In a major supporting bout former world champion Ryo Miyazaki (26-2-3, 16) [宮崎亮] will be up against world ranked Panamanian Azael Villar (18-1-3, 14), who has won his last 4 including a notable win over Leroy Estrada in 2019. For Miyazaki the bout is a good step towards another potential world title fight, whilst Villar will be fighting outside of Panama for the first time, and that is always a worry for Panamanian fighters who don't regularly have much success on the road.
In another major supporting bout we'll see two former world title challengers battle as 37 year old Japanese fighter Hiroshige Osawa (37-5-4, 21) [大沢宏晋] takes on 26 year old Filipino Jeo Santisima (21-4, 18). For Osawa the end of his career isn't far off, and a loss here would likely end his days as a professional fighter. As for Santisima he has not looked good recently, and has been stopped in 2 of his last 4, and is now essentially fighting for his career.
Another notable bout on the card will see the unbeaten Sora Fukunaga (10-0, 5) [福永 宇宙] take on the exciting but flawed Kenya Yamashita (14-5, 11), in a bout that has been re-arranged from a date in May. This bout should be regarded as a good step up in class for Fukunaga, and although he should be too big and too strong for Yamashita, it does need to be noted that Yamashita is always fun to watch and always comes to fight, even when he is the clear under-dog.