Ikeda and Ishiwaki make weight!
On a pretty interesting Japanese card on Friday at Korakuen Hall we'll see former Japanese Light Welterweight title challenger Ryuji Ikeda (14-6-3, 9) [池田竜司] take on the always great to watch Aso Ishiwaki (7-2-1, 5) [石脇麻生]. Today the two men took part in their weigh in, for what could end up being a real hidden gem.
The bout serves as the chief support bout of tomorrow's shows but it may well be able to outshine the main event given the mentality of the two men in this bout, and their styles.
On the scales Ikeda made the 140lb limit with no issues, coming in at 139.8lbs, and looked calm and relaxed. He enters this bout on the back of a loss to Koki Inoue in a Japanese title fight in July. This is not going to be an easy comeback bout, despite Ikeda's experience at domestic title level.
Ishiwaki, a genuinely strong young kid, missed the weight at the first attempt, coming in at almost 141lbs, though managed to make the 140lb limit on his second attempt on the scales. Ishiwaki explained that the issue was his house scales not being calibrated the same as the venue's scales, and that he had no issue making the weight.
We're hoping that Asign Boxing release the video to the fight soon in the coming days.
(Image courtesy of boxmob.jp)
The bout serves as the chief support bout of tomorrow's shows but it may well be able to outshine the main event given the mentality of the two men in this bout, and their styles.
On the scales Ikeda made the 140lb limit with no issues, coming in at 139.8lbs, and looked calm and relaxed. He enters this bout on the back of a loss to Koki Inoue in a Japanese title fight in July. This is not going to be an easy comeback bout, despite Ikeda's experience at domestic title level.
Ishiwaki, a genuinely strong young kid, missed the weight at the first attempt, coming in at almost 141lbs, though managed to make the 140lb limit on his second attempt on the scales. Ishiwaki explained that the issue was his house scales not being calibrated the same as the venue's scales, and that he had no issue making the weight.
We're hoping that Asign Boxing release the video to the fight soon in the coming days.
(Image courtesy of boxmob.jp)