Hozumi Hasegawa and Takahiro Aoh Win in Japan
by Scott Christ on Nov 26, 2010 9:51 AM EST
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Hozumi Hasegawa skipped a weight class to pick up the WBC featherweight title, and Takahiro Aoh claimed the WBC super featherweight belt this morning in Nagoya, Japan.
Hasegawa (29-3, 12 KO) rebounded from his April loss to Fernando Montiel at bantamweight, beating Mexican prospect Juan Carlos Burgos by 12-round unanimous decision. Scores were 116-111 and 117-110 (twice). Skipping a weight class is never easy and rarely advised, but Hasegawa made it work and at 29, has a new lease on his career. Word was he was struggling to make bantamweight, and the victory over Burgos (25-1, 18 KO) gives his career a new boost. The move up was quite a risk since he took a legitimate opponent, and it appears to make an already-good featherweight division even better.
In the co-feature, Takahiro Aoh (20-2-1, 9 KO) toppled Vitali Tajbert (20-2, 6 KO) to claim the WBC's super featherweight belt. The win makes Aoh a two-division titlist. Tajbert went down in the third round and lost on scores of 115-112, 116-110 and 117-112. After the fight, Tajbert claimed he injured his hand in the second round, and said he wants a rematch. Humberto Gutierrez is the mandatory challenger for Aoh.
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this fight ended up being another great addition to the november to remember … hasegawa seemed to want to make a real statement in his new weight division. and if he has any lingering concerns over his broken jaw he didnt fight like it. he fought toe to toe trading power punches with burgos for much of the fight. it was a solid debut and i cant wait for him to mix it up with some of the names of 126lbs
Full fight:
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If you're not in the mood to watch the whole thing, check out round 11, which is a lot of fun
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"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."
That's a serious chin on Burgos.
Really, really enjoyed seeing Hozumi back. He’s such an awesome fighter to watch, and looks to have shaken off any doubts after the Montiel knockout.
Such were the days, still, hot, heavy, disappearing one by one into the past, as if falling into an abyss for ever open in the wake of the ship; and the ship, lonely under a wisp of smoke, held on her steadwast way black and smouldering in a luminous immensity, as if scorched by a flame flicked at her from a heaven without pity.
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