Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-11-07, good fight between Keita Obara and Walter Castillo: it gets three stars.Keita Obara entered this fight with a boxing record of 15-1-0 (14 KOs=93%) and he is ranked as the No.10 super lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Terence Crawford). He suffered his only loss at his first professional fight in 2010, against Kazuyoshi Kumano, since then he has won 15 consecutive bouts.
His opponent, Walter Castillo, has an official record of 26-3-0 (19 knockouts) and he entered as the No.31 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2015 losing to Amir Imam (=Imam vs Castillo) and beating Ammeth Diaz. Obara vs Castillo, IBF super lightweight title eliminator, is on the undercard of Kevin Bizier vs Fredrick Lawson. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2015-11-07
Where: Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort, Miami, Florida, USA
Division: light welterweight (140 lbs, 63.5 kg)
Castillo’s next fight: Sergey Lipinets vs Walter Castillo
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WTF was up with the scoring in this fight.
I had it 10 rounds to 1 with 1 split!
If Freddy Atlas was ring side he would have been screaming at the incompetent judges.
Feeling that something was afoul here …
If Obara teamed up with a good trainer
to teach him correct balance (so he isn’t throwing arm punches all night) and set ups, he would be a force. As is he is just a strong guy with an awkward crude style. The top guys won’t loose to him as is.
Agree completely with this assessment. Maybe a case for two rounds to Castillo but no more>
What a YOKE!!!!
None of any of those 3 judges deserved to be seating there. They are useless and corrupted. The fight was all Obara but the second round. I’m very impressed by Obara that is a quite good boxer for a guy that hasn’t amateur background and is a very strong puncher. He moves very well in the ring, with a very nice jab work and punch combinations from non predictable angles.
He was totally robbed.
Castillo was totally frustrated and quite damaged to the point that in the 9 round he was very nasty using his elbow and rabbit punches. he doesn’t desrve at all such a draw.
So damaged that the ref made Castillo see the doctor in the 10th. Awful decision :(
I didn’t give more than 3 rounds to Castillo, what a robbery. Obara’s punches were crisp and powerful. I get agitated when stupid decisions like this are handed over. Shame on the judges and the commentators for not being more vocal about the injustice.
I have the same feelings when something so outrageous like this occurred. Fully agree with you since it was a terrible injustice, no a “Yoke” but a real “Joke” :-)
lol. Did you have a problem with the video player like me? It took so long for me to load and did stop sporadically throughout the fight. Very frustrating, and the awful decision on top of it lol. Youku is garbage for my PC/browser.
I have the same problems you got to watch ths fight. it was really garbage
I know both weren’t American,but when a fighter comes overseas he almost has to win by ko
poor decision.obara won clearly. i like his post fight interview that a man ready for success blames nobody but himself even though the truth is the judges needed to be fair
Lagos, with your boxing experience this decision must hurt very much for sure.
Many of the current judges don’t deserve at all being involved in boxing and these 3 should be exonerated without doubt.
Obara can be a force