Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-24, epic japanese war thanks to an impressive performance by both boxers: Sho Kimura vs Kosei Tanaka is the best boxing fight of 2018 so far and it gets four stars!The Wbo Flw champion Sho Kimura entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 17-1-2 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cristofer Rosales). He suffered his only defeat at his pro boxing debut in 2013, against Shosuke Oji, since then he has collected 17 victories and two draws beating Zou Shiming (Shiming vs Kimura), Toshiyuki Igarashi (Sho Kimura vs Toshiyuki Igarashi) and Froilan Saludar in his last three (Sho Kimura vs Froilan Saludar).
His opponent, the undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Kosei Tanaka, has a perfect record of 11-0-0 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Angel Acosta (Tanaka vs Acosta), Palangpol CP Freshmart (Kosei Tanaka vs Palangpol CP Freshmart) and Ronnie Baldonado (Kosei Tanaka vs Ronnie Baldonado). Kosei vs Kimura is valid for the WBO World flyweight title (Kimura’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-09-24
Where: Takeda Teva Ocean Arena, Nagoya, Japan
Division: flyweight (112 lbs, 50.8 kg)
Title: WBO World flyweight title
Kimura’s previous fight: Sho Kimura vs Froilan Saludar
Tanaka’s previous fight: Kosei Tanaka vs Ronnie Baldonado
Tanaka’s next fight: Kosei Tanaka vs Ryoichi Taguchi
Kimura vs Tanaka full fight video:
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeyMP-JANo
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXh8YzyJ-rE
Hell on four legs!
For my money this is one of the most exciting, ferocious and skillful FOTY candidates for 2018. It’s art and horror both. Six-punch combos are traded, chins are checked relentlessly, no mistake is unpunished, trench warfare gets nasty and eyes turn into small, purple volcanoes. When it looks like Tanaka has become a buzzsaw, Kimura moves in and out like a hybrid of the young De La Hoya and Lomachenko. Pure joy.
couldn’t have said it better