Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-12, epic finish between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed, sorry, between Keita Obara and Alvin Lagumbay: a Rocky 2 finish deserves four stars as one of the best boxing fights of 2018!Keita Obara entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 19-2-1 (17 KOs=89%) and he is ranked as the No.33 welterweight in the world. He lost to Eduard Troyanovsky in 2016 (Eduard Troyanovsky vs Keita Obara) but then he has won over Larry Siwu, Narong Bunchan and Shusaku Fujinaka.
His opponent, Alvin Lagumbay, has an official record of 9-2-0 (8 KOs=89%) and he entered as the No.67 in the same weight class. He lost to Kazuki Saito last year but he came back to win in 2018 with Jeson Berwela. Obara vs Lagumbay is valid for the WBO Asia Pacific welterweight title; undercard of Richard Pumicpic vs Yoshimitsu Kimura. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-04-12
Where: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Division: welterweight (147 lbs, 66.7 kg)
Title: WBO Asia Pacific welterweight title
Obara vs Lagumbay full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiHVUgi3aWo
One punch was long and the other short, the long one had just a sufficient increase in force to win the fight, Great boxing! Great ending!