Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-12-31, good pace with some nice exchanges: Ryoichi Taguchi vs Carlos Canizales gets three stars.The Wba light-Flw champion Ryoichi Taguchi entered this fight with a pro record of 25-2-1 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 light flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Ganigan Lopez). He suffered his last loss when he faced Naoya Inoue in 2013, since then he has won seven bouts beating Juan Jose Landaeta (=Taguchi vs Landaeta) and Ryo Miyazaki in his last two (=Taguchi vs Miyazaki).
His opponent, the undefeated Carlos Canizales, has a perfect boxing record of 16-0-0 (13 KOs=81%) and he entered as the No.40 in the same weight class. He has already fought six times in 2016 but he has not faced any notable opponents. Taguchi vs Canizales is valid for the WBA World light flyweight title (held by Taguchi); undercard of Jezreel Corrales vs Takashi Uchiyama 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-12-31
Where: Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
Division: light flyweight (108 lbs, 49.0 kg)
Title: WBA World light flyweight title
Taguchi’s previous fight: Ryoichi Taguchi vs Ryo Miyazaki
Taguchi’s next fight: Ryoichi Taguchi vs Robert Barrera
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Video:
What a highway robbery…even the japanese press were surprised at the result. And Uchiyama was a split decision? And they said only in Germany and UK there are robberies….