Fighting Spirit Series

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Sasaki vs. Yuba
Jin Sasaki, TKO, R5
Another super prospect outta Japan! Sasaki is going places!!

Sasaki vs. Yuba
Kaiki Yuba, DEC
Holy ****, both these guys can bang! I've no idea who wins but Kaiki Yuba's record seems slightly better to me so I think he'll fight smart and try to outbox Jin Sasaki.

@Mikey1903

I'll admit that I don't know **** about Jin Sasaki but I wasn't actually overly impressed looking over his record (I haven't had time to watch any tape on him yet though). It's a good record, it just didn't seem spectacular. I won't change my pick though, I'll just let him prove me wrong and I'll definitely catch up on this fight as I wont be able to watch it live due to the time it starts. 

Stephen my friend. Jin Sasaki is 1 of the no. 1 prospects in Japan!!!! You should have listened to me mate.
He is a proper wild man he just when then there and basically said who's got the biggest bollox!!!! Made it a wild toe 2 toe bout and he prevailed!!!
The full fight replay will be up on A Sign Boxing YouTube channel shortly (usually within a day) 

@Mikey1903

Yeah, I'll definitely check that fight out when I comes up! Just judging by the records, I just didn't really get what the hype was about but like I said, I don't know **** about Japanese boxing lol!

Can't always judge by a record on paper mate. 
For example, I've seen tonnes of 20-0 guys who've beaten, what seems like a good level of opposition if you look at the record but in reality it's just a guy who's built his record vs bunch of undefeated can crushers!!! The opposite can be the case too, guys with ****** looking records because they've fought tough competition. 
It's tough mate!!! Especially in boxing where record padding is basically the standard way to build prospects. Unless you spend all your days watching boxing your gonna struggle to separate the good from the bad. 

I've watched Sasaki a few times now and he's great. He's probably going to get chinned at some point because he's a mad bastard who loves a tear up!! 

@Mikey1903

Yeah, records can be misleading sometimes. The weird thing is when I said he had a "bad" record, I sorta meant it as in bad by Japanese standards where they don't **** about with their matchmaking and you often see guys who have beaten a whole list of previously undefeated fighters. If a western boxer had that record, I'd probably be hyping them up as the next big thing as well.