Beppu and Yada trade 6 knockdowns in thriller for WBO Asia Pacific title!
Not every fight is dramatic, action packed and heart in your mouth type of fight. Today however Osakan fans get something special. Really special.
We had really high hopes for the WBO Asia Pacific Welterweight title fight between Yuki Beppu (21-1-1, 20) [別府優樹] and Ryota Yada (19-6, 16) [矢田良太], but even our wildest expectations were blown out of the water by what the fans ended up getting.
Beppu started well, taking the opening round behind his accurate jabs and straight. With Yada on the back foot Beppu managed to score the first knockdown of the fight, putting Yada down in round 2.
Yada managed to regroup, clear his head and then ended up dropping Beppu in round 4, as the bout drastically swung in favour of the popular local. The fans got behind him massively and he built his momentum, dropping Beppu twice in round 6 to put himself in the driving seat, and was down in round 7.
Although Beppu was taking punishment his power was still a threat and he cut Yada in round 8 before being put down for a 5th time in round 9.
For a fighter to fight on after being dropped 5 times is impressive, brave and a little bit crazy. What happened in the 10 round however was even more crazy as Beppu managed to hurt a tiring Yada, who's hands began to drop. Beppu seized his chance and went in for the finish, forcing the referee to stop the fight, and give Beppu one of the most remarkable wins of the year.
At the time of the stoppage Beppu was down 80-85, on all 3 cards. He had been dropped in 4 different rounds, down 5 times in total, scored a knockdown of his own to claim his first professional title. Fans in Osaka got a treat, and this will be a very, very hard one for them to forget about. A fantastic comeback, and a brilliant fight that exceeded any ones hopes.
(Image courtesy of boxmob.jp)
We had really high hopes for the WBO Asia Pacific Welterweight title fight between Yuki Beppu (21-1-1, 20) [別府優樹] and Ryota Yada (19-6, 16) [矢田良太], but even our wildest expectations were blown out of the water by what the fans ended up getting.
Beppu started well, taking the opening round behind his accurate jabs and straight. With Yada on the back foot Beppu managed to score the first knockdown of the fight, putting Yada down in round 2.
Yada managed to regroup, clear his head and then ended up dropping Beppu in round 4, as the bout drastically swung in favour of the popular local. The fans got behind him massively and he built his momentum, dropping Beppu twice in round 6 to put himself in the driving seat, and was down in round 7.
Although Beppu was taking punishment his power was still a threat and he cut Yada in round 8 before being put down for a 5th time in round 9.
For a fighter to fight on after being dropped 5 times is impressive, brave and a little bit crazy. What happened in the 10 round however was even more crazy as Beppu managed to hurt a tiring Yada, who's hands began to drop. Beppu seized his chance and went in for the finish, forcing the referee to stop the fight, and give Beppu one of the most remarkable wins of the year.
At the time of the stoppage Beppu was down 80-85, on all 3 cards. He had been dropped in 4 different rounds, down 5 times in total, scored a knockdown of his own to claim his first professional title. Fans in Osaka got a treat, and this will be a very, very hard one for them to forget about. A fantastic comeback, and a brilliant fight that exceeded any ones hopes.
(Image courtesy of boxmob.jp)