To cite one of many actors portraying a boxing commentator in one of many beloved ‘Rocky’ motion pictures – “the place does he get that stamina!?”
The very same query may so simply be requested of the newest Japanese warrior so as to add a lot uncooked pleasure to the bantamweight division (the 118 and 122 pound divisions actually being dominated by Japanese combating expertise proper now) – this being 28 yr previous Seiya Tsutsumi. As anybody who noticed yesterday’s actually thrilling battle between challenger Tsutsumi and defending WBA bantamweight champ Takuma Inoue is aware of, Tsutsumi has bought some unimaginable engine. Whereas this fighter’s punch output borders within the insane!
Over the course of 12 rounds, most of them fought at a continuous fee, with Inoue occasions to be near being overwhelmed, Tsutsumi threw leather-based. Boy, did he throw some leather-based. Along with his relentless, all-action fashion, the person born on Christmas Eve in 1995 is a fighter no fan may probably fail to get pleasure from seeing rumble. After going professional in Could of 2018, and with him now simply 12-0-2(8), Tsutsumi has nonetheless given us two mini-classics already.
Yesterday’s battle has already been picked as a possible FOTY by RingTV.com, and with darn good cause, whereas again in December of final yr, Tsutsumi waged battle with Kazuki Anaguchi. This unimaginable battle, crammed stuffed with knockdowns and two-way motion, sadly resulted in tragedy, as Anaguchi, who managed to hold powerful to the very finish, misplaced his life in hospital six weeks later.
Since then, Tsutsumi has scored a 4th spherical KO win over Weerawat Noolae, and he now holds that WBA belt at 118 kilos. And the long run seems to be vibrant for the newly topped champ. There may be, already, discuss of Tsutsumi probably combating Junto Nakatani (who should come by means of okay later as we speak, in opposition to Petch Sor Chitpattana in defence of his WBC bantamweight title; Chitpattana often known as Petch CP Freshmart, the Thai southpaw at the moment holding a fairly wonderful 72-1(51) document).
Previous to yesterday’s upset in Tokyo, there was a lot discuss of Nakatani, 28-0(21) and a three-weight champion, going through Takuma Inoue as a precursor to that merely fascinating all-Japanese super-fight between Nakatani and “Monster” Naoya Inoue. Now, there’s a good likelihood Tsutsumi may face Nakatani subsequent yr. And picture what a battle that might be. Whereas it’s fairly mind-boggling to marvel what would occur if Tsutsumi fought Nakatani and beat him, and if he, Tsutsumi, may then transfer up in weight and battle “The Monster.” Actually, the probabilities appear infinite right here.
Nakatani, a southpaw with immense ability, is already on a couple of pound-for-pound lists, and he’s seen by many as the most important menace to “Monster” Inoue and his unbeaten document. However Tsutsumi confirmed in opposition to Takuma Inoue that he’s some pressure of nature, a seemingly tireless, unstoppable pressure of nature that may overwhelm even the most effective fighters, and perhaps he can be every kind of mistaken for Nakatani. No, Takuma Inoue isn’t any Junto Nakatani, however Tsutsumi needs to be given an actual likelihood in opposition to completely anybody he fights.
Let’s see how Nakatani will get on as we speak in opposition to Freshmart, however already, only a day after his most up-to-date battle, followers who know the take care of Tsutsumi can not wait to see his subsequent battle. Not many fighters can mount as a lot sheer, continuous, agonisingly relentless stress as this man can. And Tsutsumi is a lot enjoyable to look at on account of his most overdrive engine and his loopy punch output.
