Narai stops Hara to claim Japanese title!
Earlier today fight fans in Osaka had the chance to see a brilliant show as part of the Dynamic Glove series of shows.
In one of the notable supporting bouts teenager Sento Ito (1-0, 1) [伊藤千飛] made the perfect start to his professional career, as he scored an opening round win over Thai visitor Yotin Thongkhan (4-2, 2), and stamped himself as one to watch.
In an 8 rounder at Flyweight Shunpei Odagiri (4-0, 2) [小田切駿平] continued his unbeaten run as he scored an 8 round decision win over Filipino visitor Anthony Gilbuela (7-5-2, 2), winning all 8 rounds of the bout.
In the main supporting bout Jun Ikegawa (7-0-2, 2) [池側純] extended his unbeaten record as he beat Claudevan Sese (9-6-3, 3), with a wide 8 round decision. This was Sese’s third straight decision loss in Japan, and Ikegawa continues to climb towards a title fight, but will need to show a bit more pop if he’s to reach the higher levels of the sport.
In the main event, fans saw the JBC Super Featherweight title change hands in a notable upset, as Yuna Hara (14-3-1, 8) [原 優奈] was stopped by Tsubasa Narai (13-2, 10) [奈良井翼], who made the most of his Champion Carnival opportunity and scored a career best win. Narai started well, landing some good right hands to counter Hara's jab, but it was really in the second round where he began to take control, landing jabs to the body and having more accuracy with his right hand. Things went from good to better for the challenger who dropped the champion in round 4 with a hurtful left hook. By then it was clear that Hara was in real trouble, Sadly though there was nothing Hara could do to change the flow of the action as his right began to swell. Everything he did was failing and in round 5 a hard 1-2 scored the second knockdown, and a right hand from Narai scored the third knock down of the fight, with the referee deciding enough was enough and stopping the bout.
Following the contest it was clear that Narai, who was in tears of happiness and joy, had finally achieved his dream, something he came close to doing in 2022 when he lost a shoot-out against Kosuke Saka, in what was a genuine FOTY contender. As for Hara, he loses the title in his second defense, and it will genuinely be hard to bounce back from this loss, as it was a punishing, painful one that saw him beaten and broken by the time of the referee’s stoppage.
In one of the notable supporting bouts teenager Sento Ito (1-0, 1) [伊藤千飛] made the perfect start to his professional career, as he scored an opening round win over Thai visitor Yotin Thongkhan (4-2, 2), and stamped himself as one to watch.
In an 8 rounder at Flyweight Shunpei Odagiri (4-0, 2) [小田切駿平] continued his unbeaten run as he scored an 8 round decision win over Filipino visitor Anthony Gilbuela (7-5-2, 2), winning all 8 rounds of the bout.
In the main supporting bout Jun Ikegawa (7-0-2, 2) [池側純] extended his unbeaten record as he beat Claudevan Sese (9-6-3, 3), with a wide 8 round decision. This was Sese’s third straight decision loss in Japan, and Ikegawa continues to climb towards a title fight, but will need to show a bit more pop if he’s to reach the higher levels of the sport.
In the main event, fans saw the JBC Super Featherweight title change hands in a notable upset, as Yuna Hara (14-3-1, 8) [原 優奈] was stopped by Tsubasa Narai (13-2, 10) [奈良井翼], who made the most of his Champion Carnival opportunity and scored a career best win. Narai started well, landing some good right hands to counter Hara's jab, but it was really in the second round where he began to take control, landing jabs to the body and having more accuracy with his right hand. Things went from good to better for the challenger who dropped the champion in round 4 with a hurtful left hook. By then it was clear that Hara was in real trouble, Sadly though there was nothing Hara could do to change the flow of the action as his right began to swell. Everything he did was failing and in round 5 a hard 1-2 scored the second knockdown, and a right hand from Narai scored the third knock down of the fight, with the referee deciding enough was enough and stopping the bout.
Following the contest it was clear that Narai, who was in tears of happiness and joy, had finally achieved his dream, something he came close to doing in 2022 when he lost a shoot-out against Kosuke Saka, in what was a genuine FOTY contender. As for Hara, he loses the title in his second defense, and it will genuinely be hard to bounce back from this loss, as it was a punishing, painful one that saw him beaten and broken by the time of the referee’s stoppage.