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The story
After the match, Nasukawa Tenshin reportedly spoke about the difficulty of scoring, saying “there’s so much I don’t understand” and “there are plenty of moments where I go, ‘huh?’” The bout, which he lost on points, appears to be his second career loss, and the fact that he scored a knockdown in round 7 yet still lost the decision became a hot topic on 5ch. The thread split between those who called the decision fair given the scoring rules for a round with a knockdown, and those who felt it was unacceptable to score a knockdown and still lose — with the discussion spreading into talk of future opponents and weight classes.
Nasukawa Tenshin feels the difficulty of scoring firsthand: “There’s so much I don’t understand,” “I think there are plenty of moments where I go, ‘huh?’”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
There was an adult-vs-child level gap in skill.
Against that, he just wasn't racking up points elsewhere.
He was hyped as a prodigy back in his kickboxing days, so he probably can't accept the reality that he's just an average boxer.
If it weren't for that fluke knockdown, it would've been even more brutal.
He's great at boxercise (i.e. not real boxing)
He should just go do BREAKING DOWN instead (a Japanese fighting-entertainment show)
That meant nobody could confirm whether Inoue's younger brother was really hurt
That's what cost him the fight
In other words, he lost because of his own mistake
And going 2-0 down against him means he'd have zero chance against the other bantamweight champs
There's no division left for him
Can't blame people for thinking he's just looking for an excuse to quit boxing
Did watching Inoue Naoya make you want to try boxing?
He should've just stuck to being the big fish in the kickboxing pond
Ohashi Gym has no hand in this one, it's a Teiken Promotions card
WBC → Inoue Takuma, but after two straight losses he won't get a title shot anytime soon
IBF → Jose Salas Reyes, the unbeaten champ who picked up the belt Nakatani vacated
WBO → Christian Jimenez, the champ who thrashed Yuki Takei — the one guy Nasukawa could actually beat — so also basically unbeatable for him
Nasukawa can't beat any of them
Honestly, if it's Bam, at least it'd be exciting just to see whether he gets crushed or not
Amazon would probably put that fight on lol
But Medina looked sluggish in his last fight, so maybe there's a chance
lol a total amateur trying to talk boxing
Was that fine for his promotion plans?
For a normal fighter that'd be bad, but Tenshin draws big numbers, and Teiken has already hyped him up so hard they can't back out now
Yesterday Takuma and Tenshin were both clinching to catch a breather too
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Boxing scoring rules generally count a round with a clear knockdown as 10-8. What split the thread was which mattered more: the “fact of the knockdown” or the overall balance of the fight. If the claim in the thread is accurate — that he was already behind 2-1 by the end of round 7 — then his comeback after the knockdown simply wasn’t enough on the cards, which supports the argument that the scoring was procedurally fair. At the same time, the gut-level pushback that “scoring a knockdown and still losing doesn’t add up” remains strong, and that’s a tension that follows scored combat sports in general. Also worth noting: the thread lists the current champions of the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO as potential future opponents for a title run, but that’s just one poster’s own rundown — not an official ranking or designation.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Nasukawa Tenshin: “I don’t think I’m the only one who thinks the decision was strange. I bet a lot of you feel that way too”.”
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