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Aware it is not fair condition that he fight above his natural weight class being at Bantamweight.

However, in the series that aren't recognizable fighters in that division as of yet. I'm so curious how a fully conditioned and prepared Kamogawa who has developed the Tekken at his last fight had done against better prepared boxers with modern training. Yet Kamogawa probably has to land a single clean blow through harsh training and conditioning to make it count and win the fight.

At the point he last fought, he wouldn't be able to fight affectively retiring after one performance, considering how much punishment he endure and his conditioned hands have a limit of the devastating power they dished out that his hands won't fully recover. But point is how this version of Kamogawa fair against each fighter, rather than if he be able to climb up, fight after a win or loss.

In his short record as a prizefighter, he defeated a crafty fighter like Dankichi, a talented fighter with sharp reflexes and speed in Nekota. Attributes wise, they should stand out, yet their skills post World War II is not on par with the pro boxer's of the rest of the world at the time. Then Kamogawa pushed himself to his limits in training and in his last professional match, fought Ralph Anderson who was a vicious sergeant with extensive background training drilled into his discipline, with a major size advantage being a natural Welterweight.

At Super Bantamweight, there were fighters such as:

Kenta Kobashi (Top 5 JBC ranked)

Ryuchi Hayami (Top 5 JBC ranked)

Kazuki Sanada (JBC National Champion)

Ryuji Nagumo (World Class Ranked)

Puerto Rican Champion. (Nameless so far)

Understand that when it came to targeting Wally, it was to affect mobility and reflexes, but the ongoing momentum Sendo holds has to do with him being pumping with adrenaline to the max, tanking through punches to the vitals.

​Most of the body work was applied starting in the round three, where Sendo shelled up.

​Ricardo likely saw it fitting that the conditions were right since there was no return fire, and there was a lack of openings at the head to end the fight early.

​At that point, he probably thought it was to create openings. But what if before the fight transpired, this was plotted beforehand in Ricardo's game plan coming into the fight?

​With Wally, his wild reflexes were delayed, and his body slowed down. They are both different type of boxers altogether, but the result still applies. Sendo has currently withstood six body shots throughout the fight, not counting the rough draft from Morikawa's X account.

If the left hooks allow to dampen the numbness to pain, delay keen reflexes, and create openings, could this be Ricardo's tactic based on his preparation after Wally?

Sendo’s strategy was for Ricardo to learn the smash, and then broke the pattern by resetting it, landing a right straight and resume a second smash.

Except previous demonstrations, they weren't feints, bur whims, punch thrown in real time attack and reflex, bait and switch. Though likelihood is, that is now out the window since he adjust to it, only thing is that Ricardo's counter to a smash is now a risk, and he have to fight him aware that he cannot use Sendo’s momentum against him.

Following his knockout loss to Ippo, Hayami challenged for the JBC Junior Featherweight title, only to suffer a shocking upset against Kobashi, a fighter not known for heavy punching through a single grazing punch.

​While a fragile chin and poor recovery were likely innate physical flaws, however, could Hayami's raw talent have taken him further if his punch resistance wasn't shot from the get-go and fought in his natural weight class?

Beyond his skill and discipline, he also enjoyed physical advantages, includes an impressive 70-inch reach, well conditioned gas tank for high output punches, and well based attributes outside of durability.

​On top of that, he had the backing of Coach Otowa, a trainer with a proven eye for talent (having recruited both Hayami and Kyosuke Imai, as well as sponsoring Volg Zangief during his stay in Japan). Otowa manages his fighters intelligently, employs sound tactics, and, unlike Kamogawa, avoids rushing results.

​Under Otowa's guidance, just how far could Hayami have gone if his glass chin hadn't been completely ruined by Ippo?

Translation by Morikawa in his X account:

I can't know what kind of feelings he was fighting with since I wasn't there myself. I just understand the mechanism of that down scene. The major premise of this match is that Takuma holds the belt.

Stripping the belt away from a fighter with strong defense like Takuma is truly difficult. Even if you weather it and end up with an even score, the belt doesn't change hands, so it's effectively a win for the champion.

To me, it looked like he was defending all the way to the 6th round, and I felt like Takuma was taking nearly all the points. By my amateur scoring, Takuma was leading by 4 points. From there, you'd need to take 5 or more points to win.

From Takuma? Thinking that way, it felt utterly hopeless. Something had to be done. And so the 7th round begins.

First, Takuma steps his lead foot outside Tenshin's lead foot. It's the basic positioning against a southpaw. Next, Tenshin steps his lead foot outside. To land that straight left cannon flush.

Up to this point, whenever Takuma got locked on the inside, he'd lean his body from the left shoulder to secure an ultra-close safety zone.

A southpaw has almost no options left there, while the orthodox fighter can land a right hook or uppercut. Hating this air control battle, both pull away for a moment.

Desperate to turn things around, Tenshin sways his upper body at mid-range. This move hadn't come up much so far, so naturally Takuma watches the torso, bracing for the punch that might follow the feint. His attention below wavers.

He doesn't notice Tenshin's lead foot is on the outside. The moment a right jab comes in, he reacts, setting up and starting to throw his return right. A high-speed left smashes dead center!

If the lead feet had been reversed, that left would have just grazed the shoulder, and the thrown right would have timed as a counter.

Both must have anticipated this exact scenario and drilled it countless times. The punch that scored the knockdown wasn't a lucky shot; I think it was something aimed at the mitts thousands or tens of thousands of times, and in reality, it turned things around.

Thanks to that punch, I was able to watch right up to the final round gripping my seat with a "maybe just maybe" thrill. I was watching without rooting for either side, so my perspective was probably different from most people's.

What left me in awe was both fighters' focus and work rate. I think they came in with insane preparation.

They were two incredible fighters.

That was my breakdown of the mechanism leading to the knockdown.

(This is just an amateur opinion of how it looked to me, so feel free to ignore it.)