I am not an historian, so i'll stick to current champions.
Katsunari Takayama - Strawweight (IBF, WBO).
Ryoichi Taguchi- Junior flyweight (WBA)
Kohei Kono - Junior bantamweight (WBA)
Naoya Inoue - Junior bantamweight (WBO)
Shinsuke Yamanaka - Bantamweight (WBC)
Tomoki Kameda- Bantamweight (WBO)
Takashi Uchiyama- Junior lightweight (WBA)
Takashi Miura- Junior lightweight (WBC)
Japanese guys are historically a force to be reckoned at the lower weights, somebody who knows more than I about boxing history could probably elaborate more, but boxing is obviously rather big in Japan.
the viewing numbers are all Japanese cheering on their boy. Japanese to me are just getting into boxing do not have a long history of it. what rigo did is what some older fighters did which is go to Europe and beat up those fighters
Judging your last few posts, you might consider deleting your account. You don't seem to have a history of following the sport and might be more suited following something else.
Some people here seem to be confusing defense with chin resistance.
Rigo has a great defense and an average chin, that's why he gets knocked down more than you would expect him to. He still has an amazing defense, one of the best in boxing.
Brandon Rios has a terrible defense, one of the worst in boxing, yet he's able to stay on his feet because he has an iron chin.
So just because Rigo gets knocked down doesn't mean he has a bad defense.
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