VIDEO: Ryosuke Iwasa Crushes Marlon Tapales With Left Hand for TKO Victory
By Sam Dunn
Night-night! You might not expect a boxer in the 122-pound junior featherweight (aka super bantamweight) division to possess nasty punching power, but as the rounds wear on in a fight, one good shot is all it takes. Just ask Marlon Tapales, who took a hard left from Ryosuke Iwasa Saturday night on the Jermall Charlo-Dennis Hogan card and just could not recover.
Iwasa ends Tapales in round 11 ?#TapalesIwasa #CharloHogan pic.twitter.com/Uv8b8YYeAN
— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) December 8, 2019
That's all she wrote!
For his troubles, Iwasa claimed the IBF interim junior featherweight championship.
Iwasa gets a decisive TKO victory in Round 11 for the IBF interim Junior Featherweight title. #TapalesIwasa pic.twitter.com/tp6PQwZfEQ
— SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) December 8, 2019
There's more action to come, including the much-anticipated main event between Charlo and Hogan. But please, do the fight game a favor and take some time to pay respects to Iwasa for his bit of 11th-round brilliance.