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00:00 [cheering]
00:02 Nishiki Takai, the 27-year-old undefeated pro boxer,
00:07 a former kickboxing world champion.
00:09 Let's go.
00:10 You know, I find this interesting, Timmy.
00:13 Many times when you and I are ringside,
00:16 we are calling fights where perhaps somebody started off
00:19 in one discipline of combat sport, moved to another.
00:22 Right.
00:22 But it's typically because they didn't find success
00:25 and they're searching for something.
00:27 That is not the case with Takai.
00:29 Takai is a guy who's a former world champion in kickboxing.
00:34 And this is a guy that was considered pound for pound
00:37 number eight in the world and was dominating weight classes
00:40 for multiple years as a kickboxing world champion.
00:44 But, Tess, ain't no money there.
00:46 That's true.
00:47 That's the difference.
00:49 Yeah, combat sports, kickboxing, I get it.
00:52 But if there's more money, you can be made and boxed.
00:55 Makes sense.
00:57 Aldonado coming out free swinging with that wide left hook.
01:01 Again.
01:02 Sao Paulo Takai pawing with that front hand.
01:05 Oh, yeah. It's always a battle.
01:08 Sao Paulo vs. Dorto Dox, always a battle with the lead hand.
01:11 Trying to get in position to land shots over the top or underneath.
01:15 And, of course, both fighters are trying to line up their backhand.
01:19 Right now, it's a fencing battle right now.
01:25 No one's looking to commit with a shot.
01:27 Baldonado spending the first minute of the fight in that red corner.
01:37 Then finally a back power hand from Takai as he comes with the left.
01:41 Yeah, Baldonado was in the corner, pinned in the corner.
01:44 So that was a nice load up right there.
01:47 Off the jab.
01:48 Beautiful power shot down to the body.
01:50 Nice right hand right there from Baldonado.
01:53 [crowd noise]
02:03 It's Baldonado's second fight of the year.
02:06 Fought two times last year as well.
02:08 Had a slow go of it during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021
02:13 before returning to action in 2022.
02:17 [crowd noise]
02:20 It's so interesting to see Takai, who has six fights, six KOs.
02:30 He's marching forward, beating on Baldonado.
02:36 You would think that the Filipino would be coming forward and being aggressive.
02:41 But he's laying back trying to be the counterpunch.
02:44 [crowd noise]
02:54 Straight right hand from Baldonado keeps Takai away for the moment.
02:58 [crowd noise]
03:03 Wide sweeping again with that southpaw right hook as Baldonado able to get out of range.
03:10 It's a guy who's rushing things. That happens.
03:14 He depends on his power quite a bit.
03:17 He's six for six in his professional career.
03:23 You can tell he's swinging for the fences.
03:25 He wants one shot to end this fight.
03:28 [crowd noise]
03:52 [speaking in Japanese]
04:21 [crowd noise]
04:28 Round number two scheduled for eight.
04:31 Yoshiki Takai, the undefeated former world kickboxing champion.
04:39 Nice right hand by Baldonado, stepping behind, getting his foot in the right position
04:43 outside the lead foot of Takai.
04:45 Land that right hand.
04:48 He's missing on the back end of that three punch combination.
04:51 He's trying to finish with a left hand.
04:56 Takai's over anxious. That's his problem. He's over anxious.
05:02 He's trying to get in a kill shot, but he's not trying to set it up and take his time.
05:06 If he uses his jab out at range, he'll be able to set up his backhand
05:10 and be able to land other counters as well.
05:13 Just like that.
05:15 Nice right hand.
05:18 [crowd noise]
05:28 Baldonado trying to time Takai on the way in.
05:36 Again, Baldonado bagging up towards the ropes.
05:42 He's trying to get in the center of the ring or at least try.
05:45 Takai's putting on a lot of pressure.
05:48 You can tell Baldonado, he feels that power, that punchy power of Takai.
05:54 [crowd noise]
06:22 [crowd noise]
06:41 Good counter.
06:43 [crowd noise]
06:53 More pressure put on by Takai.
06:56 Baldonado is having success in spots, taking a half a step back
07:00 and shooting a right hand down the pipe, catching Takai on the way in.
07:05 But again, his back is against the ropes.
07:10 Explain to me why he's content just to sit in that corner the whole fight.
07:14 The pressure that Takai is putting on him.
07:17 [crowd noise]
07:22 You see the way he reacted when Takai was about to throw that left hand?
07:26 You see the way he reacted? He does not want to get hit by that big shot.
07:30 Speaking of big shots, the guy who delivers most of them
07:34 that are jaw-dropping in our sport, of course, will be challenging for titles tonight.
07:39 Now, a year and a way.
07:42 Power is a gift. It's a gift from God.
07:45 And I'm not even a religious man, but that power comes some place from deep inside.
07:50 Either you have it or you don't.
07:54 You can teach boxing, you can teach how to throw a jab, but you can't teach power.
08:00 I've seen the biggest, most muscular guys that do all type of strength and conditioning workouts,
08:07 they can't put people down like that.
08:10 To have power in your hands like that, it's relegated to the big guys.
08:15 When you're that small, you're not supposed to have that much power.
08:20 [music]
08:24 How would you describe, in a way, his power, Timmy?
08:28 There's guys who say they've got thudding power.
08:30 There's guys where it's speed equals power.
08:33 How would you describe his power?
08:35 Sharp, like Manny Pacquiao. Sharp punching power.
08:39 Quick, explosive, dynamic.
08:43 It's not just the power, it's also the accuracy, the placement, that go along with it.
08:49 That's devastating.
08:51 The one thing we've discussed with Inouye, as we're in round three here,
08:54 of our first fight that we're bringing you from Tokyo,
08:57 Yoshiki Takai, the undefeated local favorite against the Filipino Ronnie Valdemardo.
09:02 We have often, when we broadcast Inouye fights, discussed that he has nearly flawless technique.
09:08 That he creates perfect torque that almost starts at his foot,
09:12 comes up his base, to his torso, winds up, and delivers that end of that whipping punch.
09:19 You're exactly right, Tess. It all starts--wow.
09:22 Big shot. It all starts with his feet.
09:26 Filipino struggling to beat the count here.
09:31 Big shot. And he's not going to.
09:35 It is a third round knockout for Yoshiki Takai.
09:55 So Takai gives the fans exactly what they wanted.
10:01 He was coming off an 11th round TKO back in December.
10:11 And then here, on a night, really one of the biggest nights in boxing in Japan in quite some time,
10:18 he gets a spotlight on the undercard, and he comes up with a knockout victory.
10:23 And the winner by knockout is...
10:26 The blue corner, Takei!
10:31 Takai sitting on the outside, blinding with the jab right there, right on the liver.
10:36 Beautiful shot right there with the backhand.
10:38 You see the delayed reaction, that's how you know it's a liver.
10:41 He felt it, that initial punch, he felt it, and then it sunk in on him.
10:46 So a big knockout punch by Yoshiki Takai, as we mentioned, former kickboxing world champion.
10:54 A guy who was ranked among the pound-for-pound best.