Ronnie Baldonado vs Yoshiki Takei (25-07-2023) Full Fight

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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.

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