Riku Masuda vs. Michell Banquez (08-06-2025) Full Fight

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00:00And we take a look at the tail of the tape for our opening contest here between Rico Masuda and Michele Banquez.

00:13We see Masuda enjoying the height and reach advantage here tonight.

00:18The power puncher from right here in Tokyo with his senior, his idol, seated ringside on commentary on the Japanese feed.

00:28A lot of pressure for Masuda here tonight, to say the very least.

00:32Absolutely.

00:33And what you're going to see, what you should see tonight from these two is you've got a couple guys who are sort of come-forward sluggers.

00:39Michele Banquez is not reckless at all.

00:41He's not tactless.

00:43He's a tactical, technical, smart fighter, but he's a come-forward slugger.

00:47But, again, the difference between the two of them is that Masuda has that numbing punching power.

00:55And Banquez is going to have to find some type of way to account for that.

00:58An absolute eraser of a left hand.

01:02See cock near his chin there for Rico Masuda.

01:05And he feels that his power has only been elevated.

01:10Morgan, much has been made in the Japanese press of the fact that Masuda, over the last couple of fights, has been eating wild game.

01:15Okay.

01:16Before his last fight, he ate bear, and leading up to this fight, he's been eating venison.

01:21And he feels, in his words, that it fills him with the overpowering feeling of wildness.

01:27Now, venison, we know, it's documented.

01:30Oh, a massive left hand.

01:34Rico Masuda lives up to the billing.

01:38And I don't know that Banquez will be continuing.

01:42He will not.

01:43Now, Corey, we have yet another knockout where one punch produces two knockdowns.

01:51And we didn't even get through our pre-fight anecdotes before he unleashed God's left hand.

01:57And Michel Banquez, as we were saying, was going to have to account for it, and he couldn't.

02:01I think venison sales just went up in the Japanese boxing community.

02:09But what I was going to say is it's well documented that venison is extremely nutritionally dense.

02:14Here we go.

02:17Straight over the top.

02:25And when Masuda hits you that cleanly, that flush, there's not a lot you can do about it.

02:31And I think the question for many of his opponents going forward isn't going to be,

02:37can you take his punch for 12 rounds?

02:38Because most people can't.

02:39The question is going to be, can you avoid taking that punch for 12 rounds?

02:45Only one man thus far has been able to handle that from Rico Masuda.

02:52It's also not a coincidence, Corey, that the only fight Masuda has lost is the one that has gone the distance.

02:57And, of course, that fight against Sayu Satsumi, who went on to win the WBA title just a couple fights later.

03:05And Masuda doesn't hide the fact that he's angling for a rematch.

03:08And we have the time of one minute, 20 seconds, and round number one.

03:13Our armory reaches it.

03:15And he's the number one way to knockout.

03:19Rico Masuda!

03:22The gods left, reincarnated.

03:31It strikes again, Rico Masuda, with a one-punch knockout of Michel Banquez.

03:42Adding to an already incredible highlight reel that he's been building.

03:47And as you can see...

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