 Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Elaeti.nam
Number Posts: 553
Last Post: 27.06.2011, 11:16
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Saturday, 03. January 2009 at 12:19 |
 |
|
![]() |
World Championship title
Yusuki Kobori (Japanese) Defending Champion
VS
Paulus "THE HITMAN" Moses (Namibian) The Challenger
Date: 3 January 2009
Location: Yokohama Japan
Title: WBA lightweight
Promoters: Don King for Kobori and Nestor Tobias for "THE HITMAN"
Significance
Today can be a historic day for Namibia. If He wins, "THE HITMAN" will be the second Namibian to become the World Champion . The first was Harry "The Terminator" Simon.
|
|
![]() |
 Re: Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Elaeti.nam
Number Posts: 553
Last Post: 27.06.2011, 11:16
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Saturday, 03. January 2009 at 12:21 |
|
|
![]() |
Preview by Graham Houston
World championship boxing for 2009 starts off with a double-header in Yokohama on Jan. 3, with Yusuke Kobori defending his WBA lightweight title against undefeated Paulus Moses, of Namibia, while on the same show Toshiaki Nishioka defends his WBC interim super bantam title against Mexico’s Genaro Garcia.
Kobori against Moses should be a toe-to-toe war between fighters who like to put pressure on their opponents.
Moses is little known to all but the most dedicated followers of boxing, but he caught my eye when he stopped a local favourite, Andrei Kudriavtsev, in Ukraine in August 2007. Kudriavtsev had won 20 fights in a row, so this was an excellent performance by Moses.
In my one look at the Namibian, Moses easily overpowered an ordinary but previously durable opponent from Belarus in two rounds, which was his fifth stoppage win in a row.
Kobori caused a slight upset when he moved up from 130 pounds and captured the WBA lightweight title by stopping Nicaragua’s hard-hitting Jose Alfaro in the third round. It looked initially as if Kobori was going to get stopped — he was staggered into the ropes and given an eight count and his left eye was swollen shut, but he caught and stopped the wide-open Alfaro in the third round. It was a dramatic win to be sure, but also showed Kobori's vulnerability against a hard puncher.
Fighting at home in Japan, Kobori is the favourite, but he is a hittable, slugger type and Moses looks strong and heavy handed. It is difficult to know how good Moses really is. As ever with an unbeaten boxer, one probably never knows how good he is until he loses.
This is a mandatory defence for Kobori, so Moses wasn’t a hand-picked challenger. I think that Kobori, unbeaten in the past five years, has boxed at a slightly higher level and will probably come through, perhaps by decision, but this could turn out to be one of those survival-of-the-fittest type of fights where whoever can take the most punishment will be the winner.
http://www.fightwriter.com/?q=node/2023
|
|
![]() |
| Re: Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Juzt Crazy
Number Posts: 367
Last Post: 23.10.2011, 19:52
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Saturday, 03. January 2009 at 12:37 |
|
|
![]() |
|
I'll be behind our boy..wishing him all his best to go out there en show them that he is from the land of the brave where everybody is a brave....May Jah bless en give him all wat he needs to overcome his opponent en Make Namibia proud...Jah helps
|
|
![]() |
| Re: Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Juzt Crazy
Number Posts: 367
Last Post: 23.10.2011, 19:52
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Saturday, 03. January 2009 at 15:30 |
|
|
![]() |
The latest News: HITMAN WON ON THE POINTS BUT I STILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO KNOW THE EXACT EN CONCRETE FIGUREs...BUT HE WON...He becomes the second as u illustrated before...Jah Bless...
[Post edited by: Juzt Crazy on 03/1/09 3:32 PM]
|
|
![]() |
| Re: Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Juzt Crazy
Number Posts: 367
Last Post: 23.10.2011, 19:52
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Saturday, 03. January 2009 at 15:43 |
|
|
![]() |
Lik i said here re the full results.....
Namibian Moses wins WBA lightweight belt 22:34 AEST Sat Jan 3 2009
Paulus Moses of Namibia wrested the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title from defending champion Yusuke Kobori of Japan by a unanimous decision victory on Saturday.
A Thai judge scored it 115-113, a Puerto Rican judge counted it 115-113, and an Australian judge had it 119-109, all in favour of the challenger.
"I hit a jab in every round. That's the key to my victory," said Moses, who is a policeman in his country.
"I'm really happy to become the first world champion of the new year. I'm proud of it," said Moses, adding he would continue to work for the police because "I like the job."
It was the first attempt at a world title for the 28-year-old Moses, ranked top in the WBA, who improved his unbeaten record to 24 wins, including 17 KOs.
It was Kobori's first defence of the title which he took away from Jose Alfaro of Nicaragua by a technical knockout in May last year. He now has 23 wins, including 12 KOs, against three defeats and a draw.
"He (Moses) was just stronger than me," said Kobori. "When it came to a decision, I knew I was beaten. He didn't allow me to fight from my favourable distance. He has studied my fight really well."
for mo.....http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=706225
|
|
![]() |
| Re: Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Niggz
Number Posts: 76
Last Post: 15.09.2009, 16:59
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Saturday, 03. January 2009 at 17:22 |
|
|
![]() |
Hitman brings the mula home to Namibia... Japan anya nale...
[Post edited by: Niggz on 03/1/09 5:35 PM]
|
|
![]() |
| Re: Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Elaeti.nam
Number Posts: 553
Last Post: 27.06.2011, 11:16
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Sunday, 04. January 2009 at 19:09 |
|
|
![]() |
"He (Moses) was just stronger than me," said Kobori. "When it came to a decision, I knew I was beaten...
That is what we do from the land of the braves. HITMAN's win is really an inspiration. What a start for a year?
Big ups to Nestor Tobias for producing his first world champion.
Elaeti.nam
Very proud to be a Namibian
|
|
![]() |
| Re: Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Vmboy sha Chaze
Number Posts: 649
Last Post: 26.01.2012, 12:22
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Wednesday, 07. January 2009 at 08:26 |
|
|
![]() |
Wow! i got nothing to say except to congratulate the Hitman for a job well done. He deserves every single cent from his million dollar price. I think he will auction his compressor and get something that wil silence the ordinary local celebrities.
|
|
![]() |
| Re: Yusuki Kobori vs Paulus |
Kachokwe
Number Posts: 280
Last Post: 10.02.2012, 09:28
[ View User's Posts ]
|
| Wednesday, 07. January 2009 at 10:14 |
|
|
![]() |
|
Congratulation to Moses for his WBA world champion and would like to tell him to maintain discipline if he would want to achieve more and to respect money rather to spoil them. I think he heard about Mike Tyson stories about money and in what situation he is now.
|
|
![]() |
Designed for Namibia