By Joe Koizumi
Photos by Naoki Fukuda
Unbeaten Japanese prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa (4-0, 2 KOs), 120, looked very impressive as he overwhelmed WBA#4 bantam Jonathan Rodriguez (17-3-1, 7 KOs), 117.25, decked him with vicious southpaw combinations and scored a fine TKO at 1:49 of the third round in a scheduled ten on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Rodriguez was an upset conqueror of ex-champ Khalid Yafai in the first round last November. Tenshin demonstrated his improved sharpness when he almost floored Rodriguez with well-timed smashing lefts and rights in the closing seconds of the second session. The third witnessed Nasukawa, 25, whose kick-boxing mark was 42-0, swam over the fading foe with vicious lefts that finally dropped him to the deck. The referee Someya called a halt as he saw the loser unfit to go on. Tenshin is worth watching.
Promoter: Teiken Promotions.
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Tenshin Nasukawa it the most protected Japanese fighter he is protected by the Yakusa just like the Mob did all the Italian NYC fighters pre 1970s even his Kickboxing opponents were cherry picked and just to note when he was younger and kickboxing he fought at 126-130lbs now that hes older hes draining down to 118-120lbs interesting……..
Do you not remember Floyd Mayweather stopping this guy in a one sided exhibition? This is all over youtube. Please stop with the protection nonsense.
also if you watched the fight you can clearly see Tenshin is way bigger but hes very good and finished Rodriguez quickly with great combinations hes going to be one to watch especially if Bam Rodriguez moves up lets wait and see
The thumbnail shows this guy is good at tripping his opponents, we see he’s still using his kickboxing.