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15/04/2034
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Keiichi Kure vs Yutaka Murata

Boxing Daily Report from the AI Japan-Aichi promoted show at Nagoya Kibe, Nagoya,  taking place on 23/12/2031:

There are plenty of empty seats out here tonight, with the show nowhere near close to selling out.  
Next up is the main event of the show.  This is a mandatory fight for the Japan-Aichi Super Middleweight title.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance and those watching live on Sky-A Sports, the two fighters competing in this 10 round matchup are Keiichi Kure (14 - 2(1)) who hails from Nagoya, Japan and Yutaka Murata(11 - 7 - 1) from Nagoya, Japan.  Both Kure and Murata weighed in at 168 pounds.  
The referee tonight is Hiro Taketa, and the three ringside judges are Taro Jo, Mikio Yasuda and Kazuki Tsuda.  

Round 1: 

Kure switches the action to the outside.  Kure waits at the mid-range with a lowered guard, waiting for his opponent to throw a punch.  Murata throws an overhand left, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Murata finds the target with a jab.  
Murata attempts to land a jab, but Kure slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Murata is looking to close the distance.  Kure is on target with a left hook to Murata's body.  
Kure lands a jab to the body, a cross to the head and a jab to the head.  
Kure switches the action to the outside and lands an overhand right.  
Kure stalks forward with a low guard, trying to draw a lead from his opponent.  Murata is on target with a cross.  
Kure steps to the outside and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Kure steps to the outside and lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Kure lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Murata pivots to the right of his opponent.  Murata lands a cross.  Murata tries to land a cross, but Kure blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Murata steps inside and manouvers Kure into a corner.  Kure lands a right hook, left hook and a right hook to his opponents body.  
Kure is on target with a cross.  
Kure lands with a ramrod jab.  
Murata lands a cross.  
Kure tries to step out of his opponents range and lands two jabs followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Murata lands a cross.  
Kure is on target with a ramrod jab.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Kure is on target with a jab.  Kure tries to land a jab, but Murata slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Murata forces Kure to retreat onto the ropes.  Kure attempts to land a cross, but Murata slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Kure sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Kure lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Murata's trainer is advising how he could improve his defence.  

Round 1 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 24                            
Jabs Landed: 16                            
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 34                            
Head Shots Landed: 23                            
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 7                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 13                            
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 2: 

Kure hits home with an overhand left.  
Kure sidesteps to the right of his opponent and finds the target with a jab.  
Kure sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure is looking to keep his distance.  Kure quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a jab, overhand left and a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a jab to the head followed by a cross to the body.  
Kure tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a jab.  
Kure lands an overhand right followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a jab to the head followed by a cross to the body.  
Murata forces Kure to retreat into a neutral corner.  Kure lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a jab, cross and a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Kure is on target with a right hook to his opponents body.  
Kure pivots to the right of his opponent and drives a left hook into his opponents body.  
Kure lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a jab to the head, a jab to the body and a cross to the head.  
Kure lands with a sharp jab.  
Kure tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a cross followed by  two jabs to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a cross, jab and a cross to his opponents head.  
Kure feints a jab, and then drives a left uppercut into his opponents ribs.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Murata's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 2 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 27                            
Jabs Landed: 17                            
Power Shots Thrown: 29                            
Power Shots Landed: 19                            
Head Shots Thrown: 46                            
Head Shots Landed: 30                            
Body Shots Thrown: 10                            
Body Shots Landed: 6                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 12                            
Power Shots Landed: 0                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 0                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 3: 

Kure hits home with an overhand left.  
Kure lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Kure is on target with a stinging jab to his opponents body.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Kure lands with a hard jab.  
Kure finds the target with a jab.  
Kure lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Murata is looking to close the distance and manouvers his opponent onto the ropes.  Kure lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  Kure attempts to land a right uppercut, but Murata blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Murata advances into close range.  Kure lands two left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Kure tries to step out of his opponents range and is on target with an overhand right.  
Kure tries to step out of his opponents range and drives a jab into his opponents body.  
Kure lands a jab to the body followed by a overhand left to the head.  
Kure lands a cross.  
Kure is looking to keep his distance and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Kure tries to keep the action at long range and lands a jab, overhand left and a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Kure lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure steps to the outside.  Murata sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Kure lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Murata steps inside and walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Kure lands a left hook to the body, a right hook to the head and a right hook to the body.  
Kure lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  
Kure lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 3, lets listen in on the corners...Murata's trainer is advising how he could be more accurate.  Murata's trainer is telling his fighter he needs to be more active or he's going to get outworked.  

Round 3 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 23                            
Jabs Landed: 17                            
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 19                            
Head Shots Thrown: 40                            
Head Shots Landed: 28                            
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 8                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 7                             
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 6                             
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 4: 

Murata sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Kure digs in a left hook to Murata's ribs.  
Kure lands a cross followed by  two jabs to his opponents head.  
Murata closes the distance.  Kure pivots to the side of his opponent.  Kure throws a right hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Kure steps away from his opponent and tries to land a jab, but Murata slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Kure lands a right hook to the body followed by a jab to the head.  
Murata connects with a left uppercut.  
Murata is looking to close the distance.  Kure lands a right hook to the head, a left hook to the head and a right hook to the body.  
Kure lands a left uppercut to the body, a jab to the head and a cross to the head.  
Kure lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and hits home with an overhand right.  
Kure lands an overhand right to the head, a cross to the body and a cross to the head.  
Murata pivots from in front of his opponent and connects with a cross.  
Murata is looking to close the distance.  Frustration is starting to boil over for Murata now.   He steps in close and headbutts his opponent!  That has caused minor damage to the nose.  The ref stops the action and tells Murata to watch his head.  He gives Kure time to recover.  
Kure quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and snaps his opponents head back with a sharp jab.  
Kure switches the action to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Kure steps to the outside and connects with a cross.  


Round 4 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 16                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 24                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 32                            
Head Shots Landed: 17                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 17                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 5: 

Kure tries to keep the action at long range and lands two jabs followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Kure pivots to the right of his opponent and hits home with a sharp jab.  
Kure switches the action to the outside.  Kure feints a cross, but Murata ignores the feint and lands with a cross.  
Kure hits home with a cross.  
Murata throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Kure lands two jabs followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a hard jab.  
Kure tries to keep the action at long range.  Kure feints a left hook, and then lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Kure switches the action to the outside and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a jab, cross and a jab to his opponents head.  
Murata is on target with a jab.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Kure feints a jab, and then lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Kure sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a cross, overhand left and a cross to his opponents head.  
Murata steps inside and manouvers Kure onto the ropes.  Kure hits home with a right hook.  
Kure steps away from his opponent.  Kure feints a left hook, and then lands an overhand left followed by  two jabs to his opponents head.  
Murata lands a jab to Kure's body.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a hard jab.  


Round 5 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 17                            
Jabs Landed: 15                            
Power Shots Thrown: 20                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 36                            
Head Shots Landed: 29                            
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 12                            
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 11                            
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Round 6: 

Kure finds the target with a hard jab.  
Murata is looking to close the distance.  Murata sidesteps to the left of his opponent.  Kure digs in a left hook to his opponents body.  
Kure tries to keep the action at long range and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure feints a jab, fooling Murata into throwing a left uppercut counter.  Kure avoids the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Kure drives a left hook into Murata's ribs.  Kure attempts to land a jab, but Murata blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Murata sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a cross.  
Kure switches the action to the outside and lands a cross.  
Murata hits home with a cross.  
Kure steps away from his opponent and lands a jab followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  He continues the combination and lands a jab followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a cross.  
Murata connects with a left hook.  
Murata steps inside and throws a right hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Kure feints a jab, and then lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Kure strikes his opponents body with a jab.  
Kure lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a cross.  
Kure lands a straight 1 - 2.  


Round 6 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 10                            
Jabs Landed: 8                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 15                            
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 20                            
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 17                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 19                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 7: 

Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two straights followed by an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Kure feints a left, and then is on target with a hard jab.  
Kure tries to keep the action at long range and hits the target with a solid jab.  
Kure quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands two jabs followed by an overhand left to his opponents head.  
Murata closes the distance.  Murata pivots to the right of his opponent.  Kure lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Kure lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Murata hits home with a cross.  
Kure lands two left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Kure is on target with a left hook to Murata's body.  
Kure steps away from his opponent and lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Kure is looking to keep his distance and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Murata quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Kure lands a spiteful jab.  
Kure lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Kure steps away from his opponent and lands a stiff jab.  
Murata is on target with a cross.  
Murata walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  You can sense Murata is getting frustrated in there.   He steps inside, but then strikes Kure with a blatant low blow!  The ref signals for the action to continue.  He either hasnt noticed the blatant foul or doesnt care! 
Kure digs in a left hook to Murata's liver.  
Kure lands a sharp jab.  


Round 7 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 19                            
Jabs Landed: 12                            
Power Shots Thrown: 19                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 27                            
Head Shots Landed: 18                            
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 7                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 8                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 18                            
Power Shots Landed: 2                             
Head Shots Thrown: 25                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 8: 

Kure sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands an overhand left to the head, an overhand right to the head and a jab to the body.  
Kure is looking to keep his distance and lands two jabs followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Kure finds the target with a stinging jab.  
Kure attempts to land an overhand right, but Murata slips the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Kure lands an overhand left.  
Kure lands with a ramrod jab.  
Kure steps away from his opponent and finds the target with a jab.  
Kure lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Kure steps to the outside.  Kure sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Kure lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Kure switches the action to the outside.  Kure sidesteps to the left of his opponent and strikes his opponents body with a jab.  
Kure quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Kure throws a jab, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Murata is not fighting as well as he'd like.    He throws a hook, and catches Kure low!  The ref takes no action over the foul, despite complaints from Kure.  
Murata connects with a left hook.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside.  Murata sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Kure finds the target with a hard jab.  Kure throws a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Kure lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Kure hits home with an overhand left.  


Round 8 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 23                            
Jabs Landed: 15                            
Power Shots Thrown: 11                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 31                            
Head Shots Landed: 20                            
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 12                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 13                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 9: 

Kure pivots to the left of his opponent and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure feints a cross, fooling Murata into launching a cross counter.  Kure springs the trap, countering with  a left uppercut.  
Kure switches the action to the outside and lands a straight 1 - 2.  
Kure lands a double jab to his opponents head.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and is on target with a cross.  
Murata attempts to land a right uppercut, but Kure parries the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Murata pivots to the left of his opponent.  Kure lands a hard jab.  
Kure lands a left uppercut to the head, a left hook to the head and a jab to the body.  
Murata pivots to the left of his opponent.  Kure finds the target with a spiteful jab.  
Kure strikes his opponents body with a stinging jab.  
Kure tries to step out of his opponents range and lands a hard jab.  
Kure pivots to the side of his opponent and lands a left hook to the body followed by a jab to the head.  
Kure steps away from his opponent.  Kure feints a left, and then lands a jab to the body, and then to the head.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands two straights followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
At the end of Round 9, lets listen in on the corners...Kure's trainer is telling his fighter to play it safe for the remainder of the fight. 

Round 9 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 22                            
Jabs Landed: 13                            
Power Shots Thrown: 14                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 19                            
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 6                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 0                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 0                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 10: 

Kure connects with a right hook.  
Murata gets on the inside.  Kure pivots to the side of his opponent and is on target with a right hook to Murata's ribcage.  
Kure is looking to keep his distance and snaps his opponents head back with a sharp jab.  
Kure sidesteps to the right of his opponent and lands a cross followed by a jab to his opponents head.  
Kure lands a cross followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Murata advances into close range and forces Kure to back into the ropes.  Kure lands a double right hook to his opponents head.  
Kure steps away from his opponent.  Kure feints a left, and then hits home with a cross.  
Kure is on target with an overhand left.  
Kure is looking to keep the action on the outside and connects with an overhand left.  
Kure lands a jab, overhand left and a cross to his opponents head.  Kure attempts to land a jab, but Murata slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Kure strikes his opponents body with a cross.  
Kure finds the target with a jab.  
Kure steps away from his opponent and lands three consecutive jabs to his opponents head.  


Round 10 Statistics
Kure: 
Jabs Thrown: 14                            
Jabs Landed: 7                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 13                            
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 18                            
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Murata: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 9                             
Power Shots Landed: 1                             
Head Shots Thrown: 11                            
Head Shots Landed: 1                             
Body Shots Thrown: 2                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Round 1 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 2 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 3 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 4 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 5 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 6 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 7 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 8 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 9 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 10 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9


Final Scorecards: 100 - 90  100 - 90  100 - 90

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Nagoya, Japan.... Keiichi Kure

Fight Statistics
Kure: 
Total Punches Thrown: 400                           
Total Punches Landed: 267                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 329                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 222                           
Total Body Shots Thrown: 71                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 45                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 205                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 140                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 195                           
Total Jabs Landed: 127                           

Murata: 
Total Punches Thrown: 199                           
Total Punches Landed: 31                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 179                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 30                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 20                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 1                             
Total Power Shots Thrown: 138                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 24                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 61                            
Total Jabs Landed: 7