In the corner, he only listened to his coach's advice while closing his eyes until the second round began. As Takamura dodged, he came close and threw an uppercut that he stops as the first round ended. Eagle quickly threw a barrage of jabs that gets dodged. Eagle continued to try applying pressure to Takamura by calmly staring at him, but Takamura continued to charge at him while wildly swinging combinations, which Eagle blocked until his guard broke. Eagle threw out a left jab as a counter to Takamura's attack at the last second, however, Takamura barely dodged it. Eagle continued to block until Takamura broke Eagle's guard. Going forward while blocking, Eagle made Takamura go to the ropes without him knowing. Takamura followed and threw punches at the guard. Seeing Takamura's power, Eagle decided to keep some distance and take a defensive stance. Eagle barely avoided Takamura's follow-up right straight. They both proceeded to stand still while throwing jabs, not landing any clean hits until Eagle was grazed, knocking him off balance. When the gong rang, they charged at each other and landed a jab on their block. The next day, Eagle arrived to the ring in the Yokohama Arena. While his staff thought Takamura was being rude, Eagle felt that Takamura's eyes were already in fight mode, making him in no condition to shake hands. When Eagle went to shake Takamura's hand, Takamura refused and left. However, he felt that he couldn't look beyond Takamura since he Japan's hero of world class skill, believing that he must do his absolute best during the match. At the press conference, after Takamura's commented how he viewed the match as a mere passing point, Eagle stated that he also thought of the match as a passing point, planning to make this fight nothing more than a step down his path. He felt that he didn't need to see Takamura spar since he wanted to experience how strong Takamura was in the ring.Įagle and Takamura at their press conference.Īfter arriving at Yokohama Arena for the weigh-in, Eagle passed the weight check. Afterwards, Eagle was told to rest by his coach, however, Eagle knew that there was no overdoing it when it comes to Takamura, remembering how he changed Hawk. During the spars, Eagle defeated his sparring partners that he brought with him from America. Prior to his public sparring session, Eagle was in front of the Kawahaea gym signing autographs for the local kids, including Miyata Ichirō and Makunouchi Ippo, as he mistook them as local kids. While his aid planned to take him to his hotel for his dinner, Eagle wanted to head to the gym instead, since he was worried about his rhythm after a long flight, wanting to get back into "fight mode" as soon as possible. He commented to the press that he came to Japan because Takamura interested him as he defeated Bryan Hawk, who was his greatest threat. History Part II A Passing Point Arc Įagle arrived at the airport in Japan for his upcoming WBC middleweight title match against Takamura Mamoru. After Hawk went crazy at the mere mention of Takamura's name, Eagle was shocked that a man like Hawk was completely broken and wanted to know what kind of person could do that to Hawk. After Hawk lost to Takamura Mamoru, Eagle visited him. Įagle visiting a broken Hawk after losing to Takamura.Īs the WBC middleweight champion, Eagle believed that Bryan Hawk would be his greatest threat in the future after first seeing one of Hawk's matches in-person, preparing himself if Hawk decided to conquer his next weight class. Barrelling through a mere fifteen fights before reaching world champion level, Eagle was said to have never tasted defeat due to his dedication and tactical skill set. Eagle was an undefeated Olympic gold medallist prior to the start of his successful pro career. During his Olympic career, he fought and defeated Richard Bison twice in the Olympic qualifiers. When Eagle asked him if he thinks that there will be anyone that will keep up with him, Elliot believed that if he keeps winning, he will eventually run into someone that can. At a party that was thrown for the Olympic boxing team, Elliot told Eagle how he wants to have a match that is like a game of chess, where both him and his opponent out thinks each other when he goes into the professional ring. During his Olympic career, he was teamed up with Mike Elliot.
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