The story of the reversal of the “cheap” boxer Yuichi Ideta to become the “Japanese Champion

Fight after escaping a losing streak, first-round TKO loss brings retirement

The turning point fight was against Ryota Yada in December ’20. A former welterweight champion of Japan, Ideta was named as his opponent for the main event of the “21st Crash Boxing” event, his second fight in his second renaissance. According to the preliminary rankings, the odds were overwhelmingly against Ideta.

He was told, “Fight as if it were a title match. I told him repeatedly, “Fight as if it is a title match, and do whatever it takes to win because a win here will pave the way to a real title match.

From a technical standpoint, I made him aware of increasing his number of moves. Even from the top of the guard, he would land hard blows and body strikes to reduce his opponent’s strength and connect with the upper body (head). I made sure he was aware of this.

Misako won an eight-round decision over the former Japanese champion, breaking out of the black tunnel of 11 consecutive losses. He won his next fight by TKO, but after suffering a first-round TKO loss in his next bout in November 2010, Ideta continued, “I seriously considered retiring.

He said, “I changed my running style during practice and hurt my leg, so in the fight I couldn’t stand on my feet…I got knocked down in the first round, and although I still had the will to fight, my body wasn’t able to keep up. I couldn’t transmit my will to my leg, and I couldn’t do my usual boxing at all, which is to stick with it and do my best.

There was talk of challenging the Japanese champion if I won, so I was back to square one and wondered when I would be able to gradually move up the rankings to become a champion again.

But when I came home, my wife said to me, ‘Next time,’ and she said that to me right away, even though I had actually lost a match in the first round.”

Ideta decided to start from scratch. It wasn’t a good thing that I was injured, but it was a good thing that I lost by first-round KO.’ On November 8, 2010, he was nominated by Japanese super welterweight champion Makoto Kawasaki as his opponent for the main event of the “Phoenix Battle” at Korakuen Hall.