Wrote a screed-length, overly involved, rambling & probably quite boring post about this weekend's Toshiaki Nishioka vs Rafael Marquez fight, touching on matters mimetic, the insularity of the American media, how Nishioka looks like a character from a Japanese Animé, the sad erosion of time on one's physical prowess, & also about living with ( Read more... )

First, a little background. Japan's Daiki Kameda recently lost in a title fight to countryman Daisuke Naiito; he was penalised about four points in total for various infractions (which in itself is ridiculous; almost any ref will throw you out after deducting three points, particularly if you're doing it in a spectacularly bad-tempered way). Then ( Read more... )