The fan comments I see regarding the upcoming retirement of Kumiko Maekawa are very interesting. There seem to be a lot of fans who just don't like her. Maybe it's because she's been a heel for the majority of her career. Just for the record, Maekawa isn't a favourite of mine but I think she was a very effective heel over the years. She was decent in the ring. I've seen plenty worse so I'm not sure where the hate comes from. Maekawa's road to retirement continued on the Mar. 16 EXCITING BOX show at Shinjuku FACE.
The EXCITING BOX shows are kind of odd. The other promotions run five matches. EXCITING BOX is running four matches and one is a womens boxing match. And Maekawa was in two matches on this show. I don't know why they're doing this but it means that all the matches have to be fairly long. That could be a problem if you have a rookie in there who shouldn't be in a match longer than five minutes.
Maekawa's first match was against Hikaru. This was Hikaru's first one on one match against Maekawa in a year. Hikaru said it was her last opportunity to defeat Maekawa before she says goodbye to the "scary senior". That didn't work out for her. Maekawa won in 16:20 with an axe kick. Hikaru said afterwards that she tried as hard as she could but she just can't win against Maekawa.
The main event had Maekawa teaming with Saki Maemura vs Nanae Takahashi & Mika Nishio. The match went over 30 minutes and ended when Takahashi botched a backdrop and dropped Maemura on her head. The doctor ordered the match stopped and Takahashi & Nishio got the victory. It looks like Maemura will be OK and the doctor was just taking precautions. Maekawa told Takahashi that she's not quite finished yet and Takahashi said she's planning a big sendoff next week. Of course the two will face off one last time in Maekawa's retirement match next week. Here's the results of the show.
EXCITING BOX - 3/16/06 - Shinjuku FACE
Kyoko Kimura def. Ayumi Kurihara in 13:41
Kumiko Maekawa def. Hikaru in 16:20
WOMENS BOXING:Mari Watanabe def. Mayumi Kubo by TKO in round 4
Nanae Takahashi & Mika Nishio def. Kumiko Maekawa & Saki Maemura (Takahashi over Maemura in 32:40)
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