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August 7, 2006
Further Kameda Conspiracy Theories from Encyclopedia Brown
* A friend had ramen in some shop in Yamanashi, and the boxing-obsessed owner went on a diatribe about the terrible Kameda decision. According to this particular piece of hearsay, the Korean judge was paid off, and the Kameda victory was meant as birthday present to Hanabusa Gorou - a member of the Yamaguchi-gumi, head of the "All Japan Youth Health Training Association" and a vocal supporter of the Kameda brothers. Why have a title fight on a Wednesday night, asks this site? Well, Hanabusa's birthday is August 2nd.
* Someone close to me almost took a job at TBS a couple of weeks ago. The news station was desperately searching for staff to fill out their "complaint call handling department." Good they were hiring because TBS got 60,000 complaints right after the fight.
Posted by marxy at August 7, 2006 1:00 PM
Comments
When I enter my ward gym in Tokyo, I usually exchange pleasantries with the (Japanese) guy working at the front desk, stuff like, "Hot today, huh?" or "You're here a little earlier than usual."
The day after the fight, the first thing I said to him as I handed him my ticket was, "Did you see the fight last night?" He groaned and said, "Hometown decision."
Not trying to make any particular point here, just tossing in a little real world anecdote.
Posted by: Duffy at August 7, 2006 1:22 PM
I wonder how this is going to affect the very admirable stopや!れじ袋 campaign. And there's gotta be a joke in there about not punching one's way out of a bag or something, but I haven't had my coffee yet.
Posted by: DB at August 8, 2006 9:27 AM