07-24-2008, 07:45 AM
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Typically humble and self-critical of his performances, win or lose, Kawajiri was particularly harsh on himself during his post-fight interview. Despite appearing to have done more visible damage to Alvarez than Alvarez had done to him, Kawajiri expressed frustration over a foiled gameplan after he was knocked out by the American.
“Honestly, I thought I could have won on the feet,” he said. “I was controlling the fight. My weakness is that I can’t finish people off, like in the [Gilbert] Melendez fight, so that’s why I believe I am not yet a top fighter.
“I’d say that I did what I trained and my punches hit him well, so to some extent I am satisfied but not 100 percent,” Kawajiri added. “I set up my power punches with the jabs, and when he came in, I countered him well, I thought. That was my gameplan, and I think I did well by it.”
Kawajiri cast some doubt on a possible time frame for his return. The 30-year-old lightweight had defeated Gill and Luiz Firmino (Pictures) to advance in the tournament.
“I don’t know what will happen to me,” Kawajiri said. “I’m not sure if I can fight in the Dream ring again, but I’ve got my homework, so I’ll just rest and continue to work on things to improve upon myself. Until then, it’s probably meaningless to fight anymore.”
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Hope he comes back soon. All he needs to do is learn how to pounce on his opponents when hes got em rocked cuz in the alvarez fight he rocked alvarez like 3 or 4 times. With his excellent wrestling and standup hes too good to not fight again
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