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Originally Posted by Dorfl
This was Takamura's idea because he had no choice but to start from the middleweights. If he'd had a proper sensible trainer, he would have debuted in a higher, healthier class outside Japan to begin with and none of that would be happening.
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So in the end, it comes down to Kamogawa's reluctance to actually leave Japan at all (unless it's something to do with Ippo) that influenced Takamura's decision to tackle all the weight classes. That would make sense.